April 28, 2003

uhh.... I didn't do anything wrong...

Amazon.com scared me today.

It recommended to me, based on what it thinks my interests and hobbies are, "Adult" books masquerading as children's books.

I must admit - I did a double take... then thought: "I want to click on that link because my curiosity is peeked, but am I going to show up on some federal ped list? Needless to say, I clicked on it... and it was a list of Harry Potter-esc books.

Ah, Amazon... you almost gave me a heart-attack.

Posted by dave at 04:38 PM | Comments (0)

thought I'd seen it all...

I just walked by 5 porsche SUV's in my parking lot. Guess the feds in the building needed a less conspicous vehicle of choice.

Posted by dave at 12:57 PM | Comments (0)

I lied.

My dad never built me one of these.

Posted by dave at 10:17 AM | Comments (0)

This scared the shit out of me...

Ok, last stupid link today... maybe...

The title was what caught my eye: Microsoft rolls out new Windows Automotive

Posted by dave at 10:13 AM | Comments (0)

(chanting) fight, fight...

Read this story if only for the comments at the end. Some canadian starts an American / british fight and it just gets silly.

Posted by dave at 10:10 AM | Comments (0)

Military robots get swarm intelligence

Neat.

No one will mess with us once we unleash the "METAL BEES!!!"

Posted by dave at 09:59 AM | Comments (0)

April 23, 2003

April 22, 2003

Another stupid link

This is creepy.

Posted by dave at 10:56 AM | Comments (1)

NEAT!

This blows the gameboy advance out of the water: Atari Handheld Gaming.

Posted by dave at 10:44 AM | Comments (0)

Fucking NOTES!!!

I am one of the unlucky. I have to use Lotus Notes. It sucks. A LOT.

When I'm not at work, I get to use their webmail product: iNOTES. It sucks. A LOT.

I can deal with the shitty application generally... but here's what annoys the hell out of me: When ever Notes is not the topmost window on my desktop for a while, it spikes my processor so that I can't do any other work until I bring it to the foreground. Then it happily gives my processor back. It's like a puppy that wants attention. Except it's not cute, nor cuddley.

And that's why I hate Lotus Notes.

Posted by dave at 10:08 AM | Comments (0)

April 18, 2003

"Don't Pass Out, Passover"

There's a new beer in town... and it's called HeBrew.

Editor's Note: If you don't find that funny - never talk to me again.

Posted by dave at 10:58 AM | Comments (0)

April 17, 2003

Time Travel

NEW YORK -- Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256!

If this guy's really a time traveller... shouldn't he eventually get out of jail, then go back in time again to assure that the first 'him' doesn't get caught?

Posted by dave at 03:21 PM | Comments (1)

amusing

I find stupid shit on the internet while waiting for stuff to process... it's like I'm using punch cards or something....

anyway...

Posted by dave at 01:40 PM | Comments (0)

Nerd

This makes me a nerd but I was absolutely fascinated by this.

How long did you spend trying to beat Zelda on the SNES.... I know I spent a LONG time on it... and loved every minute of it.

Posted by dave at 10:43 AM | Comments (0)

Great idea foiled by Bankers

He almost got away with it...

Posted by dave at 10:26 AM | Comments (0)

April 16, 2003

You'll poke an eye out!

The thing that got me in this article was that the kid in question ordered the potato gun off the internet. The joy of potato guns was in the construction of the damn thing... lazy kids today.

Lazy Bastard

Posted by dave at 05:19 PM | Comments (0)

April 14, 2003

uh....

The indifferent: I have to go to a conference in Orlando for work.

The odd: I'm going with the new V.P.

Posted by dave at 08:54 PM | Comments (0)

April 03, 2003

Interesting comparison

I was talking to a guy who has been doing counter terrorism analyst for many, many years the other day. Here's a quote:

"Terrorism is like herpes. You can work your ass off to ensure that the occasional flare-ups go away but it'll always be there."

I thought that was a dead-on comparison.

Posted by dave at 06:35 PM | Comments (0)