OH CANADA NO. (further discussion, supplemented by entertaining computer engineering metaphors, over at Making Light) … [Read more...] about OH CANADA NO.
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Hyatt Regency Purgatory
Thank You for Choosing the Hyatt Regency Purgatory "An automatic-teller machine is located in the lobby. For your convenience, it is attended at all hours and in perpetuity by the bank executive who came up with the idea of ATM fees." … [Read more...] about Hyatt Regency Purgatory
Whatever Superman is trying to do with his hips here, it’s not working.
Far be it from me to deny the cheese factor in the early Superman movies, or in the street dancing scenes that were so popular in the '80s. However, I feel confident in saying that only in a Bollywood film would it occur to anyone to combine the two: I've just melted my … [Read more...] about Whatever Superman is trying to do with his hips here, it’s not working.
Ouch.
XKCD on relationships with insecure men, with devastating accuracy. In other "ouch" news, I've had a low-level migraine for about a month. Time to locate the neurologist's phone number, methinks. … [Read more...] about Ouch.
Gifts for Writers
When people who do not write try to buy gifts for writers, they often get it wrong. Books Specific books — things you think your writer might enjoy — a bad choice in most cases. We're picky as hell. We have piles of books we intend to read that we haven't gotten … [Read more...] about Gifts for Writers
Twilight in Fifteen Minutes
Twilight in Fifteen Minutes — Scathing and brilliant. … [Read more...] about Twilight in Fifteen Minutes
Another WordPress plugin: Assign Missing Categories
I've written another WordPress plugin as a result of one of my client projects. After I imported old blog posts from Blogger into WordPress, all the Blogger tags had become WordPress categories. That was a huge number of categories, so I used the category-to-tag converter on the … [Read more...] about Another WordPress plugin: Assign Missing Categories
Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA.
Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA. — Heroes of the week. … [Read more...] about Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA.
G-speak
The Minority Report hand-waving computer interface is now real. Its users will have the best toned arms in the office. … [Read more...] about G-speak
The Matrix runs on Windows.
The Matrix runs on Windows. Ow. It hurts to laugh that hard. … [Read more...] about The Matrix runs on Windows.
