I’m sitting here trying to subscribe to CBC podcasts with Banshee 1.0 (Hint: you can’t. You have to use Feedburner to create a new [valid] feed out of CBC’s cruddy [quasi-valid] feeds. My feed for All Of CBC Radio 3’s Podcasts is here.) and Sherry is watching the Canadian equivalent of the Dog Whisperer on [...]
When the head of Asus’s marketing department tore this out of her little sister’s doodling notebook and plunked it down in front of the International VP, I’m guessing no one thought to proofread it, or, say, run it by someone who speaks English. Am I alone in finding this logo vaguely creepy and sinister?
When I [...]
Techdirt has the tale of a satellite launch gone awry. The satellite in question could still be nudged into its intended orbit, but Boeing has a patent on the process of doing a lunar flyby and returning to earth orbit, and it refuses to license the patent to SES, who launched the satellite.
In other patenting-elementary-math-and-physics [...]
So Microsoft and other companies sell these “wireless desktops” which generally include a keyboard and a mouse that both connect wirelessly to a transmitter that connects to the computer’s USB port. Useful stuff, that. Wires are tangly.
But then they connect the transmitter to the USB plug with an ugly three-foot-long wire! So you’ve eliminated no [...]
I upgraded to a BlackBerry recently, the 8130 with Telus and $15 unlimited data. It’s a good deal, if you’re into that sort of thing. The issue I ran into was that the device includes a Google Talk app, but no MSN/Live/RebrandingIsOurMiddleName Messenger app. Now, I know there are third-party IM apps out there for [...]
My globally-integrated doomsday defense computer network is the best candidate for use by the Dept. of Defense because:
It possesses the ability to learn and react in an almost human capacity.
Its command console features two cup-holders and a built-in ashtray.
They Might Be Giants music video = robot Julius Caesar.
Also, highlights from “distro day” in my Linux class:
Common Questions About Puppy Linux: A Poster (CQAPL:AP)
By Regan
Q. Is Puppy Linux made by Puppies?
A. No. That’s just not possible.
Q. Is Puppy Linux made for puppies?
A. No. Why would puppies need Linux?
Q. Is Puppy Linux made out of [...]
New words from Barrie, where payday loan outfits outnumber Tim Hortonses and people will tan themselves till they’re blind and leathery but will scream their little lungs out at a town meeting opposing the construction of a new cell tower for fear of “radiations.”
downposit: n. The $200-$1000 security deposit demanded by a cellular phone company [...]
Rogers is using “The Holy Ground” by the High Dials (mp3, 4.2MB) in their television commercials shilling their new mobile download service. I have a few things to say about that.
I was unaware that the High Dials really existed. Given the complete lack of attention they have received from anyone outside of little clubs in [...]
The margins on electronic goods are so vast that it’s a cinch to get free stuff from even the most ill-tempered retail sales clerk. The key is make “gimme free shit” the first words out of your mouth as you enter the store. It doesn’t matter if the salesperson hasn’t greeted you or made eye [...]