So since Vista launched, all we’ve heard from the fanboys is how Apple f’ed up and how Apple didn’t have iTunes and the iPod ready and Apple had Vista for months before launch and should’ve done better. It was an … Continue reading
That’s right folks. Muslim women, tired of the misconception that Islam is oppressive to women are holding a meeting of female empowerment. The idea is to show that women do play an active role in Islam and they’re even rewriting … Continue reading
With Mike Nifong gone, there’s now an actual investigation happening, and look what we find out? The woman who accused three members of the Duke University men’s lacrosse team of sexual assault is not being forthcoming with special prosecutors, law … Continue reading
Bill Gates is arguing that if immigration curbs are put in place, it’ll hurt competition in the market. Bill Gates, the chairman of Micro≠soft, on Wednesday warned that restrictions on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the US … Continue reading
This is classic. The original clip that Joe Rogan posted on YouTube was DMCA’d off the site, so, like good little soldiers, people took hundreds of copies and put it up on YouTube. The oddest part, of course, is that … Continue reading
From Fark and presented without comment: A Bartow County couple will go before a magistrate judge today to see if they will be arrested for allegedly stalking a Kennesaw police officer by installing cameras to track neighborhood speeders. Lee and … Continue reading
FRENCH intelligence has produced a dossier alleging that al-Qaeda plans an attack on the country during forthcoming presidential elections. The Arabic-language al-Hayat daily newspaper has reported there were “several indications of a plot to copy the Spanish scenario in France”, … Continue reading
No, that’s not a typo. Violet Blue, the pornblogger who hates being called a pornblogger despite an entry a few week ago that started with an entry that basically said she had to step over a pile of dildos from … Continue reading
Celebrity sightings may have been scarce, but the annual gathering of the world’s most powerful people in Davos still managed to wrap its air of serious debate in a sheen of glamour. For all the grave talk about the dangers … Continue reading
I saw a note in the Twit.tv forums that said that Mozilla and Firefox weren’t in Firefox’s built-in spellchecker. Know what? They’re right. Check it out: I imagine in the end it was more out of respect for the English … Continue reading
How hypocritical can society be? For me, it never ceases to amaze… Check out this one… Speaking in Memphis late Sunday night, the first Evangelical elected to Congress told a cheering crowd of Christians they should remain steadfast in their … Continue reading
I love stories like this. MacDailyNews posted one from the New York Times about some chick from the Bronx who’s a die-hard “contrarian” according to herself. IMAN HAYWARD is an 18-year-old college student and self-confessed contrarian. She likes to mix … Continue reading
I normally wouldn’t post someone else’s work in its entirety here, but I happen to know the guy who did it and he doesn’t mind. Charlotte Wyatt’s parents are apparently unfit to care for Charlotte. This is the same Charlotte … Continue reading
Arlen Specer takes the party line despite it making him look like a blithering idiot. According to Glenn Greenwald: During the debate on his amendment, Arlen Specter said that the bill sends us back 900 years because it denies habeas … Continue reading
Hewlett-Packard’s phone records scandal might be enough to spur Congress into approving federal legislation banning the practice that’s been stuck in committee for most of the year. The problem, though, is that the proposals in front of Congress aren’t likely … Continue reading
Mark Frauenfelder commits a major no-no in Boing-Boingland… He bought a Sonos player which relies on Rhapsody’s evil DRM… My family is now listening to a lot more music than we ever were (my 3-year-old likes the kid’s “radio station,” … Continue reading
YNet News reports that a Hezbollah rocket directly hit 1) an Arab owned 2) newspaper 3) opposed to Israel’s fighting in Lebanon 4) located in a historic building 5) in the middle of one of Haifa’s Arab neighborhoods and 6) … Continue reading
ironic: adj, characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; DENVER – Beer baron Peter Coors’ driver’s license has been revoked by a hearing officer who ruled the executive had been driving under … Continue reading
Ken Lay has died of a heart attack. Talk about irony, karma, etc… [tags]enron, ken lay[/tags]
Tom Raftery is surprised at freedom of speech advocate Cory Doctorow’s utter silence on O’Reilly suing a conference for daring to have the words “Web 2.0″ in the name of it. Apparently, like most corporate greedbags, O’Reilly trademarked the generic … Continue reading