The Screen Savers

Out of morbid curiosity, I endured the premiere episode of the new incarnation of The Screen Savers. Here’s my review (I’m stealing a bit from a classic Bloom County strip): G4TechTV’s recently retooled The Screen Savers has brought the word “bad” to new levels of badness. This show just oozed rottenness from every bad segment… … Continue reading “The Screen Savers”

Medically Supervised Anecdotal Study

I heard this phrase in a radio advertisement: In a recent medically supervised anecdotal study, over 96% of the participants who took Product X*, reported an increase in libido and erectile strength. What is a medically supervised anecdotal study? Why not have a real clinical trial of Product X? Probably because a real clinical trial … Continue reading “Medically Supervised Anecdotal Study”

Falwell’s Thanksgiving message

(via Media Matters for America) I thank God now in the 21st century for talk radio, that three hours a day people like Sean Hannity1, Rush Limbaugh1,2, and hundreds of others are telling the truth of what really is going on. I thank God for FOX News Channel1. I thank God for the Internet bloggers … Continue reading “Falwell’s Thanksgiving message”

Chock full of artery clogging goodness

(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener….) Hardee’s introduces new mega-calorie Monster Thickburger: ST. LOUIS (AP) — As many fast-food chains are catering to the health-conscious, Hardee’s is introducing the biggest and thickest of its Thickburgers — one with enough calories to make Ronald McDonald blush. The St. Louis-based chain on Monday rolled out its Monster … Continue reading “Chock full of artery clogging goodness”

As if Linux wasn’t cool enough already

I’ve been playing around with Hydrogen – an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. So far, it seems to be full featured (I’m more familiar with “real” drums). Hydrogen can import sound samples in .wav, .au, and .aiff formats and export “songs” to midi and wav files. Hydrogen uses an XML file for its native song … Continue reading “As if Linux wasn’t cool enough already”

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