Literal Barrage

Well, okay, now that I have that little bit of headline rumor-/scaremongering out of the way, I've got to say: interesting things are afoot in the Automattic/WordPress world these days. First off, Matt Mullenweg announced a few days ago that, effective immediately, all WordPress.com (as opposed to .org) accounts would be receiving an upgrade [...]

So I don't know if y'all have seen the depths of insanity to which Tom Cruise has been driven by the neo-Gnostic Cult O' Hubbard, but Gawker has a long video of 1/2 of Tomkat blathering on about just what a spectacular human being Scientology has turned him into, as well as videos from the [...]

If you're looking for something to while away a Wednesday afternoon, you could do far worse than the following photosets on Flickr: Understanding art for geeks and Andy Ihnatko's awesome behind-the-scenes tour of Alcatraz. Well worth your time, both of 'em.

That sound you just heard was the sound of me staying home this November, as my options are now down to Democrats that are at least honest about their desire to mess up my country and take my money or Republicans that want to mess up my country and take my money while lying to [...]

I opened my email this morning and came across a Barnes & Noble [note: their name sounds infinitely better when pronounced with a thick Boston brogue. -ed.] email flier advertising the latest Stephen King novel. The flier featured the following prominent picture of Mr. King:

Now, normally, when I think "Stephen King", I think

With the [...]

I don't know if you were paying attention to technology news today, but Apple held a little keynote address at their yearly Macworld Expo at which Steve Jobs announced the MacBook Air, a pretty freakin' cool piece of ultra-lightweight mobile computing technology. He also announced a free firmware update for the iPhone which adds [...]

Fark tossed up a link today to an NY Post story under the headline "Is "Cloverfield" this year's "Snakes on a Plane"? All signs point to yes". The resulting discussion is par for Fark discussion, with the notable exception of the following:

submitter: Is Cloverfield this year's Snakes on a Plane?
No. Ron Paul is this [...]