2013 archive
Horsefeathers 0
Somebody has been watching too many oaters.
The Galt and Lamers 2
Just what is the fascination of Ayn Rand?
Thom tries to figure it out.
Reince Cycle 0
In a moment of accidental candor, he admits that he doesn’t know the truth.
Dulcet Tones 0
In which I talk about the magic of Mageia.
Failing the Test 0
Anyone who uses Gmail and didn’t realize that Google was peeking at the contents so as to target advertisements should not be allowed to use a computing device.
There’s a reason I use Startpage for a search engine. And you should too.
Twits on Twitter 0
Speaking of Florida, has God averted His face therefrom?
Some would say, “Yea, verily.”
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Marginally better:
(snip)
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 54,000 to 2.97 million in the week ended August 3. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
As near as I can reckon, sequestrian “furloughs” are not taken into account, as the “furloughed” do not qualify as “unemployed”; statistics on “screwed” are harder to collect.
TSA Security Theatre 0
Moved below the fold because it autoplays.
Aside: Oddly enough, it did not autoplay on my workhorse laptop, which runs Slackware. the distro of iron. It is a well-behaved laptop.
QOTD 0
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:
A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
Freak Squad 0
Extremely skeevy, highly predictable.
According to the lawsuit, March took the computer to a Tuscaloosa Best Buy in August of 2011 and paid $131 for the Geek Squad to salvage data from her hard drive.
They salvaged the data, all right, then decided it deserved a wider audience.
According to the story, she’s suing because she found the store manager’s response less than adequate. According to the story, the manager is a “him.”
Men are pigs.
The Next Big Thing, Authentically 4
A business person interviewed in the Charlotte Observer counsels that
Expect a spate of consultants offering workshops in how to be authentic and genuine, followed by self-help books on authenticization and integritification prcesses, followed by a feature in Time Magazine about the most authentic authenticization integrification consultants.
Cooch Has Nothing To Say 0
Normally, he just gases on and on.
It peaked with Cuccinelli sidestepping reporters’ questions about the state inquiry just moments after he unrolled his campaign’s educational platform during a lengthy event at a Richmond school.
A reporter barely had time to utter the title inspector general before the attorney general cut him off, a video by Richmond news station NBC 12 shows.
This election season is getting more and more interesting.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Cick for a larger image.
Random Acts of Connectivity 0
Oh, my.
A case of infantile Facebook.
Oh, wait.
That’s redundant.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.