March 2010
“Real world friends are hard to find and hard to change.
But virtual friends?
...”
– Seth Godin
What Makes Men Fall in Love →
entropyas:
I clicked on this link *knowing* that it would irritate me.
My favorite advice:
Blow him off. Men hate the idea of being tied down socially, so turn down occasional plans. He’ll not only feel easier — and open up more — around you, but he’ll also start to wonder what you’re doing and pursue you more.”
Treat him like an automaton that can be made to love you. Men are simple,...
Free Magazine Subscriptions Wot I've Been Offered...
4-Wheel & Off-Road
AutoWeek
Tennis Magazine
Soap Opera Digest
American Cheerleader (?!)
Cruise Travel
Arthritis Self-Management
Surfer
Dirt Rider*
Electronic House
They’re one for ten at offering anything that I’d be the slightest bit interested in.
* I’m not sure I even want to know what this one’s about. I’m certainly not going to google it.
Bark Collar Pro Tips
If you must use a bark collar with your dog, don’t just leave it wherever you take it off them.
If you must leave it wherever you take it off them, don’t take it off them in your bedroom.
If you must leave it wherever you take it off them and you must take it off them in your bedroom, don’t be surprised at the look the plumber gives you when he comes back from checking the...
mersontheperson:
Happy Saturday!
One Pleasure of a Computer Upgrade
There is always something you thought was slow because of the network but was actually slow because of your computer.
ALWAYS.
Amanda's trying tofu
She offered Emerson a bite.
As soon as she put it in her mouth, Em made this weird half hiss, half growl sound as she spit it into her hand, then threw it down on her plate and pushed the plate away.
That’s my girl.
The external modem reset restored Internet
As I knew it would.
“The router is not a computer”
PLEASE. What is it, then? A fruit? A tapestry? A philosophical construct?
At least their name is right, although misspelled—Cox.
Tech "Support"
Cox: Cox does not troubleshoot the connection through your router. Have you connected a computer directly to the modem to determine if you have internet?
Me: I've never been require to before. I prefer not to connect my computers directly to the Internet. For that matter, the router IS a computer, and can't get internet through the modem.
Cox: The router is not a computer. Therefore you will need to connect a computer directly to the modem to determine if you have internet connection.
Me: The router most certainly IS a computer. It's a ZyWall II firewall, which is a dedicated computer that does exactly what any other computer would do. I broadcasts a DHCP request, which the modem is either unable to forward or is not responding to.
Cox: The router is a device forwards that packets across a network and a computer does not. Once you have disconnected the router from the modem and connected directly to the modem we will be more than happy to further troubleshoot this issue.
Me: Thank you for checking the modem. I'll get back in touch if I need more "help".
Cox: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Me: nope
Edited and transcribed, because of course Cox's tech support chat doesn't support copy and paste.
Digg for iPhone Has Been Released!
YAY!
Now I can ignore it on all of my computing platforms.
“[M]y guess is that as soon as the beheading topic is on the table, disagreement...”
– Scott Adams - Worst Boss. Ever.
I stood in the grocery aisle fuming.
“This!”, I thought, “This is what’s wrong with this country.”
Before me, a shelf containing ample supplies of both ravioli and mini-ravioli.
The don’t both need to exist, but they do. Why? To grab shelf space that might go to competitors. To monopolize attention.
That’s what we’re all about, isn’t...
Sticking To The Mission
From Baseline Magazine’s about page*:
Baseline’s mission is to provide “in the trenches” editorial that gives senior I.T. and corporate management a detailed inside look at how leading companies deploy I.T. solutions. Each issue will provide in-depth analysis—case dissections on deployments, detailing the business strategies and goals of specific technology...
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Traumatic Morning
Emergency bath and bedding change due to world record level nighttime urination, then almost didn’t find a dry diaper to put on after that.
Then I had to get Emerson ready, too.
“[I]f you’re going to say it is your right to not have health care, you had...”
– Amanda Shankle-Knowlton
I am decidedly *anti* magic beans
(via entropyas)
Uh-oh.
Anyone seen a guy with a cow, about yea high?
He was just here.
<whistles nonchalantly, then takes off running>
“Smoothie In, Smoothie Out”
– Geoff Barnes
The Rest Of The Story
As my wife points out in a reply to my previous post, there seems to be ample support for both the “cheap materials” and the “stolen” etymology for the phrase “hotter than a two dollar pistol”.
And to further complicate things, I found a few references to “hotter than a two dollar pistol at an all night shoot out”, which follows a fairly common...
"Hotter than a two dollar pistol"
When, as a youth, I first heard that phrase, I was unaware of the slang use of “hot” to mean “stolen”.
The saying still made sense to me, because I did understand (basically) how firearms worked and just assumed that one constructed of such shoddy materials as to only cost two dollars would indeed become quite hot when used.
Now, whenever I use or hear the phrase, I...
Learn a New Photography Trick or Two; Entire BBC... →
Published in the pages of the BBC’s Wildlife magazine, the Photo Masterclasses are articles written by Wildlife photographers and specialists in their genre of nature photography. You’ll find articles on macro photography, landscape photography, and photographing different creatures under all sorts of different conditions.
essdogg:
If you have a subscription to The New Yorker, you can pull up a fantastic and fascinating profile of Ricky Jay. It’s also available in the New Yorker Profiles collection Life Stories, which I highly, highly, highly recommend.
Even without a subscription, you can read it right here.
(hat tip to nostrich)
Things that creepy American Gothic "Someone's at...
Get the bodies on the floor
We did it for the show
Everything must go
Larry, Curly, and Moe
Bros before hos
Quid pro quo
How Not To Authenticate Someone
Me: I'd like to get this copy notarized.
Bank Teller: Do you have an account with us?
Me: Yep.
Bank Teller: Okay, I'll go get my seal and take care of this for you.
Me: *sigh*
“The Thank You culture breeds appreciation, which breeds value. The more valuable...”
– Faruk Ateş, Twittering in the Thank You Culture
Digital Rectal Massage cures hiccups
tj:
pocketcontents:
A 60-year-old man with acute pancreatitis developed persistent hiccups after insertion of a nasogastric tube. Removal of the latter did not terminate the hiccups which had also been treated with different drugs, and several manoeuvres were attempted, but with no success. Digital rectal massage was then performed resulting in abrupt cessation of the hiccups. Recurrence of...
