Durian is a fruit with either loyal friends or mortal enemies — and nothing in between. I for one, cannot be in the same room as Durian. In fact, I can’t even be in a room where Durian has been during the past 24 hours. Yet I know enough people who love it. If [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The tongue of the beholder
Posted in Nonsense, TV/Radio/Movies/Drama on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scientist dies in botched Large Hadron Collider test
Posted in Science in General, Tongue in Cheek on August 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On the news, following the September 10th opening of the Large Hadron Collider:
GENEVA — In a shocking turn of events, rumors of haunting at the newly opened Large Hardon Collider (LHC) has revealed an internal cover-up concerning the death of a leading scientist. The scientist, a distinguished member of the American nuclear physics team at CERN, [...]
The 99
Posted in TV/Radio/Movies/Drama on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well here’s something new: Islamic superheroes. Interestingly, the characters are not shown screaming “Death to America!” and the female characters are not in full Hijab. The graphics look excellent, but they could use better names. Fatah the Opener sounds like a member of a kitchen utensil brigade.
Rosie Perez was on Jay Leno the other day. [...]
Off on a tangent
Posted in Nonsense on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Changed my mind. Backing Obama now.
Traditionally, I’d be considered a republican had I been an American. Still rather partial to traditional right wing ideals of limited government, capitalist greed and bombing the HELL out of anybody who messes with New York City. My feelings toward bible-thumping, homophobia and anti-abortionism however, would plant me firmly on [...]
Captcha
Posted in Computing on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Spammers must be, hands-down the most enterprising souls on the Internet. The level of sophistication of the algorithms and techniques currently being used to circumvent spam protection is worthy of a doctoral thesis. Notably, captchas (those squiggly letters you type into assert your humanity on online forms) are not the bullet-proof automated registration defense they used [...]
