Inspired by this blog post, I’ve decided to change my 404 error page from this typing version to this simple, funny bunny.
A Keyboard For Teenagers
I need to give one of these to my 17-year-old sister.
What’s in the 9/11 Report?
You’ve probably already heard about the 9/11 report that was just released. There are a few ways you can dive into the contents:
- You can buy a copy of the report
- You can download a copy of the report.
- Or you can search through the contents
Either way, read the thing, despite its length, as it’s probably one of the most important looks into the failures of our government (and it wasn’t just Bush).
What Happens When You Don’t Filter Your Wire Feeds
If you’ve ever worked on a newspaper and looked at the raw AP-wire feeds, you’ll see some oddball stuff come through there sometimes. The problem is that if you run a site that takes the feeds and dumps them unedited, you sometimes get some oddball stuff that comes across the wire (mirroring it below for archival purposes).
“The man appeared mentally unstable”
Unless you consider it normal, I would consider you mentally unstable if you were to, wearing only a pair of pajama bottoms, steal a baggage tractor at a major airport and drive it onto an active runway. There’s no way you could be mentally stable and want to do that. Full Story. Link via Barney.
Another Bend Blogger, and possibly more?
Thanks to Shannon who linked to Shoot The Bunny. It’s a young site, but good content, and a friend of Shannon’s is a friend of ours, right?
One thing about the site that I saw was on his profile is a link to other folks in Bend. Now the trick will be to see if any of these blogs are still maintained. I’ll update this post after I check them out later.
Slow Blogging
Busy as heck today and tomorrow. Linkage will be sparse, despite my massive amount of flagged links in my folders. On another note, since my trades bailed, I’m still looking to trade a GameBoy Advance SP for a PDA, 512 meg DDR SO-DIMM, or a Radeon or better All-In-Wonder. E-mail me.
Bend Blogger Meetup
I won’t be there, but the Bend/Central Oregon bloggers are getting together tonight (Wednesday, July 21) at six o’clock at the Bend Brewing Company. Jon will be there, and I know a few more of us will be, too. If you want to keep up on Central Oregon Bloggers, I do have a mailing list so feel free to sign up.
Such an Evil Thought
I ranted earlier about my obnoxious neighbors (which, by the way, I haven’t done a damn thing about). Somebody e-mailed me a something they did that, while it didn’t solve the problem, made them feel better:
Just a little something I did when I had bad neighbors before.
You work in IT, and so do I. I used to get these packs of 3×5 prepaid mailers for information from tons of companies. You, or other folks where you work might get the same. Get some Avery 5160 labels and make a label with your neighbor’s name/address/phone pre printed. Sit down with several hundred of these cards and affix the labels.
Drop in mail.
Fun ensues, full mailboxes, tons of telemarketing calls for stuff they have never heard of before.
Best of all, not traceable to you, and you can have the fun of seeing their mailbox crammed full of 200 items a day so that they have to sort to find their legitimate bills.
I have seen those things, and they’re included in every issue of Wired. While that’s probably not the ideal solution to my problem, it’d still something to at least save in that “If Somebody Ever Pisses Me Off…” folder.
Stupid Flash Fun
Swat the Bugs. Thanks Yoleen for the link.