I’ll second that. Not that I plan to move to either in the foreseeable future — DVDs do the job just fine for me.
Archive of entries posted on January 2008
“Wedding cake clone of bride”
Speaking of un-freakin’-believable…
“Hello Kitty Contacts”
Un-freakin’-believable.
The State of Medical Technology
Two recent articles from Boing Boing suggest major advances in medical science. The first talks about a compound which “reverses Alzheimer’s in minutes,” which is a pretty bold claim and has so far been tested on only one patient, but has at least the possibility of being true. The second talks about using the rabies [...]
“Save Windows XP”
InfoWorld has started a petition to Microsoft, asking them to continue selling Windows XP after the June 30th, 2008, cutoff date. Even if you don’t use Windows yourself, think about the people you support… then go sign the petition, because being interested in computing is going to get a lot worse if Microsoft is allowed [...]
Telemarketers
I really dislike telemarketing. I try not to be rude to anyone, even telemarketers; I just wait until they say what they’re selling and tell them I’m not interested. Most of them quickly thank me and move on to their next target. But there are times when my patience is sorely tested.
“Why people believe weird things about money”
Via LifeHacker, a very interesting article about people and why we don’t always (or even usually) make rational choices.
Nyquil: “Don’t Make Any F’ing Plans”
What is it about the holidays that makes them so virus-prone?*
Identity Theft: Not Such A Sham After All
A fellow (and apparently something of a celebrity) over in the UK decided to print his banking details in his column in the Sunday newspaper, to “make the point that his money would be safe and that the spectre of identity theft was a sham,” after it came to light that the British government lost [...]
“A Golden Age”
Scott Adams made an entry in the Dilbert Blog today, making a prediction of a coming Golden Age. It’s a lovely vision, and I’m sure the reality will be interesting, even if nowhere near as awesome as he describes. But there’s one thing in particular that he mentioned that bears repeating: Wars appear to be [...]