It has been pointed out to me - yes, even by respectable people in this very space - that I'm possibly a tad too outspoken with regards to certain issues. I'm...
... people get away with this kind of thing. I can't understand why they aren't tarred and feathered. <post source=""> Houses of the Holy A Star investigation...
... Oprah Winfrey. I mean, if it wasn't already obvious. This is the creature who foisted "Dr Phil"* upon society. Two parts to this: one just makes her look...
... this kind, apparently. The entire incident is documented at <http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004925.html <http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004925.html> > ...
Just read this schoolyard taunt - original is written in Chinese but translated on thesneeze.com. Had to share it with you as its now been stuck in my head for...
... translated on thesneeze.com. ... a) Oh, charming. b) And thank you, for getting it stuck in OUR heads. :-P c) Strange. The last time I visited my old...
... you won't be doing it with free software. (Hi all. Yes, briefly breaking the silence. I'm still hunkered down waiting hopefully for the Good News...
... found this while at one of my favourite Science (biology, oddly) blogs. Check the Files section. Open the section called "Completely Miscellaneous Files"....
... the Empire's Worst Engineer :-) <post source="http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/nardo-design-empire.php"> Subject Trash Compactor From Death Star...
... Nick: from choice, or because nobody's handing you copies? Helen E: heh-heh. Straw. :-) ... no messing around with established history... unless it's for a...
Latest as reported at the BBC... <post source="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6517155.stm"> Space thriller Serenity has beaten Star Wars to the title...
Research from UNSW has put better results on something we'd heard about some time ago: using Microsoft Powerpoint makes you stupid. Or, I should say: using...
Old news, by now, was that of another vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista - a single file for an animated cursor would cause Windows Vista to crash... and...
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tabletop_roleplaying.png C'mon, sing out if you actually found this funny. -- ... Peter Petroff ... Client/Computer Systems...
Okay, here's the test: US Fox News ran a poll: who is the most foolish American? The winner was announced: Britney Spears! #1 on the list! Here's the...
*raises hand* Peter Petroff wrote: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tabletop_roleplaying.png C'mon, sing out if you actually found this funny. No virus found in...
... and how their claim's going. <post source="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070320-ibm-laywer-scos-smoking-gun-fires-blanks.html"> Court transcripts...
... Well actually, after years of litigation and harassment, all SCO has to show for its efforts is ... years of litigation and harassment. Being on the...
Via Boing-Boing, from <http://www.baraskit.se/random/archive/8/pancake_2.html> - how to make pancakes... ... heroin junkie style. No text, just photos. You'll...
[A beaver's AC97-compliant innards] It has been commented/joked, occasionally, that Linux <http://www.linux.org/> (the near-peerless operating system) can be...