Thought for the day
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read. — Groucho Marx Technorati Tags: Humor | Humour | Groucho Marx | GrouchoMarxr | quotes
How to check with the BBB
You know the old saying, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”? Unfortunately, it’s probably true. I’ve taken to checking out anybody who wants me to give them money with the Better Business Bureau. You can search by name (with or without location), phone number — so far the most reliable [...]
A Pope is a Pope — unless he’s a domain
Checking my logs this morning, I noticed that I was getting an inordinate amount of traffic from Rogers Cadenhead’s Workbench. Turns out Rogers has been getting a whole lot of traffic — say, 100 hits every minute or so — because he’s registered BenedictXVI.com. He did it weeks ago, in fact, along with registering ClementXV.com, [...]
Digital ROTS in Florida
OK, I took a leap and called the theater where I saw AOTC, and they are showing Revenge of the Sith in digital, but the midnight show is sold out. I bought tickets for the 19th, but now, so I go and see the midnight show locally, in analog, or do I wait and see [...]
I’ve got my tickets for ROTS!
OK, I did it. I bought tickets for the midnight premiere of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Or should I say, I bought my BACKUP tickets. The tickets I bought are for the nearest theater with stadium seating. Nice theater, not too far away. But it’s not digital. I saw Attack of [...]
Hitchhiker’s: vastly, staggeringly, jaw-droppingly bad
My mother called me yesterday to tell me that there was a move called Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and I should make sure I bring my towel. My mother’s well-intentioned attempt to reconnect with my childhood aside, I’ve seen the trailer and not only do I not intend to bring my towel, I don’t [...]
Exit Mundi
Tired of post-apocalyptic stories that use the same old end-of-the-world scenarios? I mean, how many nuclear wars and biological accicents can you read about? Check out Exit Mundi, a humorous look at lots of alternatives.
Beware the Unitarian Jihad
For all those sick of fundamentalism of all sorts, check out the Unitarian Jihad. Long live the revolution! Technorati tags: humor | humour | religion | politics | Unitarian | Unity |
TV advertising: how much?
Ever wonder how much money a television show actually makes in advertising? Check out the futon critic for a list from this past tv season. Remember, though, that the network has to pay a licence fee in order to air the show. Technorati tags: Advertising | television | tv
Randomly generated conference paper accepted
OK, I’m still laughing over this one. According to CNN, a group of MIT students created a program to generate a random computer science paper, and got it accepted at a conference. The paper, Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy is full of statements such as: One must understand [...]