Archive for January, 2008

The front fell off

27 January 2008

Via Ben: the front fell off. The sad thing is, I know it is a comedy troupe, but I could see it being a real politician.

Thor’s Hammer

27 January 2008

Awesome lightning storm over Terre Haute

Explosive Magazine

27 January 2008


Sigh. If only the Taj were built like this.

F16 intercepts LearJet

27 January 2008

Zune 2 hard reset

26 January 2008

Zune Error
Microsoft has great instructions on how to hard reset your Zune to factory defaults. If you get the message “Zune must erase all content”, this may help. Of course, I just got this error:
Zune Error
If you’re wondering, the URL help gives for this error is useless.

Overheard at Beth’s Cafe

24 January 2008

Cook: Can I have a cry break? I need to talk about my feelings

Manager: Cry breaks are at The Hurricane. Not at Beth’s.

Waitress: You will use your tears to steam vegetables.

TechShop Seattle

20 January 2008

News that TechShop exists was awesome to hear. News that they’re opening a Seattle branch - I’ll be signing up for an annual pass, thanks.

Yay EV-DO A

19 January 2008

Fluoride is good for you.

18 January 2008

Fluoridating water is good for you and everyone else. I don’t expect anyone not wearing a tinfoil hate will construct a cogent argument against fluoridation; it seems to be the Ron Paul crowd, wanting to destroy America, that’s against fluoridation.

More about Ron Paul destroying liberty

18 January 2008

Ilya Somin writes about the uselessness of the Libertarian Party. I took this a little further earlier and said it destroys liberty. We’ll see if the comments over there cause more light than heat.