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16 January, 2003
Sure, Blame the Devil!
Many
things can cause problems with software, but I think Microsoft is going too far
with
this explanation.
And speaking of amusing Knowledge Base articles, try this one. Or how about this classic? You might like this. And this. And maybe even this.
I could go on and on. If you like this sort of thing, go to Jilly's Drive-In. Jilly has amassed a huge collection (~150!) of amusing Microsoft Knowledge Base articles.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Vintage Lunchboxes
At Yesterdayland. This is the one I carried to school and back.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Become a Phone Actress
Euphemism. n The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. See phoneactress.com
We are the nation's largest no fee recruitment site for Internet and Telephone Actresses and Actors!
Posted on 16 January, 2003
19th Century Table Manners
A few examples
from The Gentleman's Page:
- Do not play with the table utensils or crumble the bread.
- Never, if possible, cough or sneeze at the table.
- Never allow butter, soup or other food to remain on your whiskers
- Never wear gloves at the table, unless your hands are for some special reason unfit to be seen.
- Never make a great display when removing hair, insects or other disagreeable things from your food. Place them quietly under the edge of your plate.
- Eat Cheese with a fork, not a knife
- If a course is set before you that you do not wish, do not touch it.
- It is not your business to reprove the waiter for improper conduct; that belongs to your host.
- Use a napkin only for your mouth. Never use it for your nose, face or forehead.
- It is very rude to pick your teeth at the table. If it becomes necessary to do so, hold your napkin over your mouth.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Weather Icons
Julian D. A.
Wiseman has compiled an extensive set of
links to
weather icons -- you know, those little images that tell you what the
weather will be like.
I never realized that there was such a variety!
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Life Imitates Art
From the
New England
Journal of Medicine:
Our study included 54 patients with a total of 61 retained foreign bodies (of which 69 percent were sponges and 31 percent instruments) and 235 control patients. Thirty-seven of the patients with retained foreign bodies (69 percent) required reoperation, and one died.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Scam o Rama
An extensive collection of Nigerian Scam emails.
The letters posted here are examples of attempts at ADVANCE FEE FRAUD. The sender claims to be a bureaucrat, banker or royal toadie, who wants to cut you, and only you, in on the financial deal of a lifetime.
Setting aside the writer's attempt to rob you and (going through the mental contortions necessary to take the letter at face value) to steal from his own country, the letters are funny. Read them out loud at parties and see.
(via Bifurcated Rivets)
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Visualizing Internet Topology
From CAIDA (Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis):
We describe a visualization that shows a macroscopic snapshot of the Internet core taken from data collected during a two week period from April 1-16, 2002. The graph reflects 1,224,733 IP addresses and 2,093,194 IP links, (immediately adjacent addresses in a traceroute-like path) of skitter data from 16 monitors probing approximately 932,000 destinations spread across over 75,000 (70%) of globally routable network prefixes.
Click here to see the result. Pretty picture, but does anyone (except the folks at CAIDA) have a clue as to what it means? They also have an animation version, but I didn't feel like downloading a 165-MB file.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
The Adbusters Billboard Story
In light of yesterday's Supreme Court decision, this article at Adbusters is appropriate reading.
(via Bifurcated Rivets)
Posted on 16 January, 2003
AOL's New Look
Not the AOL we all know and hate. This is Ashcroft OnLine 1.0 (Flash).
Posted on 16 January, 2003
New Record: 702 Piercings
Those weird
Canadians.
Finishing with one in each nipple on Wednesday, Brent Moffatt pushed 702 needles into his body in a little less than eight hours. Most went into his legs and feet. He had hoped to reach 1,000 piercings but stopped when the pain became too much to bear.
Posted on 16 January, 2003
Mmmmm.... Burgers
A New York Times
article: The
Burger Takes Center Stage. According to Ed Levine:
I have eaten hamburgers every day for the last two months. I have traveled the five boroughs of New York City to do so. And in the city's lowliest corner diners and loftiest expense account restaurants, I have found satisfaction. New York, my research has documented again and again, is a hamburger heaven.
Posted on 16 January, 2003