June 2009
102 posts
“But Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome each gained 2 percentage...”
– CNET
Chrome increased by 2 to 1.8? Hunh? C’mon, guys… don’t be lazy on me. When an author misses on the obvious details, it makes me wonder what nuanced details he also screwed up.
On Iran
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to...
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“Cook is a great manager, a whiz when it comes to managing supply chains…”
– Dan Lyons
Dear Dan, please note that “whiz” is something done at a commode. I suspect you intended to use “wiz,” as in wizard or a person as gifted as one.
Viz.: “The wizened wiz whizzes whimsically.”
That should be in a children’s book.
“With all due respect, I don’t want to know what you wear in your bedroom.”
– The Daily Fiona
BTW, it’s a burka. O:-)
INSANE: I would like to see burquas outlawed in...
Why single out a particular style of mask whose name & cultural-association gets in the way of what you advocate? Why not just advocate: outlaw all masks? What about eye-patches and bandages, or is there a medical waiver and for how long and who has to apply for that waiver and when? What about respiration masks that some people choose to wear in the city thanks to pollution? Doesn’t...
INSANE: I would like to see burquas outlawed in...
No deal: what’s a burka? Is it all black or deep purple? Does it stop at the ankle or knee? Or belly button? Who picks, Obama or the next John Ashcroft? Is it just the head-dress part, and if so what makes it different from a mask? Are masks illegal now too, or is there a halloween exception? What if my burka is made of an American Flag like so many pants, shirts, boxers, dresses and...
Where is it?
Um, hello Instapaper 2.0, where are you? Is Apple requiring apps to go thru AT&T activation too? That would explain…
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FIre!
Marc gets a taste of hot rubber! (… wait that didn’t sound right..)
“A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.”
– Mitch Hedberg (via punchlines)
Pleasantly surprised...
… to find that the buttons for the Apple in-ear headphones all work with the 3G S. Though if it weren’t the case, I’d be mildly miffed.
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“Do you bite your nails?… Cannibal.”
– Marc G (via thomasalbrecht)
“This sheep-squeezer business has gotten way out of hand. Someone’s got to...”
– Tom Carpenter. And he’s just the man to do it, too.
http://sheepsqueezer.info/ →
Dude, it was $0.99. How could I NOT buy that?
Hrm… wonder what Google Ads would put there…
