Archive for January, 2008

Official “Most Pointless Error Message Ever” Nominee

tar: namedb/master/domain.com.DB: time stamp 2008-01-31 18:22:02 is 0.000371905 s in the future
It’s GNU-tastic!

Frames are the answer.

This is a few weeks old, but just in case you haven’t seen it: Wisdom from Gary.
Is it just me* or does this guy sound like a less intense Gene Ray?

Gary: “You have done nothing wrong. You were just taught a lie”
Gene: “You were educated to live an evil lie - and your heirs will [...]

wtf: iTunes license agreement font

I may or may not agree to the terms of the license, but I flat out refuse to agree to the use of a font that has an obvious gender.

The dpk CableHolderThing™ 5000™

Are you like the old me, tired of the cluttered mess of cables in your closet, or worse yet in your car or on the bus? Try the new dpk CableHolderThing™ 5000™*!

Here’s how it works. Just slip one end of a cable under one of the patent-pending elastic cords along the side, and wrap the [...]

The Procedure

The deed is done, I am vasectomized.
The first question you’d probably ask me after such a procedure is: How bad did it hurt? It hurt, but it wasn’t so bad; I’ve certainly felt worse. Imagine someone grabbing and kind of squeezing your testes — it hurts, but it’s tolerable, and you just want them to [...]

Jitters

Tomorrow’s the big day. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. Early Friday morning, coincidentally my 30th birthday, I will be having my vas ectomied — lay-speak for a vasectomy.
I’m absolutely certain about my decision to become sterile. I can’t recall a time I’ve ever said to myself: “I wish I had a [...]

Housing Homeless Saves Money

On my way in to work today I read an article about projects to help the homeless. (I shamelessly copied the title). They made mention of two specific projects: Plymouth Housing Group’s Plymouth on Stewart and Downtown Emergency Service Center’s 1811 Eastlake.
PHG’s mission is to provide permanent housing for the homeless. DESC’s mission for 1811 [...]

AGN Financial Network, or How To Become Rich Hating “The Gays”

There was an article in the PI today about a pastor, Rev. Ken Hutcherson of the Antioch Bible Church, trying to get the church members to buy 3 shares of Microsoft, one of which is to be given to a new company, he/the church founded: “AGN Financial Network”. This isn’t the first time he’s tried [...]