I’ve seen all manner of stupid “gamer” peripherals for the PC, from mini-keypads designed to give gamers WASD and not much else to 3 dimensional mice to “physics accelerators”. I thought it couldn’t get any worse; I was wrong. Via…
Our living room air conditioner has been acting fairly fritzy as of late, running at full bore for 5 minutes or so and then summarily shutting off and flashing “E1” on its LCD readout. In vain did I search the…
May you live in interesting times. –Supposed ancient Chinese curse “Watching” the events in Lebanon unfold on the newswires, I ran through an extremely odd combination of feelings at work today. I felt detached, almost entirely removed from the world…
Rare is the time that I am brought almost to tears of mirth by judicial opinions, but I must make an exception for the exquisitely sarcastic pennings of the Hon. Samuel B. Kent of the Galveston (TX) District. From an…
A good rule of thumb is: if you need a protractor to properly express your outrage, you’ve probably gone too far. –Allahpundit, referring to Rightwing “Islamic crescent” conspiracy mongering in re: the United 93 memorial in Shanksville, PA
Aron and I have been discussing some simple reforms that would go a long way towards reducing graft, corruption and complacency in Congress. While by no means complete, we think that they could help the average American citizen greatly by…
Here’s a novel concept – the brains behind “Scrubs” and “Family Guy” produced a trailer for a TV show called Nobody’s Watching. If they’re telling the truth, they can’t get the major networks to pay any attention to the pilot,…
Now this is just wickedly cool. I was cruising around the National [Indoor] Lacrosse League’s website in search of some Minnesota Swarm merchandise when I thought to myself “Self, didn’t you see a professional outdoor lacrosse game being played on…
I was listening to All Things Considered on NPR during my drive home yesterday and heard them tease a review of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest by “an unusual reviewer”. I thought to myself “They couldn’t possibly be…
I’m thinking I may make this a regular feature, as it helps me get the links on the virtual page and off my tab bar. Links The 10 Commandments of Cell Phone Etiquette. Sounds like a good start to me.…
