Prosenfeldism Of The Day
It’s been a while since I posted one of these, but P. offered up a beaut today: In light of Russia’s recent announcement that they will no longer ferry US astronauts to the ISS for free, we were discussing the…
Year 2005
Liar, Liar… Squarepants On Fire?
I’ve got no other reason for posting this story about a storetop inflatable SpongeBob catching fire than I really, really wanted to post that headline.
Nader’s Off His Meds Again
He’s selling DVDs of himself debating puppets. And he’s worried about Michael Moore’s condition? Ralphie, m’boy: plank, speck, eye and all that.
Whoops
Forgot to mention this yesterday, so here goes: Happy Day After Your Birthday, Aron. Aren’t your late 20’s just gobs of fun? *grin*
Note To Ikea: Fire Your Name Checker Immediately
Because, I mean, who doesn’t want to buy their child a Fartfull workbench?
Shazbot!
Well, after moving to my new hosting provider, I failed to notice that my permalinks were no longer working. I believe I’ve fixed it, at least for the time being. I’d like to reestablish my old format, but for now,…
Speed Firefox Way The Heck Up
Yet another reason to love Firefox – you can greatly speed its rendering and downloading speeds, particularly if you’re blessed with a broadband connection. Here’s the meat of the article: 1.Type “about:config†into the address bar and hit return. Scroll…
Man Enough To Admit I’m Wrong
Well, it looks like Disney doesn’t need to hire any QA specialists after all, as pirates, not Disney are apparently responsible for telling a seven year old girl to shuffle loose this mortal coil in a rather unbecoming fashion. That’ll…
Political Classification
There’s a “political personality” test that’s been making the blogospheric rounds lately. I know such tests are a dime a dozen, but just for kicks I filled it out. I performed largely as expected: You are a Social Conservative (33%…
Just As Long As They’re Not Learning English From Counter Strike…
It seems that researchers at MIT are experimenting with using video games to teach players a foreign language. In the linked study, the researcher in question used The Sims to teach users high school level German. I think this is…
