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Archive of entries posted on October 2009
“You have won [RANDOM_AMOUNT] USD. Annual e-mail lottery.”
Haven’t seen one of these in a while, but this one appeared recently in my spam folder: Congratulations! You have won money in our annual e-mail lottery! You may find the gift check in attachment to this e-mail. Please print the check, to get your money prize. E-mail lottery. USA Mega Millions. [URL removed] The [...]
“How to read articles about health”
Always a handy skill to have.
“The Chipmunks: From Rags to Riches”
Ever wondered where that horribly-overplayed Christmas song came from? Here you go, now you’ll have something to bellow over it (and maybe drown it out, if you’re lucky) when it’s playing for the umpteenth time this year.
Hallowe’en Cake Disasters
I’m not sure that this link could be considered “safe for work,” but for pure unexpectedness, it certainly got a laugh from me.
“Want Peace? Give a Nuke the Nobel”
[... T]he global economy is a creation of the nuclear age. Major powers find ways to get along because the cost of armed conflict between them has become unthinkably high. [...] A very thought-provoking article. (Thanks, Ploni)
“A Halo Over Moscow”
If this had happened a few years ago, I might have thought it meant something.
“Robin Cooper & family v The Telemarketer”
For those that like British humor (or should that be “humour”?), here‘s a wonderful example of it. This guy does voices very well. You can usually tell when it’s some guy trying to sound like a woman, for instance, but listening to it, I can easily believe that all of the people are who they [...]
“Superman: a Unified Theory for his Superpowers”
This makes a lot more sense than Superman having half a dozen unexplainable abilities. (Yeah, only us geeks would try to explain the abilities of a super-fictional comic-book character in a scientific way. )
“iPhone developer stamps out calculator profanity”
You’ve got to be kidding?!