Another sign of the imminent apolcalypse
Freddy vs. Jason was the #1 movie at the box office for the second week in a row. Truly, we’ve abandoned all hope of good taste.
Archive of posts filed under the General category.
My New Perspective
Well, I finally won an eBay auction today for a new monitor. It’s a flat-screen Dell UltraSharp 20 incher. Should be pretty nice. I know a bunch of people who have one and they all love them. $770 seems like a lot to pay for a monitor, but I figure it all works out. The …
Yahoo! News RSS feeds
I’m proud to annouce that Yahoo! News is now available as RSS feeds. Please consume.
Fox Attitude
You’ve got to give a company credit when their PR person can say something like this: “It’s time to return Al Franken to the obscurity that he’s normally accustomed to,” Fox News spokeswoman Irena Steffen said.
World-class hissyfit
Who said only tennis players can have tantrums on the field?
Geocaching is not a crime
Here’s something that doesn’t happen to me every day: I nearly got arrested.
Quote of the Day
“I can’t be lactose-intolerant – I’m Dutch!” — Overheard
Movin’ On
One of my oldest friends (from high school) told me today that he’s moving from from the Bay Area and back to the east coast. That’s sad news, it was really nice to have someone from NH around here. We had some fun getogethers. It brings up the issue again of when our west coast …
They’re Made Out of Meat!
One part of The Tech museum yesterday had plaques on the walls with various interesting/amusing quotes about space. A few of them were: “Don’t kill me, you’re from outer space!” – Alien “I’m not from outer space, I just work there” – Captain Kirk “Wherever you go, there you are.” – Buckaroo Banzai And my …
NPR-Style Advertising on the Web
While I was listening to NPR yesterday, I realized that their “ads”, read by NPR staff, are basically the equivalent of the text ads in search engines like Yahoo Search. They’re usually highly relevent to the audience, but subtle enough to not overpower the content.