So today, like most other days, the boys & I went to our fave lunch joint and played some Silver Strike Bowling. Since we’re all idiots, we I spend much of our my time trying to get high scores just so I can post 3-letter initials that are funny or offensive (and therefore, also funny). Today was a banner day. I scored a 256 and took the number 1 spot.. Read More
iCryptex.com – Welcome to the Cult of Apple
iCryptex.com – Welcome to the Cult of Apple Having just see The DaVinci Code last night w/ the wifee, finding this site in my RSS crawl this morning made me laugh. This may be the first novel I’ve read since.. well.. since Michael Moorecock’s Elric series, I think. That was easily 10+ years ago, and while I read quite a bit, it’s usually computer science texts. The Mrs. thinks I’m.. Read More
Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale – MSN-Mainichi Daily News
Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale – MSN-Mainichi Daily News: SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of 4 million to the highest online bidder. With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330).. Read More
Daily Kos: Re-Improved Colbert transcript
Daily Kos: Re-Improved Colbert transcript (now with complete text of Colbert-Thomas video!) If you haven’t had the chance to see Stephen Colbert’s speech at the recent dinner for the White House press association (I forget their actual name, but that’s close), give this a read. There’s a TON of subtle (and some overt) insults directed at the president, his staff members, the Supreme Court, NSA, John McCain… you name it… Read More
Nintendo Wii
Roughly a week has passed now, and I still don’t like it. The “Wii” name just seems too ridiculous for me to take it seriously, though that may’ve been the marketing goal from the start. The problem is, I REALLY can’t take it seriously. Luckily, the guys at Joystiq found this YTMND gem to lighten my mood. You’re the man now, Iwata-san. Update — a compilation of YTMND’s from Joystiq.