I got this in my email… Subject: A Note from Talent for Senate From: “Talent for Senate” <info@talentforsenate.com> Reply-To: talentforsenate@AWREPLIES.NET Date: 8/24/2006 9:40 PM To: me Dear Missouri Voter: With the election less than three months away, we hope you will vote for Senator Jim Talent on November 7 and support his campaign in any … Continue reading “Spam from Senator Jim Talent”
Month: August 2006
I’ve had it with these mother f#$king snakes on this mother f#$king plane!
(via email) And there’s this story, which sounds like a William Castle promotion gone horribly wrong: Live Rattlesnakes Released in Arizona ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Theater
Onkyo MP-1000J
(via Ubergizmo) Having had good experiences with Onkyo audio equipment, I find this intriguing: Onkyo has developed a portable media player that requires some basic technical know-how to put together. It is also very different from other standard issue PMPs as it does not come with any screen – you will have to plug it … Continue reading “Onkyo MP-1000J”
Pascal’s Wager Revisited
I got the following in my work email this morning: I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t, and die to find out there is. You are my 8 in 8 seconds. I am not breaking … Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager Revisited”
I’ll believe it when I see it
Microsoft Office for Linux ‘inevitable’: Microsoft will release a version of Office to run on Linux within the "next couple of years", according to the chief executive of the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL). "They did it once with Apple; they will do it again with Linux," Stuart Cohen said during an interview with vnunet.com … Continue reading “I’ll believe it when I see it”
New URL
NOTE: The URL for this web site is now officially http://rlrr.drum-corps.net/. Feel free to update your blogrolls, link lists, bookmarks, sacred scrolls, etc. The old URL will also still work.
Mmmm, Squid Chunks
(via Pharyngula) Having eaten my share of squid chunks, this doesn’t seem so bad except for the milk, which just doesn’t go with squid…
What if Operating Systems Were Airlines?
This classic (moldy oldy?) showed up in my inbox… DOS Air Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane, push it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits the ground. They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop on, jump off… … Continue reading “What if Operating Systems Were Airlines?”
Friday Random Ten: 2006-08-18
| Name | Artist | Album | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Temenos | Terry Bozzio + Metropole Orkest | Chamber Works | Rock |
| 2. | Misty Mountain Hop | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | Rock |
| 3. | Good Time | Leroy | Scrubs | Soundtrack |
| 4. | Pink Parakeet | Stan Ridgway | Black Diamond | Alternative & Punk |
| 5. | Radio Silence | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age Of Wireless | Alternative & Punk |
| 6. | Tongue | R.E.M. | Monster | Rock |
| 7. | Shelob’s Lair | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | Soundtrack |
| 8. | One Of Our Submarines | Thomas Dolby | The Golden Age Of Wireless | Alternative & Punk |
| 9. | As I Am | Dream Theater | Live At Budokan [Disc 1] | Metal |
| 10. | Cotton Tail | Neil Peart | Burning For Buddy | Jazz |
Arrrrrr! All spammers should be forced to walk the plank
Since January 16, 2006, over 24,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since August 12, 2006.