February 2012
20 posts
gmancasefile: TSA: Fail →
Frankly, the professional experience I have had with TSA has frightened me. Once, when approaching screening for a flight on official FBI business, I showed my badge as I had done for decades in order to bypass screening. (You can be envious, but remember, I was one less person in line.) I was asked for my form which showed that I was armed. I was unarmed on this flight because my ultimate...
This is why you should always use a DOT approved... →
NC man accidentally drinks from jar of gasoline, smokes cigarette, causes fire that kills him - The Washington Pos
A painful shot to Google’s private parts - Scott... →
Summer 2014: In the span of a few months, the informal but long-standing Google corporate motto—“Don’t Be Evil”—will be subtly tweaked to “Don’t Be Too Evil,” “Don’t Be Always Evil” and, finally, “MWAHAHAHA!”
What Bike Racing Taught Me About Driving →
I especially like:
Or maybe it’s because I’ve lost enthusiasm for cars and now revel in frustrating motorists by obeying the speed limit and coming to complete stops at stop signs.
We’re about to lead the G8 in ‘cuddly’ - Scott... →
Scott Feschuk is awesome. ’nuff said
Burning Man, Disney-fied.
Reading more stuff based on this story I got the following links from a fellow burner
http://www.taryncoxthewife.com/?p=9769
http://www.notesonaparty.com/index.php/2011/09/23/krugs-desert-dinner-party/
http://www.silkstonenyc.com/category/food/
I can’t get over my absolute horror. I’ve worked hard on multiple installations over the years (my absolute fave is, of course,...
The jumping shark seems like a fitting epilogue. →
Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by... →
We’re going through all the Prenatal classes now, but I wouldn’t need them if this patent were implemented. Plus, wheeee!
Of course, we don’t hear about these other people, which, to me, says more...
– Jay Michaelson: The Truth About Burning Man
Bon Iver and the Roots
Vermont Inmates Hide Image Of Pig On Police Decals... →
HAHAHA. Pigs.
The jaw drops... →
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10 years of Folkwolf.net →
I started blogging long before the term was well-known and on TV. It all grew out of my desire to share stuff I found online with my friends. It started out as plain html, just prepending stuff to a page and trying to add the date. Since then, it’s progressed from a database-backed PHP site (wordpress), to a full on ruby on rails, to a hosted site (tumblr), and now I’m back to,...
Let's take a hike, or, why software estimations... →
“Mediocre Guitar Player” Magazine →