Archive for October, 2003

allconfessions.com

Posted by Mike on October 11th, 2003

Found on Trevor’s blog, this, along with Poop Report is the reason why the internet is great (seriously):
allconfessions.com
This reminds me of a Wired article I read a little while ago about Google. Over at Google HQ they have a LED ticker that ticks 1 out of every 100 (or something like that) queries that [...]

Rush Limbaugh is on drugs

Posted by Mike on October 10th, 2003

It turns out that conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh actually is on drugs! Not just figuratively. Who knew!
MSNBC artivle
It seems he became addicted to OxyContin after unsucessfull back pain surgury. All kidding aside,OxyContin is an opiate, and opium withdrawl is extremely painful and difficult. Opiate addicts also have very high odds of relapse. One of [...]

87 Billion Dollars

Posted by Mike on October 10th, 2003

Dubya wants 87 billion dollars for the rebuilding of Iraq. How much money is that really? Well now you can find out:
A Little Perspective on $87 billion.
I say congress should give the 87 billion to him in pennys.

Holy war

Posted by Mike on October 9th, 2003

Oleg suggested that we engage in a blog bar fight, so here we go. I’ll start.
VI is superior to Emacs in every concievable way

Girl, 5, makes bong in class

Posted by Mike on October 5th, 2003

This is great:

A five-year-old Territory girl shocked teachers when she showed her class how to make a bong out of a Coke bottle during a “show and tell” session.

Kids are so advanced these days.
Link to article

Superdrive

Posted by Mike on October 3rd, 2003

I bought a Superdrive upgrade for my Powebook. It’s sweet

“Housekeeping”

Posted by Mike on October 3rd, 2003

My cubicle at our client site is within earshot of the mens room. Every two hours or so, someone comes by and shuts down the bathroom for about 10 minutes to clean it. What’s wrong with cleaning the bathroom once per day? Maybe after business hours? I’ve never worked anywhere where they clean the bathroom [...]