June 2007
90 posts
"Pup" ponders the heat death of the universe →
I’d put the image here but, well, it’s huge.
You can always tell when I have a day off work.
Thief asks for "time out" in police chase →
15 (Painfully) Unforgettable Cartoon Theme Songs →
Oh man, I totally forget that Pro-Stars show existed. Also, at one point, Talespin was my ringtone.
More iPhone negatives →
David Pogue posted a follow-up article with the NYT answering some more questions. Here’s some things that weren’t represented in my last post about this: Vibrate is weak, most headphones don’t fit, the on-screen keyboard works in landscape mode but only in Safari, no custom ringtones, no use as a laptop modem, no Bluetooth sync, no simultaneous voice and data (EVDO will...
“When the aliens finally land, and we learn to communicate with them, and then we...”
“They left billions and billions of dollars on the table by suing Napster —...”
– Rolling Stone : The Record Industry’s Decline
“When I’m older, can I build a robot?” “Well, I don’t...”
– Dubious Quality: Eli 5.10: Fishing, Humming, Acting, and Building
“Ed started rushing towards the elevator with Mr. Thompson not far behind. He...”
– The Interview For Hell - Worse Than Failure
iPhone Reviews
Let me first preface this by saying that I’m not interested in getting an iPhone at all. My interest in it is purely academic and fueled by curiosity. That being said, reviews are starting to trickle in (thanks to Rex for the heads up) and the results are pretty interesting. I think David Pogue summed it up well in his NYT review: “As it turns out, much of the hype and some of the...
Day of Silence: Internet Radio Goes Dark →
“A Czech armed robber who targeted McDonald’s restaurants was grabbed by...”
– Full Story at Ananova
“No, it’s not so ridiculous, it’s really the only way. We’re...”
– Second Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
Newly Announced iPhone Features →
Including “way, way more PRAM than the last thingy” and it even “comes with an iPhone hat, so people know you own an iPhone during the brief periods you’re not using it.”
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo”
– Unbelievably, this is a valid sentance. In fact, for any n ≥ 1, the sentence buffalon is grammatically correct. Wikipedia has the full story.
“It’s scary in this country, it’s probably because of our bad...”
– New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
The Dilbert Blog: My Best Story →
Courts ruled today that the Fourth Amendment... →
This is a landmark ruling which means that a search warrent will now be required to secretly search emails stored on email servers.
Web 2.0 Effect: Shared Hosting Comparison →
Novel way to test which hosting providers can survive being Dugg/Slashdotted/Redditted.
