Every now and then, I see something that beats the crap out of my perennial cynicism, kicks my perpetual skepticism in the groin, and bitch-slaps my pessimism silly. I don’t even know why this moves me so much, but I recently read an article by Mary Lou Jepsen, a woman who gave up her job [...]
Wow.. a little scary…Mobile phone users warned of lightning strike risk Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:11 AM IST LONDON (Reuters) – People should not use mobile phones outdoors during thunderstorms because of the risk of being struck by lightning, doctors said on Friday. They reported the case of a 15-year-old girl who was using her [...]
I just thought I’d be a nerd and explain the multitude of actually usable reasons (I don’t care that your browser renders in superHexAscii2.454 if I don’t use it) why I like Firefox (in the hopes that someday I might be able to convince even Andrew Garvin to use it): Tabbed Browsing – This is [...]
I’ve become more and more fascinated with Yahoo these days. A few years back I remember deciding that while I would keep my @yahoo email address (for posterity’s sake, although more seriously, I still get lots of important email to that account), the days that I would turn to Yahoo for anything more than Geocities [...]