The right wing of the blogosphere was all a-twitter today with news that USA Today had retracted, mostly, an earlier piece about BellSouth and Verizon providing records to the NSA without a warrant. If you’ll remember, the story caused much … Continue reading
Okay, so Slobokan tagged me. Now it’s my turn to play the game… 5 Things in My Refrigerator: Laughing Cow Milk Water Beer Bread 5 Things in My Closet: Skeletons Gay people Boxes for various things I threw out years … Continue reading
Via Toby, we find this culinary delight: What is that, you ask? Grill-fried burger served with a slice of cheddar and two strips of bacon. Oh, and the thing it’s on? A Krispy Kreme glazed donut that’s also fried on … Continue reading
This is why the web is great. flickr is going to offer API Keys to competitors, but with a few conditions that make total sense. Re API keys for direct competitors: this is something that we’ve never had any set … Continue reading
Sodapop has the greatest list on teh internets evar. It’s a list of why gay marriage will destroy society. My personal favorite? 07) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children. The rest are … Continue reading
the show with zefrank [tags]zefrank, delta, funny, video[/tags]
Lifehack.org has a great checklist you can use to develop an anti-procrastination plan. It’s really interesting. I think I’ll try it tomorrow. [tags]lifehack.org, lifehacking, procrastination[/tags]
Just a note for all you fans and haters, Sunday’s New York Times will have a 1/3 page article in it about my AOL cancellation story. It’s going to be in the Digital Domain column, and will be written by … Continue reading
I meant to blog this when it happened, but I was a bit busy at the time. One of the many media outlets that picked up my AOL cancellation story was the New York Times. It wasn’t just a historic … Continue reading
Imagine installing WordPress on your local Windows XP so you can change your design, tweak your code, etc., without affecting your actual live site. Now you can do it in less than five minutes. This is the most awesome tutorial … Continue reading
It’s 2003. The Beagle Mars probe crashes and is destroyed on the surface of Mars. The government lied. The last transmission of the probe was classified and kept hidden. It’s the only warning we would get. Now tell me that … Continue reading
Lifehacker has an interesting tip on testing whether or not your antivirus software is running: First, create a new text file and paste the following code into it: X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* Then save the text as a .COM file (any name will … Continue reading
Oh, come on. Sure you have. The Senate is the body of hypocrites run by a bunch of Republicans and Democrats who sell their vote to the highest bidder. Don’t believe me? Well, consider this amazing example of hypocrisy from … Continue reading
Interesting! Member Retention Consultant: AOL LLC Position Type Full-Time Employee Company Name AOL LLC Location Oklahoma City, OK Salary Unspecified Date Posted June 14, 2006 Experience 0-1 Years Experience Desired Education Level High School AOL LLC View AOL LLC profile … Continue reading
A six-month pregnant Britney Spears has posed nude for the cover of the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine and an accompanying photo spread inside, much in the style of the famous 1991 Vanity Fair cover of a naked and … Continue reading
Hey everyone, Keith Olbermann is liberal. Now, I know this comes as a surprise to you, but apparently that was such an obscure fact that Brent Bozell’s Media Research Center had to do a statistical analysis study to find it … Continue reading
How to run up and over a wall. And just for the record, this is dangerous. If you try it and bust your ass, you’re stupid. [tags]acrobatics, parkour, wall jumping[/tags]
Okay, once and for all, let’s have this out in the open. Some genius named Rob Zazueta (don’t worry, I’ve never heard of him either, I just found his post in Bloglines) has a problem with my AOL recording. So … Continue reading
Jill Greenberg, the woman who thinks it’s artistic to make kids cry by torturing them and photographing it, is none too pleased with Thomas Hawk calling her out publicly for abusing children in the pursuit of the almighty dollar. So … Continue reading
If you’re not laughing, you didn’t own an original NES. It really is that simple. via Joystiq [tags]nintendo, kyle cease, comedy[/tags]