mrbarrett.com: Windows XP ProN!: Wow. I know it’s not THAT obscure that they didn’t realize what they were doing.
People Are Idiots: Car Mechanic
As I was heading out to lunch yesterday w/ the boys, we were about to hop in my car when I noticed the back left tire was flat. Not low… flat. Nuts. “Ooh! Time to try out my Infiniti Road-side assistance!â€? (free w/ the purchase of the car) Lo & behold, Infiniti came through and got the spare onto the car w/ no complaints — all part of buying from.. Read More
Dubya promotes weak puritanism
Wired News: Bush OKs Smut-Stripping Tech: Bush OKs Smut-Stripping Tech By Associated Press Page 1 of 1 03:00 PM Apr. 27, 2005 PT WASHINGTON — President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at helping parents keep their children from seeing sex scenes, violence and foul language in movie DVDs. The bill gives legal protections to the fledgling filtering technology that helps parents automatically skip or mute sections of commercial movie.. Read More
Boing Boing: Jailed for using a nonstandard browser
Boing Boing: Jailed for using a nonstandard browser: Jailed for using a nonstandard browser A Londonder made a tsnuami-relief donation using lynx — a text-based browser used by the blind, Unix-users and others — on Sun’s Solaris operating system. The site-operator decided that this “unusualâ€? event in the system log indicated a hack-attempt, and the police broke down the donor’s door and arrested him. From a mailing list: *sigh* More.. Read More
Life does NOT imitate TV
I’ve always felt that being too rich (is that possible?) or two famous eventually rots your brain (read:Â The Gloved One), but this guy HAD to know that he couldn’t get away w/ this. baltimoresun.com – ‘Sopranos’ star sought for assault on fiancee: ‘Sopranos’ star sought for assault on fiancee By Daryl Khan Actor Vincent Pastore, who played gangster and fan favorite Big Pussy on “The Sopranos,” assaulted his fiancee.. Read More