The man knew how to throw a party. (2007/03/17)
I went to a funeral today.
[read more...]Why I'm getting sorta sick of Sam Harris (2007/03/16)
There’s this guy, Sam Harris, who has made quite a name for himself in the evangelistic atheist community. I first became aware of him through some ads he took out on the Internet Infidels discussion site. They had the text “The End of Faith” superimposed on a mushroom cloud.
[read more...]UPS gets innovative with the concept of "history" (2007/02/15)
So, I ordered a thing. And, because it is a thing I need for work, I paid extra money for “next-day delivery”. It was shipped yesterday.
[read more...]Google Checkout sees poor customer satisfaction: Duh. (2007/01/21)
Google Checkout Sees Poor Customer Satisfaction, says Slashdot.
[read more...]William Carlos Williams is laughing in his grave (2007/01/20)
From http://punkassblog.com/2007/01/18/this-is-just-to-say/:
[read more...]Why Nintendo seems to be winning (2007/01/15)
I’ve been hanging out on a PS3 board (because I’m doing paying work on the PS3 right now), and I’ve noticed something. Many of the PS3 fans are absolutely confident that the Wii will “get boring” once people are “used to the controls”. They’re seeing it entirely in terms of novelty value; that the controls are attractive only because they are unfamiliar.
[read more...]Amiga RDB disk partition unpacking utility (2007/01/11)
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Dove foundation astroturf! (2007/01/07)
So, a while back, I wrote about the lying telemarketers at the Dove Foundation. According to some of the comments, people who have talked to them have found out that, in fact, the alleged operator is just a set of recordings being played back in vague relation to what you say.
[read more...]Debunking... chocolate? (2006/12/31)
This is one of the finest pieces of investigative reporting I’ve ever read:
[read more...]Why gamblers lose money. (2006/12/30)
I found a card in the park. On one side was a detailed (and possibly even correct) chart of when to make which bets in a blackjack game to maximize your chance of winning.
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