The Disproportionate People by Yashiko Sagamori During the first stage of Israel’s war against Hezbollah, when everybody agreed that the Israeli response to the new, deadly round of unprovoked Arab aggression was disproportionate, I suddenly realized that Jews, in every … Continue reading
DAMMIT. I had no plans for today except for the Opie and Anthony Traveling Virus tonight, but we all know how plans work out. Last night, after finishing up the podcast, my desktop (Winders XP) machine croaked. Completely. Today has … Continue reading
Cats in Sinks – for all your cat and bathroom needs Cats in a motherf’ing sink! (tags: cat cute entertainment fun funny humor images kitten photo photography photos silly cats animals) Kittenwar! May The Cutest Kitten Win! Oh man… I … Continue reading
AppleInsider | Apple unable to meet rising MacBook demand A little too popular for its own good, I guess (tags: apple hardware macbook) Subway fans set record for riding whole system – Yahoo! News 24 hours and 2 minutes to … Continue reading
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Found on Boing Boing. [tags]pluto[/tags]
Ahhh yes, there’s nothing like an overblown controversy to get the blogosphere a-buzzin’. This time, it’s the news that the upcoming season of Survivor will start out with various races split into teams as such. Of course, the race-baiters are … Continue reading
Sometimes, WTF is all you can really say… BOMBAY, India – The owner of a restaurant named after Adolf Hitler said Thursday he will change its name because it angered so many people. Puneet Sablok said he would remove Hitler’s … Continue reading
Last night, on the way home from work (I work in Long Island City) I saw a fire off in the distance. I figured it was in Queens because the plumes were so big so I was going to drive … Continue reading
UNEASYsilence » Run MacOS 9 on an Intel Mac Run Mac OS 9 on your intel Mac (why the hell would you want to?) (tags: apple DIY free guide howto intel linux mac macbook macintosh macos os osx reference software … Continue reading
Yeah, I know it’s old but this is the first time I’ve seen it. [tags]microsoft, windows, vista, funny[/tags]
Ted Leonsis of AOL: With apologies to the Stones, let’s admit right here and now that AOL customers and users might be forgiven if this was their chosen theme song for the past few months. From stories about inappropriate customer … Continue reading
Gothamist parrots a NY Times fear that blacks and hispanics (and dammit Gothamist, those don’t get capitalized unless someone is named Black or Hispanic) aren’t getting into specialized schools. It’s a tragedy! Black and hispanic enrollment is down! And for … Continue reading
ACLU challenge to OK Ten Commandments monument slapped down The case isn’t exactly earth-shattering, but the attempt by the ACLU to cloak themselves a la the Romulans sure as hell is. After all, if they’re right, why hide that you’re … Continue reading
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So Tim Bray is back to using a Mac now that his Powerbook is back in his hands. Unfortunately, I have to wonder if this guy is really even firing all the neurons in his brain. He makes some valid … Continue reading
From Autopia: NHTSA was ordered by Congress in 2005 to update the safety rules concerning roof strength. New rules that were proposed earlier to require a roof to be able to withstand a force equal to 2.5 times the vehicle … Continue reading
Apple continued to dominate the digital music player industry in the second quarter, data from the NPD Group indicated Thursday. The iPod had a 75.6 percent share in the United States, over eight times more than its nearest competitor. Following … Continue reading
Old video games re-enacted with household objects in stop-motion. Damn right it’s cool. [tags]video games, stop motion, animation, geeky, cool[/tags]
One of the reasons I love John Gruber is his ability to utterly smash stupid people to the point where they’re just itty bitty pieces of silicon crushed into the asphalt of the information superhighway. After demolishing Paul Thurrott for … Continue reading