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by Pete on July 28, 2008
While I’m complaining about the New York Times… Someone explain to me who the crap thought it would be a good idea that anyone viewing the front page of their should get to see a person getting a hypodermic needle (…)
Yes, please make it difficult for readers to get to you content
by Pete on July 26, 2008
Grr. There is a pretty interesting video story on the front page of the New York Times website right now. The title is “A Family of Readers”, and the gist of it is that while the two parents read a (…)
TR2N
by Pete on July 26, 2008
In which Pete revels himself as the ginormous nerd he is… Tron 2 Bootleg Trailer http://teaser-trailer.comby dragonball-movie Yeah, it’s about as crappy as a bootleg could be, but I gotta say, it looks pretty cool. I’m not sure about the (…)
McCain finds the bottom of the barrel and keeps digging
by Pete on July 23, 2008
I’m hardly the only person linking to this clip today, but please feast your eyes upon Maverick McStraightalk accusing Obama of wanting to “lose the war” for political gain: Yes, that’s right. McCain, the Republican candidate for President of the (…)
One more reason to be glad I work from home
by Pete on July 23, 2008
From today’s Washington Post: Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers’ on-the-job exposure to chemicals and (…)
Yes, Watchmen looks very nice, but will it be any good?
by Pete on July 21, 2008
Like the gazillion other people who apparently went to see The Dark Knight this past weekend, I saw the newly-released Watchmen trailer. The first thing I will say is that it is a very well-done trailer. The second thing I (…)
Who knew a “stormwater management solution” could be so cool?
by Pete on July 18, 2008
I can’t claim credit for finding this link, but holy moley is it cool. The full photo essay is definitely worth checking out over at Inhabitat.com, but if you’re too lazy to click through, it’s a ginormous storm drain system (…)
Everyone knows what a VCR is, right?
by Pete on July 16, 2008
I’ve been watching the first season of Babylon 5 on DVD. One episode (“Deathwalker”) features a character named Abbut, who can record the actions and thoughts of those around him. He is, we are told by another character, known as (…)
BREAKING: Republican nutjob does something stupid
by Pete on July 15, 2008
Ben Templesmith twittered a story earlier this evening about a controversial billboard in Florida: ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A controversial billboard in Orange County has a picture of the burning World Trade Center and the message, “Please Don’t Vote for (…)
Dick Cheney has a secret plan. Maybe.
by Pete on July 15, 2008
Dave Winer posted a link earlier today to an article in Slate titled “Take Your Paws off the Presidency!”: New Yorker writer Jane Mayer’s new book, The Dark Side, opens with a shocker. Apparently sometime in the 1980s, President Ronald (…)