Just an FYI: If you’re flying anywhere over the holiday season, don’t bring a fruitcake — they look like bombs in the airport security scanners. Thanks Barney for the link.
Month: December 2003
That’s one way to increase your ratings
Just put a penis into your nightly sports broadcast. That’s what WFAA did — I’m sure by accident.
Shave this woman’s head
It will only cost you $45,000 (starting bid). Needless to say, nobody’s bid yet.
Woman accused of hitting toy store customer with Legos box
Tonita Wiemels, 39, was arrested outside a popular Berkeley toy store after she hit a customer in the face with a box of Legos, shoved a second shopper and kicked a third, according to police. Full story. Link via Obscure.
Bad essays on weather
These are the weirdest, but funniest, things I’ve read in a long time. Link via Waxy’s links.
Your guide to e-mail scams
Bookmark this site. With all the various e-mail scams going around, it only takes a short amount of time before somebody gets screwed. Thanks to Chris for the link.
Microsoft is just a group of business Nazis
Why else would they have swastikas in their software? Needless to say, they’re getting removed.
Google adds new features
It’s beefed up Froogle, and it’s also added a search by number feature that lets you directly enter UPS tracking numbers, FedEx tracking numbers, U.S. patent numbers, FAA airplane registration numbers and FCC equipment IDs. For weather conditions at U.S. airports, just enter the three letter airport code, followed by the word airport — for example, “den airport.” Full story.
Down the line, I’d love to see them implement these features.
PowerPoint makes you dumb
And businessmen and professors around the world are now blaming their in ineptitude on Microsoft. Full story.
Your guide to Microsoft Bob
You young’uns out there may not know what MS Bob is, but it was Microsoft’s failed attempt at putting a pretty face on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. And boy was it ugly, clunky, and crap — that was later implemented in Windows XP. I remember reading somewhere (can’t remember where) that before they were married, Melinda, Bill Gates’ wife, was the lead developer on the “Bob” project. And that’s where they met, and fell in love.
You can read into that how ever you want. Thanks to Neil for the link.