“Swedes unfurl talking paper”
It’s definitely a neat idea, but it looks like a solution in search of a problem.
Archive of entries posted by Head Geek
VMware 6.0
As mentioned earlier, I’ve been running my Ubuntu Linux test machine in VMware 5.5.4, because I already had a license for that version and I didn’t care to upgrade to VMware 6.0 at that point. However, a few days ago I ran across a description of the new features in VMware 6.0, and they looked …
“Bigger thing you have – nicer girl like it”
Where do these spammers come from, outer Mongolia? Wherever it is, they certainly don’t speak English there. I got this one today, with the above subject line: Got a little hitch in your sex life, we can put it in the helve easily! Our remedy will make you really indefatigable lover in a wink of …
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“Anti-smog jacket and no-cold-or-flu dress”
Uh, I hate to point this out, Ms. Ong, but unless that jacket goes around your face, it’s not going to do much to protect you from smog. The same goes for the dress: cold and flu viruses generally get in through the nose and mouth, not the parts covered by a traditional dress.
“The $3,500 USB drive”
Freakin’ unbelievable.
“Paris Hilton dereassigned back to jail”
Apparently I’m not the only one who wasn’t impressed by the early release.
“Cat has camera on collar so we can see what he does”
Let’s hear it for miniaturization — it’s the cat-cam! I’m waiting for someone to come up with a live wireless video feed from a cat’s collar. 🙂
“Just add water – students invent alcohol powder”
Why does it not surprise me that it was students who invented this? 🙂 No doubt the laws will catch up with this kind of thing eventually. Governments don’t like people working around their laws.
“Car drives into Long Island, N.Y., mall”
A mall with a drive-through?
Ordering Checks, a User Interface Gripe
Does no company understand how to create a usable user interface? I just tried to order new checks. Since this is the first reorder I’ve ever done with this company, I decided to do it by phone, instead of by fax or mail (the other two options). I called up, thinking that someone would talk …
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