Your NFL transition sound effects (you know, the ones you use every time an on-screen graphic gets updated/wiped) stink. They’re distracting and they add absolutely nothing to the viewing experience. NBC, yours sounds like a massive burst of interference coming…
I woke up this morning to find a Slashdot story noting the passing of Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin. I was saddened, although not completely surprised – Irwin’s death has always been a bit of a “Well, I saw that…
…You go to use the restroom, only to find that you were so tired and out of it when dressing yourself that you managed to put your underwear on inside-out and backwards. I mean, hypothetically, of course. Not that I…
I know that some people have had their issues with Dreamhost (my hosting provider), but I have to say that my experience with them has been largely positive. However, they’ve had a spate of issues that have plagued them recently,…
MSN Money ran a very helpful article the other day covering “10 things you shouldn’t buy new”. There are some good ideas on the list, the most pertinent of which I found to be: cars, children’s toys, and video games.…
Purveyors of packing peanut cubicles, aluminum-foiled apartments and balloon-filled offices * have met their match: the all-cardboard office. Nice. * [Language/Humor Impairment Warning: video link contains humorless foul-mouthed University of South Carolina student body Vice President making a royal fool…
Where else can you find music videos comprised of 4 men on 8 treadmills, instructional videos on the effects of LSD on British paratroopers and Japanese prank show clips involving stunt drivers emulating a scene from Crazy Taxi all in…
This one’s as much for my reference and edification as it is for y’all’s: Knife Sharpening Tricks. Looks like I need to snag a whetstone or two and take a run at that cutlery rack in the kitchen… (For those…
Parker Brothers is reportedly set to release an updated version of their venerable Monopoly board game featuring Visa-branded debit cards in lieu of the stacks of funny-colored money traditionalists are used to. I kid you not. I guess there’s only…
If you’re ever searching for the exact. right. description. of someone’s line of (specious/fallacious) reasoning, you should hit up The Fallacy Files, your one-stop-shop for definitions and examples of common logical fallacies. Ahh, the wonders of the Intarweb.
