If you weren’t aware, Tim Burton is directing a remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (trailer available here) starring Johnny Depp in the role of Willy Wonka. Go now, see the trailer. I’ll wait here. You’re back? Good. A…
The English language is the unintended progeny of the attempts of French speaking soldiers to pick up German speaking barmaids.*
…Like it’s not the rest of the time…. Just got a new AMD64 FX-55 rig from Cyberpower in at work. Consumed with setting it up. No time to write. Blog later. Oooog.
In the wake of the [un]armored HMMWV flap, recriminations and blame have been flying about at a rapid pace, with many who opposed even funding the troops in the first place and have whined incessantly about each follow-on request for…
The comment spammers are back. Luckily, WP-Blacklist seems to be catching the comments themselves, but I still get emailed every time it deletes one. A search for other solutions continues…
The US Patent Office is a heinously inefficient bureaucracy that is overworked, underpaid and, in many cases, underinformed. They’re figuratively swamped with numerous idiotic patent requests as well as legitimate ones. Patently Silly takes the opportunity offered by this situation…
Headline says it all: Laptop Computers May Affect Male Fertility. So, all you pajamabloggers might want to set down the Mountain Dew, step away from the laptop and strip off your briefs, just in case. Just a thought.
I know I’m a bit late in posting this, but I finally got around to watching Evan Coyne Maloney’s documentary Brainwashing 101. I can’t speak highly enough about it. It’s a very sobering look at some of the evils of…
Now that Encyclopedia is on the Case of the Misbegotten Memos. Brilliant.
It is to laugh: Prince Joe Eboh. Not sure what a “419 scam” is? If you have an email address, you’ve probably gotten one, promising you vast untold wealth if only you’d be so kind as to forward your bank…
