I’ve known Mike from the Hostility blog for something on the order of twenty years, but I didn’t know he had written about his paranoia until I edited the post on Madness Beckons about it.
I couldn’t get any explanations from Mike beyond, “I’ve been watching closely and I know I’m right!” So I [...]
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March 8 2010
They’re Out to Get Him
March 6 2010
Project Natal
I’m a little behind the curve on game technology, so I just heard about Microsoft’s Project Natal.
What it is, is a motion sensing camera setup that attaches to the Xbox 360 and takes the place of the traditional controller.
With this unit in place you become the controller. Like a Wii, but without a physical [...]
March 5 2010
Infinite Wisdom Lives
Infinite Wisdom is finally more than a dream. From their website: “Our first assignment for our company, Infinite Wisdom, launches an iconic German Brand to America.”
“KINZO AIR combines kinetic origami with intense workplace studies to not only increase efficiency, but do do it in an elegant and streamlined fashion.”
This is the sort of furniture [...]
March 5 2010
Wicked Customer Service
Two German women rented a “Wicked” van in Alice Springs, Australia for a 17 day sightseeing trip.
The problem was that whenever they hit a puddle the van would quit. This combined with the vehicle running out of oil by 800km and then again at another 400km, made them call the Wicked hot-line. They were [...]
March 2 2010
Canon S90
New Toy…
I bought a Canon S90 to carry in my pocket after my SD800 died. (Something about my old sd800 reaching the limit of how many times it could be dropped, sat on, left in the heat, left in the cold and generally abused.)
I just opened the box and charged the battery and before [...]
March 1 2010
Twitter – I Don’t Get it
I’m on Twitter and so far I’m following a grand total of nine people. And I’ve got 4 followers. Yippee!
–Tell me again why I’m doing this?–
Lonely Planet #lp has links to blogs and articles I wouldn’t find under other circumstances, but the bloggers I follow on Twitter rarely have anything to say that I [...]
February 26 2010
Mercury Magazines and Zdnet
I received an email from ZDnet called “what’s new now,” it was an offer from Mercury Magazines for free subscriptions for up to three mainstream magazines. –Is it just me or does this already sound like those kids who come door to door selling magazines for a “good cause?”
At any rate I get all the [...]
February 25 2010
Worried About Getting Fired For Breaking the Rules? – Move to Australia
An Australian man was justifiably sacked(fired) for repeated safety violations. But because of his lack of education and the unlikely prospect of his finding another job, the valid sacking was invalidated and the company was forced to rehire him with compensation.
www.theaustralian.com.au –The nation’s industrial umpire has ruled that a long-term employee who was legitimately sacked [...]
February 23 2010
Billy Bob’s in Sam’s Town
Mystic Falls in the Sam’s Town Atrium
I went to Billy Bobs with a friend for steak last night, after a long absence, and was pleasantly surprised.
Sam’s Town just isn’t what it used to be, it’s mostly empty early on a Monday evening, and the atrium is less busy than the rest of the joint, but [...]
February 20 2010
Creating a Favicon
I’m currently playing around with that little icon you see next to the url of a lot of websites.
To use this effect you need to create a favicon. This is generally a 16×16 pixel image must be saved as an ico not a jpg or png. The simplest -and free- solution is to use Windows [...]
