Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
This article made me wonder… could there be an as-yet-undiscovered species that does something similar with human morals? There’s certainly a lot of evidence of one; its victims seem to congregate in investment banking, certain kinds of lawyers’ offices, and at the top floors of the head offices of multinational corporations.
Nice! I don’t understand how it got past the credit card companies’ lobbyists though. Unless even they can’t convince politicians to look the other way anymore…
Which, of course, begs the question: just what is keeping you awake, then? My hypothesis is that the brain and body are lazy. You ingest caffeinated beverages for a while; they get used to responding in a certain way. You start ingesting otherwise-identical decaffeinated beverages instead, and they respond in the same way because they’re …
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I know that everyone heard about the Sarah Palin secret-question attack. I suspect most people thought “I really ought to check my own secret questions…” and then forgot about it. Well, this is your reminder to do something about them. 🙂
I never thought I’d see the day… 🙂
It seems that the way the Internet drives down prices by eliminating the middlemen is actually doing some good for someone other than the buyer, for a change.
Another one for the “you’ve got to be joking” file.
There are three parts to this article. The first two are sensible and productivity-enhancing. The third one is simply fun, in an evil sort of way. 🙂 Here are some selected items from it: 5. Voodoo. Display voodoo replicas of your boss and co-workers on your desk, labeled with their names. Whenever you overhear someone …
There was an interesting article on BoingBoing recently. The title was “doihavepigflu.com”, and the text consisted only of this link. Intrigued, I clicked on it… and laughed aloud for a good five minutes. 🙂 Give it a shot yourself.
A very amusing look at the two major Linux desktop environments. It’s so well-written that I could actually hear it in my head, as if it were live commentary on a real boxing match. (I don’t have a favorite in this fight. I’ve used GNOME for the past few years, but that’s solely because it’s …