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…
The Oracle Of Bacon
I stumbled across the Oracle of [Kevin] Bacon, a nifty little webpage that will give you the “Bacon Number” of any actor or actress out there. Go ahead, give it a try. It’s pretty entertaining. The highest number I’ve been…
US Blog Readership Up 60% In 2004
…Literal Barrage sees little benefit. [This has always been a vanity project for you anyways, dope. -ed. Quiet, you! -author] Seriously though, the Pew Institute has released a new study showing that American blog readership has shot up over 60%…
Note To Disney: Hire Qualified QA Staffers, Stat
I mean, because I’d hate for for you to drop an F-bomb on an unsuspecting seven year old girl. I always knew Disney was the nexus of all evil; now I’ve got the proof. UPDATE: ‘Twas a pirated version of…
Laura Bush Raaaawwwks, Y’all!
Attendant Fark headline: (Yes, yes dear, I know she’s signalling “Hook ‘Em, Horns!”, but that just ruins the joke, now don’t it? Oh fine, I’ll play off “Gig ‘Em, Aggies!” next time I see Bush doing a thumbs-up…)
Hoooray!
As you’ve probably noticed, I appear to have fixed Literal Barrage. Here’s the skinny on what happened, as far as I can tell: Speakeasy (my DSL provider) seems to have performed some maintenance on my DSL circuit or at their…
