One of the more annoying things to come about in the Linux/open source world is the use of “info” pages, replacing the old workhorse standard of “man” pages. In doing so, developers often ignore documenting crucial elements in a man page, instead leaving this gem at the end:
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Do blog authors realize how stupid “after the jump” looks when people view the article in full? I must frequently view entire posts, because I don’t remember the last time I saw the phrase where it was followed by a “read more” link.
I hope the phrase dies a choking death.
The comments people post on The Consumerist articles are among the most blame-the-customer-first I’ve ever seen. Is it unfair to judge a blog based on the comments? Perhaps, but it’s hard for me not to when the pro-corporate theme is so overwhelming.
To help pass the time waiting for the #28 bus, running on a Sunday schedule this being the great American holiday President’s Day, I went to the corner market and bought a red pen and a pad of paper. Both were proudly made in the USA. The pen, red to be patriotic, or because it [...]
Every once in a while I’ll go out and pick up some CDs. I have an eMusic subscription, which is pretty awesome, but they don’t carry everything, and sometimes I just like to have the album art in my hands.
Like hundreds of others, I own an iPod, and use it for almost all of my [...]
You’ve probably already seen this on digg. CNN is officially no better than Fox News.
I know CNN is part of the evil “mainstream media,” but still, I expected better than this. I don’t think I could bring myself to go to cnn.com any more. I certainly won’t watch it on TV (not that I did [...]
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!
Natalie Dee Blog: Dear Internet:
Then, I click on the link, and all there is behind the link is a fucking 2 minute news video or something. No article, no summary, just a video.
My favorite is when the news sites put a 30 second unstoppable/skippable commercial before the video, show the 10 seconds of real video, [...]
