July 2011
73 posts
“It’s a shame that one tablet manufacturer after another falls into this...”
– http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/06/ars-hp-touchpad-review.ars/4
June 2011
98 posts
"Contrast" - Tue, 28 Jun 2011 →
Comb Bike Rack →
“How can I set file associations to 7-Zip in Windows 7 and Windows Vista?
You...”
– http://www.7-zip.org/faq.html
Dumb Question
So those people who follow you and their tumbler blog redirects to tumblerlogin.com or some other website asking for you to re-enter your Tumblr credentials. They’re just scammers trying to get your log-in data right?
Whitey Bulger Caught By Daytime TV
It’s being widely reported that notorious mobster Whitey Bulger was captured by the FBI following a media campaign focusing on his girlfriend which included ads aired on daytime TV. This makes me think. Fox canceled America’s Most Wanted this year and Oprah recently ended her show after twenty-five years on the air. So who better to replace Oprah than John Walsh, the host of...
Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours... →
Why bin Laden's death should end the war on terror →
Rather than trying to banish the term “war on terror” (as the Obama administration did in 2009), let’s face it squarely. Practically speaking, at the moment as for the past near-decade, it is little but a catch-all phrase for “endless war.”
The day the drug war really started →
In Ronald Reagan’s America, Bias instantly became the poster child for what could happen to anyone who didn’t just say no. His sudden, shocking death dominated the headlines and unnerved millions of Americans, who were told that the cardiac arrhythmia he suffered was the result of casual, one-time experimentation with drugs. “Leonard’s only vice,” his college...
How Your Dad's Jams Indicate What Tunes Are On... →
Chromification of the Operating System →
Even Windows intends to switch to “Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC” in the next major release, while still supporting “legacy” apps.
That’s the bottom line for Google. It doesn’t really matter to them whether or not ChromeOS will be a huge success. Google’s original Nexus One smartphone...
Chicago puts lobbyists' pay online →
Bill That Makes Illegal Streaming a Felony Passes... →
Arabic for right-wingers →
Core →
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's assets as high as... →
Ten Reasons Why BlackBerry Is Screwed [BlackBerry] →
Veer Photoshop Contest Finalists: Day 4 →
15 Cool Modernized Propaganda Posters →
Angry Gorilla in Shark Pants →
350,000 Books Saved from Burning Now to be Burned →
The Eight Wonders of the Solar System →
Via Neatorama
Head of UN copyright agency says fair use is a... →
A Vintage Photo Blog That's Actually Pretty Cool... →
Power Struggle Threatens Outsourced Somalia War →
Target used union actors for anti-union film →
Not the Big Chinese Power Dam [Aardvarchaeology] →
Jack Ohman Editorial Cartoon, June 15, 2011 →
The way out of Afghanistan
Rubes Comic Strip, June 15, 2011 →
Shark school
