Every once in a while (okay, quite frequently), Scott Ott of Scrappleface comes up with an absolutely, brilliantly funny fake news piece. Unfortunately, I happened to be drinking my morning coffee when I read this howler: Jimmy Carter Attack Sub…
I know I haven’t blogged about the Eason Jordan “US military is targeting journalists in Iraq” scuffle that ended in Jordan’s resignation from CNN, but apparently some of our friends on the leftish side of the political spectrum have taken…
RedHat officially released RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 today. This marks the first time that the 2.6 Linux kernel will be appearing in RHEL, as well as Evolution 2.0, GNOME 2.8 and a whole host of other upgrades, all of which…
The team responsible for WordPress (the blogging software I use) just released their newest version (1.5) named “Strayhorn”. You can grab it from the download area of the main WP site. I’ve been fooling around with a test blog running…
You don’t say! In other news: Ford Motor Company: Pinto “Incredible”, Edsel “Astounding” Democratic National Committee: Howard Dean “Best. Chariman. Ever.” Kevin Costner: Waterworld “Oscar-worthy”
As of this morning, a long, drawn–out chapter in my dental history has finally drawn to a close. I had a gold crown (well, really almost an entire tooth) put in place to finally close out the Saga of the…
Michelle over at A Small Victory has posted a fun “contest” to have people come up with the best “chain reaction” movie titles – i.e., combine existing movie titles to form new ones (the examples she gives are Peggy Sue…
It’s “eSpresso”, not “eXpresso”. You sound like idiots when you say it wrong, particularly if you’re ostensibly “professional” broadcasters reading ad copy. That is all.
Seen on the bumper of a Honda Accord in a Genuardi’s parking lot: Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. Heh.
I work with a bunch of very brilliant engineers whose work is, in general, excellent. However, in some select circumstances, that brilliance leads to a general lack of context and a bit of cluelessness. For instance, I was eating lunch…
