Rave. For a certain segment of the in-home entertainment market, myself included, Netflix is reaching cable killer status. I’ve had a growing dissatisfaction with cable and other such services for some time simply because their offerings do not fit my viewing needs. In short, I find that cable is plagued by high monthly rates, [...]
I have a lot of contempt for the American news media, but sometimes that spills over into actual hatred.
Starting on 1/10/08 there were a series of brutal winter storms in southern China.
Here’s a picture of a soldier using a flamethrower to melt ice off of frozen power lines in Yunnan province, which is at about [...]
How I Made My Millions is a neat little show I found on CNBC that profiles successful entrepreneurs. The format of the show is stale as a piece of bread long lost behind the sofa, but what won me over was the tidbits of advice each business owners shared about how to face obstacles [...]
Given my extensive coverage of Gmail updates (here’s an in-depth recap), I thought it only fair to extend the same top-notch reporting to Yahoo! Mail. Today, I received an email from Yahoo! congratulating me for being selected to participate in a pilot program called Power Mailer. I subscribe to Yahoo’s free email [...]
Looks like Chris Hanson, from To Catch a Predator fame, has taken a break from catching Internet pedophiles to expose those infamous Nigerian scammers. Not familiar with Nigerian cons? The scams are varied, but the scenario usually goes something like this: You post an ad on Craigslist for a high-end laptop and in [...]
So, today on Kotaku, there was this story: China: Chinese Police Like Counter-Strike, which is pretty hilarious. It’s a little article about how cops in Tianjin had a 3-day CS tourney, and they are passing it off as counterterrorism training. Personally, I think they just wanted to have some fun, but whatever. It’s sourced from [...]
I’m currently lounging on my bed and watching this ridiculous VH1 clip show called Celebrity Eye Candy. Like all VH1 programs, Celebrity Eye Candy is produced in the trademark format of the network – hack job editing, psychedelic transition graphics, and a goofy voiceover spouting lame puns. Surprisingly, Eye Candy spares us from [...]
This was just brought to my attention -
From the New York Times (emphasis mine):
Two election workers were convicted of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review. The workers — Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and Kathleen Dreamer, a ballot manager — were each [...]
