You are the CEO of an online service, say in the media sharing space. One of your competitors is completing the final stages of merging into the larger company that purchased them over a year ago. Some customers (many of whom receive the service for free) are complaining about new limitations placed on the service. […]
I’m late to this meme, but Reason Magazine links to a clip from The Andy Griffith Show that shows just one of the many reasons that warrentless wiretapping is wrong. Remember when we all used to think about “due process”? (Side note: If anyone knows how to embed YouTube video in WordPress blogs, I’m all […]
Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian10 – You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 – You feel insulted and “dehumanized” when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the […]
I was too nerdy not to do this. I am: Arthur C. Clarke Well known for nonfiction science writing and for early promotion of the effort toward space travel, his fiction was often grand and visionary. Which science fiction writer are you? Which is a pretty cool result as I like Clarke’s work quite […]
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]