For those of you who have ever played “Whales Tails” in which it is an offense to be a “Slow Whale”, I present: Slow Cow: The Anti-Energy Drink.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Manhattan Airport
An amazingly detailed spoof. Check it out. The Manhattan Airport Foundation
Aliens in Postcards
Via SF Signal comes a Flickr set worthy of a look. Aliens invade your grandmother’s postcards
Delta New Fee: Sucks to be Offline, or Poor
Delta, US Airways, United all enact a Poor Person’s Fee on checked baggage. “But starting Aug. 4, Delta will start charging those who pay for checked bags at airport ticket counters, kiosks and curbs…” The fee is an additional $5 if you don’t do it online. Usually I try to keep my blog a bit …
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Why Palin is no Good
This link sends you to a nice Vanity Fair edit of former Governor Palin’s resignation speech. I acknowledge that I’ve never been a fan of Palin and think she’s the poster child for why the Republicans are on the shoals. I also acknowledge that public speechwriting is an art, not a science. I further acknowledge …
Watch out for Trees!
Tree has it in for triathletes in California.
Digital Rights Management and You!
Another horror story of DRM eating your privacy and ownership rights. Amazon remotely deletes Orwell novels.
Henry the MDCXXXIX
Many moons ago, I made a 2008 New Years resolution to “Write at least one crappy short story”. As my linked post says, I did not get to it in 2008. But! I have now written a crappy short story! I present it here, to you. Yes, yes, I know it needs some serious editing. …
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Jenn and I went to see the latest installment in the Harry Potter movie franchise based upon the books. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was a worthy addition, better than all of them except the first movie. They made great use of effects where it was called for (and some where it was …
Big Whoop
It’s not news that States’ budgets are being hammered this year. In Georgia, everyone and their dog who works for the state government is seeing cutbacks and furloughs. Well, just to make things even, the state legislators have decided to take a furlough day themselves. I applaud the spirit of the move, but the reality …