The reaction is just perfect.

Evil dad tricks son

The 12-year-old compared the ice used in the drinks with the water from toilet bowls in the same restaurants. Jasmine said she found the results startling.
"I thought there might be a little bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much," she said. "And I never thought the toilet water would be cleaner."

Mmmm... Toilet water.

Girl's Science Project May Make You Rethink That Drink Order - News - MSNBC.com

Great quiz.

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer

It's a blik invasion! Go retro with blik Invader - a colorful array of aliens and defenders battling it out for prime space on your wall.

blik INVADER: blik

I'd like to see these things marching to take over the world in a Terminator scenario.

JP Brown's Serious LEGO

noteworthy wrote:

Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday, firing shotgun pellets at the man while trying to aim for a bird, his spokeswoman confirmed today.

Mr. Cheney, a practiced hunter, sprayed the lawyer, Harry Whittington, with shotgun pellets on an outing on the Armstrong ranch in South Texas. Mr. Whittington, 78, was flown by helicopter to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition today, according to Michele Trevino, a hospital spokeswoman.

What kind of idiot goes out into the woods with THAT guy???!!

RE: Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter

No joke.

Bandaids that look like a fresh strip of bacon.

LOL

"Free Toy Inside"

Truly random stuff: Bacon bandages

Here is a copy of my complaint to Iomega for their useless support:Allowing your people to trouble shoot more than one brand of burning software would have been useful.

The main issue though, was that with every step, rather than trying to eliminate issues, your tech support would attribute blame to something arbitrarily. Such as one support person reccomending I use TDK media. And the very next person telling me that i needed to use Verbatum or Imation instead, despite the inconsistency. Do you really expect your users to stock a sample of every DVD brand in fucking existence? I also do not appreciate the hard sell for software. They could have supplied me with a download link for the demo software (which is available on the third party's site) so they might troubleshoot the issue using your recommended burning software without hassling me with semantic games. I found the link myself no thanks to your people who would only argue with me and try to sell me this crappy software instead of being helpful.

Then the conclusions they reached such as "Well it appears your drive needs to be replaced" was completely without ANY form of trouble shooting evidence. When I asked what the cause might be (thinking that this guy MUST be psychic), he replied that there must be a problem with the internal laser. When I pressed as to why it was still able to burn CD's (just not DVD's) there was a long pause. After which he told me the only thing i could do was use another computer. That is totally ridiculous. How many computers does one need to own to get competent customer service from Iomega??? I had to jump through hoops to get the software these techs guaranteed was necessary for troubleshooting this device, I get it, and they don't use one damned feature of this super-software. And instead of using the cop out that my software was not good enough to receive support, they now tell me that my computer is no good either. Ever see the monty-python cheese skit? A long drawn out sequence of asking the clerk if they have various types of cheese, and the clerk keeps replying, "No!, Not today, Sorry, we're out of that, etc." Until the person asking finally asks in frustration "well do you in fact have any cheese???" to which the clerk replies "No sir, I was deliberately wasting your time." That Is what your tech support is like. Even at the end, your person told me that i could call their support line on Monday. And then doesn't give me the number. It wasn't until I told him how helpful that info was without a number, did I get one.I have dealt with tech support for various products over the years, from various companies, with various problems. But in the end, there has always been a satisfactory conclusion. Your support could not reach one which makes it the most inept and useless I have ever dealt with. I am very dissatisfied.

Do not buy Iomega. Iomega Tech Support is the Reason Why We Outsource to India.

I carry a blog--yes. Is it funny to you?: Do not buy Iomega

Ben and Jerry's guy throws his oreos in the political arena.

TrueMajorityACTION Oreos

Your Senator Needs an iPod

Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation held a hearing on the "Broadcast Flag" and "Audio
Flag," a set of proposals by the MPAA and RIAA that would stifle
innovation by giving content holders a virtual veto over new
technologies and existing user rights.

But Senator Stevens, the 82-year old committee chairman from Alaska,
surprised the
audience by announcing that his daughter had bought him an iPod, and suddenly Stevens had a
much greater understanding of the many ways innovative technology can
create choice for consumers. Content industry representatives at the
hearing found themselves answering much tougher questions than they
typically receive.

That's why we think all Senators ought to join Stevens' esteemed
company as iPod owners. Rather than wait for every Senator's daughter,
we're taking matters into our own hands and buying a video iPod for the
campaigns of Senators who work on legislation affecting technology.
Plus, we're going to pre-load each one with examples of the cultural
richness made possible by sharing and collaboration - public domain
content, Creative Commons content, and audio messages about the
importance of balanced copyright policy. It will be engraved with the
words "listen to the people." And it will arrive at each Senator's
campaign office with a letter of explanation and a list of all the
people who helped pay for it.

Help us supply more Senators with their own iPods for their
campaigns. Each Video iPod costs $324.42, and you can buy a whole iPod
or chip in a portion of the cost. We'll take care of the rest.

Contribute to the iPod fund

IPac - Your Senator Needs an iPod