Seen this linked in a few places. I haven’t really got into BitTorrent too much, but now it might be easier since there’s a good search engine for files.
Month: July 2004
Watch Out On Your Commute Home
Somebody might have set up a Saran Wrap Trap.
Authorities planned to canvass homes this weekend for information on a prankster who thickly wound clear plastic wrap around traffic poles across a road, causing a motorcycle accident.
Waukesha County sheriff’s investigators are concerned because last year a number of parked cars were found bound in plastic wrap to prevent drivers from getting inside, Detective Steve Pederson said.
Motorcyclist Daniel Buckel, and his girlfriend Theresa Brzykcy were riding on Guthrie Road south of Waukesha, when they crashed Tuesday into the plastic wrap set up 3 to 4 feet above the two-lane road.
I can only imagine the amount of wrap it would take to do that kind of damage.
Women are Evil
G’night from the couch. That is all.
They’ll Outsource Anything
Including fast-food drive-up windows:
Pull off Interstate 55 near Cape Girardeau, Mo., and into the drive-through lane of a McDonald’s next to the highway and you’ll get fast, friendly service, even though the person taking your order is not in the restaurant — or even in Missouri.
The order taker is in a call center in Colorado Springs, more than 900 miles away, connected to the customer and to the workers preparing the food by high-speed data lines. Even some restaurant jobs, it seems, are not immune to outsourcing.
“Biggitry [sic] isn’t a good Christian Value”
And neither is bad spelling:
Boy does that ever make me want to suport their cause (which was, by the way, to put Bend’s Equal Rights Ordanince to voters). If you’re going to protest something, at least make sure it’s an intelligent protest, with intelligent spelling.
The Trekkie Apartment
This has to be one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen:
The Star Trek apartment is the first and only one in the world.
Watching Star Trek, buying the merchandise, going to the conventions and talking Trek is what millions of Star Trek fans do all around the world.
Whilst all of that is exciting, I have chosen another, and more extreme option – live the experience 24/7.
LCARS, Ops units, voice activated lighting, back-lit panelling, various lighting effects, Transporter Pads and a full scale Transporter Control Console with built in sound effects are just some of the many features included in the sale of this unique property.
As an interior designer, and science fiction fan, I have always wanted to break with traditional interior design and try something a little more exciting and challenging.
As a fully convicted science fiction fan, living in a spaceship environment is about as exciting as it gets.
If I don’t sell my apartment I will continue to enjoy the pleasure it has given me over the last four years.
Some people need to really get out more. There are more pictures of this apartment here.
Firefox as MSIE
I can see this being useful in making Firefox useful for the masses. Some developers are attempting to make Firefox look and act just like MSIE. Now if somebody can just write a worm that goes around the net and replaces MSIE with this, we’d be good to go and nobody would be the wiser. Really. Thanks Neil for the link.
Another Annoying Flash Game
This time brought to you by Jesse, who decided to whip it together in a few hours last night. I can’t control the damn space ship, and I’ve only totaled 3 points on this before dying. That thing needs a brake or something as I can’t seem to keep it in control, but maybe it’s just me.
b!x Needs Your Funds
b!x is looking for money to enter the Online Journalism Awards competition for the Portland Communique. It’s a great site, and should win an award, and I think he’s got a great chance of winning. He’s looking to get $200 to enter in a couple categories, so make sure you contribute.
Keira Knightly Gets A Boob Job
It’s a photoshop boob job, all in the name of selling movie tickets.