Archive for April, 2008
Robbery and rape after 12 prior convictions
I’m just scanning the facts here. Vonzell Speights has been arrested in connection with a recent sexual assult and robbery in Durham. Mr. Speights is apparently not very good at evading authorities, since he has twelve prior convictions. It’s no wonder bond was [Read More]
Turkish Hackers
12:30AM via vi tex editor My website was hacked a few hours by some fun-loving Turks. I have a ticket in my web host provider. I don’t know if was caused by my own WordPress security holes or the web host provider’s security holes. The WordPress database is fine [Read More]
Chomping at Bumblebees
The one Friday afternoon I get permission to work from home…and sit out on my porch with my dog…is the afternoon Bob Schmitz sends over the guys with leaf-blowers to work next door. As I type, the gasoline-vapor-spewing, ridiculously loud contraptions are all [Read More]
Flickr jumps the shark
This photo says it all School of Thought #1: Awesome! Video on Flickr! School of Thought #2: What’s the big deal? I’m sure there’s a preference to not search videos…. School of Thought #3: WTF? I like that there is was a site on the internet with no [Read More]
Toastie Radio: Year 7: Embrace the Schmaltz
I nearly pulled the log on Toastie Radio after six years of working on a hobby that, in the age of instant on-demand music in a variety of forms, has been becoming increasingly irrelevant for sometime. I’ve gone through lots of iterations of intent regarding TR. At [Read More]
Another post from Mista Fistula
I really don’t want to be blogging about this stuff too much, but this saves me from having to try to explain this to a few people who might ask. Basically, I’m afraid that the AV fistula in my left forearm isn’t working, and a surgeon will have to create [Read More]
Michelle Obama to cut ribbon at Dunkin Donuts grand opening
Actually, that was going to be an elaborate April Fool’s Day entry if I had had more energy, creativity, and use of both hands for typing last Tuesday. The only reason I waste your time now is because I just realized it would be a good idea to push an entry or two [Read More]
Meat Loaf, Tiffany, Pavarotti, and GoPhones
Ad agency meeting to market AT&T’s GoPhone… We need an ad that says “young and hip”…not “so what” like those AT&T Wireless ads where the phone works in “more places like Cincinnatiraqajohannesburgundyanapolis”. [Read More]
Prime-time Soap Star Charlton Heston Dead at 84
When I was 9, I didn’t know Charlton Heston from Planet of the Apes or Ben Hur. I probably knew him from The Ten Commandments, which was annual TV viewing, although i usually fell asleep, since ABC would run it over four hours. I didn’t know how much he loved [Read More]
Top 20 Travel Pictures
Following in the vein of my recent top 20 pet pictures post… A few caveats: I haven’t been to very many interesting places. I haven’t organized a lot of my older photos and a few more recent ones that I might have included interesting shots. I [Read More]
