Let’s just pretend that you’re the world’s largest computer manufacturer and that you’ve been having issues both with quality and customer service. You’ve made many people mad (including some high-profile bloggers) and they have taken to expressing their dismay and…
The Anchoress has recently been going through a series of physical trials and sufferings that may eventually leave her deaf. We humans tend to lash out in anger and frustration in such situations and the Anchoress, in her own words,…
The Volokh Conspiracy has rounded up several amusing examples of what they call “oral argument meltdowns”, incluing this gem: Plaintiff appealed, arguing that the district court’s deadline was unreasonable. But more than that, he claimed in his brief and oral…
Links and excerpts presented without comment, except to say that I chuckled a good deal over each of these. Scrappleface: Jailed Journalist Reports NY Times Desecration. Law enforcement authorities in major U.S. cities put riot police on high alert today…
I just received the following press release from the WP Hackers mailing list and thought I’d pass it on to you, my humble readership. Press Release Backing Up is Not Just for Cars Your WordPress database contains every post, every…
‘Twould appear that I am not the only one stricken with a severe case of stalking spammers. Gregory over at Twilight Universe recently came to the same set of solutions as I (Bad Behavior + another anti-spam solution), apparently, although…
If you’ve been paying attention recently, you’d know that I’ve been fighting off a new wave of obnoxious comment/trackback spammers bent on peddling their idiotic home mortgages and poker tournaments for free using bandwidth I pay for. My inbox was…
Stimulus: Editorial purportedly authored by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, “dug up” by Iowahawk entitled “Stop Questioning My Patriotism”, in which “al-Zarqawi” maintains that his jihad is actually the purest form of dissent against the Bush neocon cabal and thus the sincerest…
This really takes me back: Mildly Interesting ’80s Print Ads presented by X-Entertainment, featuring Pogo Balls, WWF ice cream bars, Battle Beasts, Photon and more. LANGUAGE WARNING: Naughty, naughty words and concepts contained within linked article. Author’s mother never employed…
I’d be in the clear for years if only the Pet Professional hadn’t summed up my average day so well. Heh. UPDATE: Except for the prank phone calls, of course. Also, I neverrarely pick my nose at my desk.
