2011 archive
Mitt the Flip Hits the Road 2
I see that Mitt the Flip has tied the family dog to the roof of the van and hit the campaign trail.
Did someone not see this coming?
First stop: New Hampshire.
Windows 8 0
Microsoft cannot innovate.
Every one of their major products has been bought or copied from someone else.
Now, they are working on Windows 8 and have invented (gasp)
the iPhone:
(One of the TWUUG members showed me this video last night and the level of dumb left me speechless.)
Afterthought:
This, of course, is a great may to make every Windows user buy new touch-sensitive monitors.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When you shop, be sure to treat the sales staff with courtesy:
(snip)
When law enforcement tracked him down and tried to arrest him on foot, Kelly allegedly attempted to hit them with his car.
According to the Sheriffs Department, four loaded guns were found in Kelly’s car, including a 12-gauge shotgun, a pistol, and a revolver. The book “The Sociopath Next Door” was also found. Kelly told law enforcement that he is a sovereign citizen (someone who believes that almost all forms of government in the U.S. are illegitimate), and that he doesn’t have to follow the law.
Land of the Midnight Eclipse, Reprise 1
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I followed the Eclipse of the Midnight Sun last night on the Astro Viten website.
Cameras were placed in three locations: Tromsø, on the Norway’s north coast; Bodø, on the northwestern coast; and Kirkenes, on the far northeastern coast (you can go to the website to see the last pictures taken at each of the three locations). The picture above was after the eclipse had passed at Kirkenes.
Whirlybirds 0
Will Bunch considers New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s pimped out ride:
Of course, the glee with which some lefties have greeted Christie’s chopper, trying to make a lot out of not much of anything, is understandable.
It is a reaction to the institutionalized duplicity of contemporary Republicanism and to the wingnut ability to make a lot out of nothing at all.
Cliffhanger 0
Aside:
As I read somewhere today (I’ve forgotten where and this is a paraphrase), it says something that Republicans seem surprised that folks don’t want access to health care taken away from them so that insurance company executives and Wall Street banksters can have more and better tax cuts and country club memberships.
Image via Bob Cesca.
Twits on Twitter, Drip by Drips Dept. 0
BBC:
A system upgrade is taking place from 2000 BST on Wednesday affecting 150,000 customers in and around Merthyr, which will finish by 1200 BST on Thursday.
(snip)
But they (customers–ed.)are being advised to fill containers with tap water in case.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still above 400k:
Bloomberg put “less that forecast in its headline.”*
Less than whose forecast? one might ask.
Why, Bloomberg’s, of course.
This says nothing about unemployment, but something about forecasters.
__________________________
*As it that actually meant anything to anyone other than bookies.
QOTD 0
John Irving, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
I don’t go out of my way to find or invent things that are bizarre. It just seems to me that I notice more and more how commonplace the bizarre is.
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Off to Work They Go 0
128 spam comments between 2:30 p. m., when I did my regular database cleanup and backup, and now. Ten to 15 a day is typical.
The gnomes have been busy.
Akismet caught every one of them.
What Nemski Said 0
This is the first edition of What Nemski Said (also, the comments).
Twits on Twitter 0
CSI: Seoul version.
Days of Future Passed Up 0
Where’s my jet pack?
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.)
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, June 2.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
Bombs for Google Bombs 0
This is a gross over-reaction to making a little-visited website unavailable for a few hours.
The planning was given added urgency by a cyber-attack last month on the defence contractor, Lockheed Martin.
It is silly and stupid and betrays fundamental ignorance of networking on a conceptual (as opposed to a technical) level, a lust for perpetual war, or a basis for endless consulting contracts.
I’m betting on one or both of the last two choices.