Pay your employees more, and you’ll actually keep labor costs down. Makes smart sense to me, actually.
Why Spam Will Never Die
Because, apparently, twenty percent of Americans buy items from Spam e-mails. I say we all do our part to find those people, beat them senseless, and take away their computers and e-mail accounts.
Microsoft-owned Publication Recommends Firefox
Slate, the Microsoft-owned online publication, has a good article about why they like FireFox better than MSIE (and who doesn’t?). Link via kottke.
Armstrong goes for his Sixth Tour Victory
And if you ever wanted to know what all the jerseys mean, how the guys pee, and other pressing questions, visit this site. If you’re a junkie like me, know how it all works, you just want the news, visit this site, or this kick-ass interactive Flash, or even this blog.
Your Tax Dollars At Work
New York City put a up fence to keep morons from diving into shallow water. Two morons climb over fence and dive in anyway, become paralyzed, sue city, win $25 million in free taxpayer money.
Say This In One Breath
One of the longest parenthetical phrases in history. From Marlon Brando’s LA Times obituary (reg required):
Marlon Brando, a two-time Academy Award winner who spent much of his career shunning the Hollywood establishment yet earned its enduring admiration through muscular, naturalistic performances that transformed the craft of acting and led peers and critics alike to hail him as the finest actor of his time, has died. He was 80.
You think that could’ve been written a little bit better? Thanks Barney for the tip.
“The fewer people in town, the more time I have to screw off.”
The guy that runs the Craine Prairie Resort here in Central Oregon is a hoot. There was a health advisory issued for his resort and the lake saying that because of the blue-green algae blooms in the water, it is unsafe for you to come into contact with the water. The owner of the resort really doesn’t see too much of a problem with it.
Fake or Photo?
A simple little quiz: Look at these 10 images, and guess which ones were computer generated, and which ones were taken with a camera.
Cats Are Stupid
Cat climbs up tree. Cat can’t get down. Cat is adored enough to have somebody climb up tree to try to shake it down. Cat falls out of tree. Cat gets scared. Cat sprints up another tree. Link via b3ta.
Rock Art
I mentioned some tool typewriter art before, but this rock art is pretty damn cool, too.