Post archive for ‘Time Wasters’
Facebook and so forth
I consider myself very technology forward, but I’m also generally adverse to technology aimed squarely at the mainstream. Most of it is garbage, peppered a few little nuggets of neat.
I have a MySpace page and to this day I loathe the entire experience there. It’s completely self-contained, difficult to configure to your liking, [...]
Categorized as Facebook, Time Wasters
Thank You! Come Again!
Wellity, Wellity, Wellity…
It appears that one of the neatest marketing gimmicks that has ever befallen mankind has befallen mankind in Burbank, CA (among other places). Turns out, this Kwik-E-Mart is about 2 minutes from my place of work in sunny Burbank, so I stopped by after work today.
I’ve been a long-time Simpsons nut, and [...]
Categorized as Adventures, Friends, Time Wasters
F2 C4 64 99 89 CF 28 60 F6 79 EA F4 D0 A6 38 94
That’s MY 128-bit key. If someone distributes that around the internet, I have the very same legal right that the AACS-LA group has to prosecute.
See www.freedom-to-… for the info, but basically, that number was used to encrypt a copyrighted work (A haiku) and I was given explicit rights to decrypt the work my the [...]
Categorized as Adventures, Links, Politics, Software, Technology, Time Wasters, Venting
A Topic for Andy
You wanted a topic, here’s one.
Why do you think, after all these years, do I still call you “Andy” when the whole world calls you “Andrew”? Moreover, why do you tolerate it?
-Chris
Categorized as Friends, Time Wasters