May 2009
Wilde Times in California
bradfidler:
Wilde Investments of San Carlos spent $50,000 in the fight against gay marriage.
I guess they didn’t want things getting any Wilder.
@tsparks @sdv_duras @kimarx @bonni07 book...
Sorry for the delay, but I was hoping some more interested (read: intelligent) people might join our most illustrious club. I think we need to work out some of the parameters for how this twitter reading group is going to happen, so that we can all keep on the same page. 1) We need to decide on a book. My initial thought was that the group would read something that can be loosely described as...
Micro review of Sennheiser LX70 headphones **** →
Micro review of Sennheiser LX70 headphones ****
I’ve finally given up on buying super cheap headphones, even for my daily bicycle commute and gym activities. I used to purchase $10 overstock headphones from a dodgy store on Queen Street in Toronto, but after buying pairs that lasted less than a month and sounded like crap for the entire time, I’ve decided to purchase some more respectable headphones made by the illustrious...
Quinn DuPont has shared: the yolk: A Blog Theory:...
Why must all philosophy jokes start with the denial, or question, or existence in reality? Case in point: “We have pretty good evidence to suggest that Jodi Dean exists, and, that is, that she isn’t simply a virtuality (Real but not actual). She seems to satisfy all of the criteria of actuality although, of course, one can never be sure.” ...
3 legged raccoon
The other day I saw a 3 legged raccoon. It wasn’t bleeding, instead walked funny, like a 3 legged dog. How, I ask, did this raccoon come to have three legs? When it was hit by a car or whatever caused the injury did it scamper off to have other raccoon medical buddies patch him up? Was it scooped up by animal control, amputated, stitched, and healed, and then released *back* into the city to...
Be Like Quinn: the Sunday morning reading edition
To kick off the first edition of the “Be Like Quinn” reportagé, we’ll start with your recommended Sunday morning reading habits.
First, prepare the scene by making some nice fresh coffee, and then eat a borderline healthy breakfast.
Second, listen to some music. It’s recommended you pick something suitably highbrow, like CBC Radio 2 if they happen to be playing a concerto...
Streaming bittorent videos
http://ping.fm/76es7
Murdoch: News Corp. Web Sites to Charge for... →
CNN: Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch expects News Corporation-owned newspaper Web sites to start charging users for access within a year in a move which analysts say could radically shake-up the…
MI6 and a Lost Memory Stick →
Oops: The United Kingdom’s MI6 agency acknowledged this week that in 2006 it had to scrap a multi-million-dollar undercover drug operation after an agent left a memory stick filled with…
Banks need more bailout money suggests leaked stress tests, might not
get it
http://ping.fm/MJeGD
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Pogoplug real-world review
I recently received my Pogoplug, and after putting it through the paces for a few days of real-world use here’s my review:
First, it’s slick, quick, and awesome… for some things. The packaging is very Apple-esque, so much so that they don’t include instructions (three step process they print on the box itself). The device is a small brick that plugs directly into your...
Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords... →
Of course, the primary goal of Torpig is to steal financial information like credit card numbers and bank logins. In just ten days, Torpig apparently obtained credentials of 8,310 accounts at 410 financial institutions, including PayPal, Capital One, E*Trade, and Chase. The researchers noted, too, that nearly 40 percent of the credentials stolen by Torpig were from browser password managers, and...
Like My Parents In 1994, Apple Finds NIN’s The... →
Back in 1994, there was no album I wanted more than Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral. The problem was that I was 12 at the time, and the album carried the dreaded “Parental Advisory”…
GRRRRR! Tigers!
Looks like some things have changed off the coast of India! Just kidding, it’s all back to how it always has been (at least since the Brits left). A few weeks back I started hearing about another war in another place that I don’t know much about—this time, Sri Lanka. The name rang true enough though, like Congo, Israel, and the ‘Stans, it sounded like an “ethnic”...
Less Than Kudlow: Is CNBC Host Suffering Another... →
Mark Ames calls out a coke habit, defines capitalism (hint: it’s the same thing).