Meanwhile, scientists have yet to figure out a cure for cancer.
Month: May 2003
The Proper and Polite Way to Vomit
If you go out tonight and have a bit too much to drink, remember there is a right way and a wrong way to hurl.
Kermit knows what’s up
There’s a giant Kermit the Frog atop Jim Henson studios, and it stares all day at Crazy Girls Exotic Strip Club across the street. Full Story (basically just a brief mention, but something I didn’t know about) from Fark.
Twenty Questions
OK, we all remember the game 20 questions where someone has to guess object you’re thinking about by asking you up to 20 questions. But have you ever played it against a computer? The software’s AI is pretty good, so good luck tricking it.
Nordstrom shoe-sellers booted for sales contest cheating
From Obscure Store:
In an attempt to win a $500 prize, several Nordstrom employees sold shoes to themselves and rang up sales for co-workers, family members, friends and customers knowing the shoes would be returned in a few days. Eight workers have been canned.
The Chubby Jedi – Identified!
A couple weeks back I posted links to some dang funny videos showing a slightly stout kidding dancing around doing Star Wars-like maneuvers. The site the originally hosted the videos (and the 2.3 terabytes of traffic that came with it) have not only figured out who the kids was, but where the video came from. Full Story.
How to Fake A Hard Day at the Office
This is a great story about how you can become the ultimate slacker. Great read, and full of tips and pictures.
I get to play detective
We recently had a cable modem disappear from one of our units here at work. The renters who stayed in the house last claim they don’t have it. I don’t believe them, nor does some of the staff, just based on the fact that we had trouble with these folks.
So the modem is gone, and we ordered a new one from NewEgg (for $82 — the cable company wanted to charge us $250). But there’s only a couple thing you can do with a cable modem: pawn it off on someone, or hook it up on your cable system. Generally, to get it to work with a new cable system, you have to give them the MAC address. That’s how many cable companies verify that you’re a subscriber is by the MAC address of your modem — if your modem’s MAC is in their database, you can play.
So what am I going to do? Get the MAC address of the stolen modem from our cable company, and then call the renter’s cable company, just to see if they have that MAC address on their network. I’ll keep you posted with my results.
Herb-basted chicken
From Ruminate.com: Ordering the “Herb-basted chicken” seemed like a good idea — until I saw a sweaty shirtless man in the back rubbing chicken breasts across his torso.