This has been floating around the Web the last couple of days, and the reason I’m linking to it is because I love good covers (studied Magazine Journalism in college, after all). But the American Society of Magazine Editors has named it’s top magazine covers of the last 40 years, and there are some great ones (that’s a mirror link as the original is down — you can download a torrent of them here).
Category: Interesting
My New Spam-Fighting Technique
Instead of calling “@” an “at” sign, I’m going to call it “strudel” like some Israeli writers do. Or you could call it sobaka, majmunsko, apestaart, Aff enschwanz, or dalphaengi like they do in many other countries.
So if you need to get ahold of me, my e-mail is jake strudel utterlyboring dot com.
What To Read Next
I don’t read as much as I should, but if I ever get the time to do so again, I’m going to head here. Based on the last book I read, these are the recommendations (I had read Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland).
Wish I Could Quit And Blog Full Time
There’s apparently some decent money in it.
Latest Sign Of The Apocalypse
In “an alliance you thought you’d never see,” Microsoft has announced that the next Treo will run Windows Mobile 5.0. More comments here.
FEMA: A Legacy Of Waste
This is an incredible piece of investigative journalism that’s been well-packaged online. It documents how FEMA has just been wasting tax-payer’s dollars for years.
The paper has investigated how $9 million in FEMA tornado recovery money went to people in Miami-Dade County, even though the storm hit up to 37 miles away. More than $5 million in “free money” went to people in the Los Angeles area, even though wildfires burned up to 30 miles away. And $168.5 million went to people in Detroit to help recover from a storm that people have trouble even remembering.
It’s just scary to see how much money went to places with little or no damage.
Want To Be A Genius?
An interesting article on what makes a genius, and how you can become one yourself. I’ll probably never be a genius, however, as I don’t even have the time to read the article all the way to the end. Oh well. Mediocrity is fine by me.
I Should Live To Be 84.31 Years Old
At least according to this in-depth life expectancy calculator. How long are you expected to live? Comment here.
The Secret Language Of Spam
Looks like somebody’s spamming software didn’t process the message properly. I just got this via e-mail (URLs removed):
It’s ${quick|fast}, ${easy|simple} and ${anonymous|very private}.
Our ${dat.ing|matchin.g} ${system|portal} has taken live ${dating|matching}
to a ${whole new|much higher} level.
Now you can {meet|get to know} someone in {seconds|nanoseconds},
${conversate|talk} to them and ${ensure|make sure} it’s all ${that you like|by your taste}!
It sure makes it easy to block this type of thing when every option for this e-mail is spelled out so nicely.
The Bulletin Previews Their New Site
For some reasons that a few people reading this site know, I’m going to just remain a neutral bystander on this, but it looks like The Bulletin is previewing their new design and registration scheme. Thoughts, comments? Feel free to comment here.