First clue that you won’t be home on time. 4:38pm, new guy on Tier 2 Help Desk: “You got a sec?” 4:56pm, me: “That’s not possible.” 4:56pm, me: “.. but someone managed to do it.” *sigh*
Call it a one day sales zerg. Blizzard Entertainment® today announced that World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade(TM) has broken the day-one sales record to become the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe, with a worldwide total of nearly 2.4 million copies sold in the first 24 hours of availability. .. “In […]
But some economists and demographers are beginning to wonder whether New Orleans will top out at about half its prestorm population of about 444,000, already in a steep decline from its peak of 627,525 in the 1960 Census. At the moment, the population is well below half, and future gains are likely to be small. […]
Beer for dogs! “Kwispel” is the Dutch word for wagging a tail. I would have gone for the (more pedestrian) hondbier, but I’m Dutch-American. (“Hond” is Dutch for “dog”.) Pet shop owner creates beer for dogs UPDATE: Sweet! There’s an American version; Happy Tail Ale. [via Popgadget]
State officials should consider raising the tax on beer for the first time since the 1960s as part of an effort to ease the state’s budget problems, according to [John Bebow, executive director of The Center for Michigan, a think tank in the Ann Arbor area]. I hereby postulate that Mr. Bebow is a snobby […]
We are assembling a community of heathen pet-lovers to care for pets that are “left-behind.” We are coordinating with feed mills and kennels in preparation for your post-apocalyptic pet care needs. JesusPets [via MeFi]
Seriously, nothing like ending the run of a format before it even gets started. Sony announced today, after days of back and forth, that they will not allow their disc-replicating subsidiary to produce pornographic titles. At all. Sony says they won’t actively try to prevent adult titles on Blu-Ray, but won’t allow their subsidiary to […]
Dear Ann Arbor photographers, It snowed. We get it. Thanks, Everyone Else Flickr: Photos tagged with annarbor
Here’s a quote from an article on organ donors, plus one important word I read that was not actually published: The Secretary of State’s office is kicking off a campaign that asks residents who are willing to be organ donors to place a heart sticker on their license plates or state identification cards. The words […]
Amanda Congdon, former hostess of Rocketboom and attention whore, gets tasered at CES. And no, the irony of my linking to this video is not lost on me.ABC News: Amanda Congdon Index