After threatening legal action against a local woman for trying to hang up a clothesline in her yard, Brooks Resources has now decided that instead of taking advantage of the international coverage and being the good guys in all this and show that they’re a good green company, they’ve decided to just postpone dealing with the matter.
David Letterman Destroys Paris Hilton
The way he makes Paris Hilton squirm is absolutely hilarious. Great television, right here…
Update on 10/2 at 10:40PM: Speaking of great Letterman moments, here are a bunch of great ones.
First There Was “Sally Heatherton…”
…whose site has now apparently been hacked after “Sally” went through some rough trouble in her life with her husband “Bob” after having an affair. Now “Sally’s” “druggist” has a blog.
All I know is that some people have far too much time on their hands to create this kind of satire — though it’s all still hilarious.
Random Fact For The Day
There are 1286 folks in the line of succession to the British Throne.
This is just one of wordiest Wikipedia entries I’ve seen which, needless to say, puts it on this list of eight needlessly long Wikipedia entries.
Anybody in Bend Need A Bookkeeper?
I’d hire this lady (quoted here when/if it disappears off Craigslist):
I am a former CPA (I have no license due to a simple misunderstanding and my now ex-husbands lies) but I have good CPA skills. I am not allowed to sell my services for five years, but it doesn’t say I can’t trade them out.
If you want good accounting services. For example taxes, financial statements, bookkeeping or consulting I am your person.
I could use a mechanic for my car (2001 Honda) some contractor help at my house (some repairs like a handyman) or a lawyer services to help get my license back.
They took it away for a total mistake, and now I have five years without license. But I paid back everyone so I don’t no why they won’t let me have it back. Dont worry I cant steal anything else or I’ll go to jail!!!!!!!!
So you can get back to me and let’s see what else we can put together.
Thanks Susie for this.
Need A Laugh?
Watch this little ten-second video: It made me laugh.
Come on: you laughed, too.
Was Your eBay Account and Credit Card Exposed?
Apparently a hacker managed to get ahold of account information and credit card numbers from over a thousand eBay users. Read about the whole mess here and make sure your eBay ID isn’t on this list or this list.
Weird News Dump
You know, thanks to crazy stuff like this, I feel more normal every day.
- You know, if you’re blind, you shouldn’t try to drive an ATV (needless to say, alcohol was involved).
- You might have a drug problem if you think your dog is telling you to take a bus full of kids hostage.
- There are other things to do when you’re bored other than strip down naked and rob a store.
- Headline of the week: “Man Says Wild Sex Caused SUV Accident.”
- “It must be a lousy job, sitting in a men’s room stall for hours at a time.” (Full Story).
- If you’re stupid enough to videotape yourself going 140mph, don’t post it on YouTube (sounds kind of like these local morons back in the day).
- What’s the key to setting the Donkey Kong world record? How about a little Neil Peart (Rush‘s bad-a$$ drummer for you who don’t know)?
- You think the US needs socialized medicine? Canada has it, and members of their government come to the US for treatment.
The Oceans Are Big, But Full Of Traffic
The oceans are vast, but they are still full of ships and buoys. Just look at this live tracking map of commercial ship and buoy locations and you’ll see how busy things are.
Geekdom Link Dump
Some geek/techy links for everybody.
- Fun things to do in terminal (some useful, some fun).
- Plan your own ergonomic workspace (another useful article on the same topic).
- Good blog for Linux users.
- Rootkit Hunter 1.3.0 has gone final and here’s how to install it (at least on cPanel, but I’m sure it’s similar on non-cPanel systems).
- Using the Windows “netstat” command to see if your computer is connecting to the ‘net.
- Fun with robots.txt and fun with HTTP headers.
- I’m no programmer, but I know there are easier ways to add 19 seconds to the current time than this ugly piece of
crapcode. - Tuning MySQL Performance on cPanel servers.
- I’ve worked with people like this and I’ve seen those people get promoted, too. Sad.
- Do-it-yourself DMCA Counter Notification letter.
- Using Gmail to run your life.
Enjoy!