Expert: 40 Percent of World of Warcraft Players Addicted | TwitchGuru Ah, yes, another “Games are The Ruin of Society” expert. In this week’s episode, the good Dr. Maressa Orzack. Dr. Orzack is the founder of Computer Addiction Services, which in no way compromises her objectiveness. She is “swamped” with addicted gamers coming into her […]
… but, it was close. 17 votes.I voted against this proposal. Why? I didn’t understand the benefit. I read the article in the paper and my reaction was “there is no added value to me for voting this through”. Most of Chelsea lives less than 5 minutes from a fully-staffed firehouse and the services have […]
New Orleans parishes are in the process of choosing the planners that will guide the rebuilding of the city. These are people who will be tasked with urban planning, clean-up, and spending millions of dollars in federal aide money.And they’re choosing these people via an online poll. You read that right, an online poll. It […]
So, I found an interesting thing today; my site has been scraped, my content stolen. The last post here has been posted, in it’s entirety, on two spammer website. Both WHOIS lookups go through proxies, one Tor and one at Carnegie Mellon University. You can see both stolen posts here and here (yes, I’m linking […]
This post is in a new category, “Spot the Sarcasm”; guess why.Windows has a wonderful feature for Internet Explorer users called Trusted sites. Trusted sites are described as “Web sites that you trust not to damage your computer or data.” Pretty straightforward, right? But, as they say, the devil is in the details. Let’s say […]
Seriously, headlines don’t have to be Pulitzer-worthy, but at least try. Heavy people may collapse more in heat – Yahoo! News Up next: Anorexics weigh less, drift in windCancer is bad, cure to be discussedComputers are getting faster, used by “nurds” For any Farkers out there, please forward Ric Romero‘s number.
I doubt I’ll ever get this down, but I’m going to try. Link
ABC News: Deputy Hopes Gibson Thinks About DUI Ya think he will?
This sucks. Sleeman brewries, the third largest in Canada, is looking for a buyer. I don’t drink Sleeman’s regularly (and hence, I am the problem), but this is one more independent brewry down the tubes. You just know Molsen or Sapporo will buy them out and pirate the company for their lucrative distributorships; (Guinness, Sam […]
Go read Doonsbury from this Sunday. If you don’t understand it, please stop voting.