Once again, I normally don’t link to outside websites in order to avoid the inevitable 404 error messages when their site goes down or moves, but I discovered a fun site called Computer Stupidities. A few gems:
“My computer’s telling me I performed an illegal abortion.”
I spotted a garage sale with some computer equipment on a [...]
My wife and family are out of town visiting relatives, and I have a rare opportunity to run amok, to partake in guilty pleasures, to let my hair down, to get jiggy wit it (No, I haven’t a clue what that means)…
Turns out I’m plain boring. Or too old. Or too married. Or something.
Do I [...]
Now that my ramblings have been around for almost three months, I thought I’d do a bit of web server log analysis to see what people had searched for when they finally arrived at my site. Here are only a few of the most interesting:
“cbs survivor logo” — If it was me, I’d go directly [...]
Looks like Survivor VI is taking applications until July 3rd. While I still love the game (although it’s been replaced by Amazing Race as my favorite show), I just don’t think I’m up for it as much as I used to be.
Oh, sure, I’d love the experience, the new (possible) friendships, the potential prize money, [...]
The topic of the cause of red-eye when taking flash photographs came up last night at a bridal shower slash barbecue. My explanation was that the light from the flash was reflecting off the back of the retina. Red-eye is more prevalent at night when the eye’s iris is widest open to let in the [...]
OK, this isn’t normally to my taste, but I admit I laughed long and “hard” at this topic I found posted on the Indiana University Computer Science website. It stems from a question posted to the Usenet Oracle sometime back in 1990.
“Is I really hard playing rock?”
“Dear Sir or Madam:
The question you have submitted requires [...]
To those who know of him, most people would describe my almost-three-year-old son, Sterling, as boisterous, energetic, a bit uncontrollable at times, social. When he walks into anyone’s house, he acts like he owns the place. “Let’s see what I can touch, pick up, destroy.” Shy or pensive would most likely not be the first [...]
It has long been said that people are smart, but crowds are stupid. That definitely applies to football (as in soccer) fans.
Today, after the Japanese scored a goal against the Russians in the World Cup finals, riots involving as many as 8,000 people broke out in central Moscow near the Kremlin. One man died of [...]
A coworker of mine told me of a theory he had heard about the differences between men and women revolving around the hunter and gatherer gender roles in caveman days. Essentially, men are not prolific talkers because if a caveman spoke while hunting he would scare his intended prey away, whereas women are more talkative [...]
According to the NPR radio news show I listened to on the way to work this morning, Pakistan and India “traded words” yesterday, each blaming the other for the current conflict between the two countries.
How does one “trade words” exactly?
Pakistan: I have the word “terrorists”. It’s in good condition, although it’s been withstanding some abuse [...]
