Screw making houses with the stuff: Make a computer out of it.
Christmas Shopping For Slackers
Haven’t done any Christmas shopping yet? Here’s a good guide for you lazy slugs out there who love to procrastinate. Thanks Will for the link.
This Doesn’t Seem Right
I can understand Yahoo’s position on this, as someone who’s had their Yahoo! account hacked into before, but there are sometimes you should just bend the rules. (Let’s just ignore the fact that if they do it for one person, they’ll be opening a whole other can of worms, shall we?)
The family of a Marine killed in Iraq is pleading with Internet giant Yahoo! for access to his e-mail account, which the company says is off-limits under its privacy policy.
Lance Cpl. Justin M. Ellsworth, 20, was killed by a roadside bomb on November 13 during a foot patrol in Al Anbar province. The family wants the complete e-mail file that Justin maintained, including notes to and from others.
“I want to be able to remember him in his words. I know he thought he was doing what he needed to do. I want to have that for the future,” said John Ellsworth, Justin’s father. “It’s the last thing I have of my son.”
Thanks Barney for the link.
Mmmm….cookies….
These sound like good cookies.
ASHLAND, Ohio — Holiday cookies that may contain pieces of glass have been recalled by Archway Cookies.
The company said in a statement that it was voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of its 10-ounce Archway Holiday Cashew Nougat Cookies sold nationwide.
The company is investigating how the glass got in the cookies, which are made in Ashland and at another plant in Indiana.
Thanks Barn for the link.
Fallen Rapper PEZ prototypes
Somebody has way too much time on their hands. He tried to pitch his idea of PEZ dispensers that bore the faces of Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and Easy E. He created some fairly impressive prototypes, sent them to PEZ, and even got a reply. Thanks Red B. for the link.
Alex Trebek is a S.O.B.
What happens when a blogger makes it on Jeopardy? You get to find out what kind of scumbag Alex Trebek really is.
Internet Explorer: The Girlfriend From Hell
Just imagine if MSIE was your girlfriend: “She frequently gets infected with STDs. She frequently shows up where you haven’t invited her. She allows everybody in to install surveillance equipment in your house, without ever telling you.” Hilarious reading. Link via Neil.
The Perfect Gift For Your Dog
Buy this for your dog, and let the photo opportunities commence. Link via BB.
Cell Phone Broken?
It may be because your pants are too tight.
now comes a warning about tight pants.
A survey of 300 retailers in Sweden found that squeezing handsets into snug-fitting pants is the second leading cause of broken phones. Apparently, the phones simply can’t handle the pressure, and screens break or covers bend or crack.
To put it in perspective, tight pants break more phones than dogs, children, rain, snow, acts of forgetfulness and throwing phones to the ground in a rage…
.Thanks Barn for the link.
What is Wrong With Our Country?
A nationwide telephone poll conducted by student researchers at Cornell University reports that nearly half the people questioned support limiting the rights of Muslim-Americans including the use of racial profiling and government infiltration of Muslim organizations. Researchers questioned 715 people and the poll had a margin of error of 3.6 percentage points. Support was highest among Republicans and the highly religious and lowest among Democrats and people who are less religious. Full Story. Link via SEB.