Comcast digital cable provides an on-screen menu to select what to watch. Very handy usually; especially the Reminder feature (Note to any Comcast people; provide more listings… go like two weeks out so I can set reminders farthur out.) The guide also provides descriptions of the shows so you can get an idea of what […]
This idiocy of the pictures and Bush “hiding” the dead returning from Iraq needs to stop. From “Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins” by Dana Milbank (Washington Post, 21 Oct 2003): Since the end of the Vietnam War, presidents have worried that their military actions would lose support once the public glimpsed the […]
This is the article on BoingBoing: Used cellphone market taking off The NYT reports on the growing US market for refurbished, used cellphones. But there is also the cellphone equivalent of the preowned BMW. ReCellular, a company based in Dexter, Mich., resells about four million handsets in bulk worldwide each year. Of the 1.5 million […]
Wrap rage? Aren’t we all becoming just a little overly sensitive? I mean, I don’t like that I have to whip out scissors to get at my headphones, but rage? I think there’s enough misery and injustice in the world to rage against. Let’s leave our consumables out of it. Wrap rage – “Extreme anger […]
God I love British politics. If only Americans were this funny. Express owner in ‘Nazi’ tirade Goosestepping Richard Desmond mocks German takeover bid for Telegraph in extraordinary outburst. [via Guardian Unlimited]
Bravo Detroit… now don’t screw this up. The meters are part of a 90-day experiment with battery and solar-powered, online-operated parking meters. Some issue receipts that drivers leave on their dashboards to show parking enforcers how much time is left on the +space+. Others can be programmed to accept credit cards or allow someone to […]
Woo HOO! The Simpsons – The Complete Fourth Season The Simpsons – The Complete Fourth Season — $32.49 [via Amazon.com – DVD]
I share this sentiment as well. The new 3 Mbps broadband line has made me unafraid to download things like 26 MB panoramic photos snapped by the Mars Rovers. The full picture is amazing. Link to picture [via http://www.gulker.com/]
This probably isn’t that new, but I missed until tonight. LegalTorrents.com has added RSS support for all three of there media types. MusicMoviesBooks
A fascinating take on the world’s current events. The battle isn’t between the US and al-Qaida, it’s between the West and the East, Islam and Democratic Liberalism (not the US politcal party). Al-Qaida, despite its ominous portrayal in the Western press – is no exception. It, too, will succumb, in due time, to the twin […]