Been a while since I’ve posted some pics of the little-un. But I have an ulterior motive here. Read on…
Month: May 2004
Stupid Frat Brothers
This is why we send morons to college. A trio of Missouri frat brothers nearly had an international incident on their hands after they loaded fireworks into a Civil-War era cannon — and nearly killed a group of visiting Chinese communists as a result. Full Story.
It’s a Clear Violation of Rights…
…when a man is asked to cover up his naked lawn gnomes. Communists.
Please Shoot Me — Or Him
It’s bad enough that David Hasselhoff has a singing career, but he’s decided to team up with Ice-T to release a rap album.
Did anybody ever see Hasselhoff on Whose Line is it Anyway? Boy was he horrible on that show. They’ve had lots of celebrity guests do skits with the regulars on that show, but he was by far the worst.
Someone’s Getting a Beatin’
In the “Things I’ve Been Meaning To Link To But Have Forgotten” pile, comes an article that pisses me off. A New York Times article reports that a tape recording made on 9/11/01 containing statements from “at least six air traffic controllers who dealt with two of the hijacked airliners .. was destroyed by a supervisor without anyone making a transcript or even listening to it.”
Genius. Does this moron still have a job?
The article goes on to say that the supervisor crushed the tape in his hand before tossing it. Quoting this BB post, “I just tried to crush a cassette in my hand. I couldn’t do it. I know my upper body strength isn’t what it ought to be, but I don’t see how any normal human could crush a cassette in his or her bare hand. I therefore conclude that the manager is not human. He is probably a very smart, shaved, and clothed chimp. Supporting evidence: In 1924, the Bronx Zoo tested the grip strength of people and chimpanzees using a dynamometer. A 160-pound male human had a grip strength of 210 pounds. But a 135-pound female chimp had a grip strength of 1260 pounds. Anybody have a pet chimp so we can test this out? I’ll pay for the cassette.”
Nude Rollercoaster Record Set
I certainly hope they sterilized the seats after this.
Hello From Iraq
I don’t know much about this picture other than it was sent from an old high school friend of mine who was doing IT work for the Marines in the middle east (quoting what he said: “Basically being a Generals AOL bitch and answering service.”). I’ve yet to write him back, as I haven’t had time. Needless to say, he’s the guy on the left — the one that looks like a Central-Oregonian. I won’t mention his name, in case he doesn’t want me to, but anybody who went to high school with me will recognize the guy.
That’s a Lotta Bull!
Quoting a forwarded e-mail from Barney‘s friend:
I was out in the badlands about a month ago and found the coolest nest with these LARGE hungry baby birds with there eses still closed and mouths wide open… they are on a clif about 15 feet straight up in a little cave and I can climb the rocks across from them and take pics into the cave, so i have been going out there once a week ( today was the 4th shoot) and taking pics as they grow… it has been realy cool… anyway the sick (evil twin) made me take this pic today and i thought yo would get a laugh out of it
Laugh I did…
Anybody have a huge magnet?
Or some other way of erasing a bulk bunch of DLT tapes or Travan tapes that I’m selling on eBay? All the tapes’ data was encrypted on the tapes, but I’d still like to erase them to avoid trouble. Both the drives that used those tapes are toast, so I can’t erase them that way. Anybody know any good way to get rid of the data on them?
Why didn’t I think of this?
Running an MP3 off the hard drive space of a copier, for example. This article is full of ideas on fun stuff you can do with modern copiers. Granted, the article is from the viewpoint that these things are bad, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use the article for ideas for future projects.