The Daily Telegraph | Machete mob who confront Diggers Machete’s are cool. That’s all I have to say. You don’t see the word nearly enough in the news. Dual monitors increase productivity – Lifehacker Maybe it’s time for me to upgrade. I’ve got a dual output video card (granted one output is analog), but I can easily expand my screen real estate. Newsvine – Protest at Fla. Governor’s Office in Day 2 Hooray for peaceful protesting! This is the correct way to get things done politically. Newsvine – Indonesian Police Question Playboy Editors Can we (that is to say they) give in to radical Islam? Although skin-zines like Playboy are pretty much against every religion out there, capitalism supports the market. So if India wants to be a truly capitalist state, they need to tough it out. Newsvine – Donor Gives Cruise Ship to R.I. Colleges Cool. It’s nice to … Continue reading →

Suri, the name of Tom Cruise’s new daughter, is Japanese for pickpocket and the placenta thing was a “joke taken out of context” from GQ. Riiiiight. He didn’t chicken out at the last moment. It was a joke. Capitol Hill Blue – Falwell strikes out with Supremes Fallwell.com is kind of a parody of Falwell’s name and that’s what the proprietor intends to do with his parodic stance against Falwell’s anti-gay feelings. China’s Hu, ‘Friend’ of Microsoft, Pledges Action on Piracy Great….now China’s gonna start supporting DRM’s…at least they’re not allowed to enforce it here like they do in China…now THAT would be scary. Judge Blocks Law to Report Sex Under 16 – New York Times Because if people think they’re going to get reported, they won’t come in for an examination. This judge is an idiot. Not to mention the fact that there’s no such thing as consensual sex … Continue reading →

BBC NEWS | Europe | Germany to open Holocaust archive This is interesting. Lets have an interactive website showing the different camps over the years and who was registered where…obviously don’t include all the personal information (I don’t care if that person had lice or insurance…wait isn’t that the same thing?) but I think that would be pretty cool. Newsvine – Presidential Pardons Since 1945 Truman pardoned a lot of people…but does he hold the national record for number of people pardoned? I guess we’ll never know…and is it a good thing that the number of pardons seems to be declining overall? Newsvine – Discovery May Be Rare Silent Movie Footage Wow…it’s a good thing God is storing all media that rots beyond usability in Heaven…some of this stuff would be really interesting to watch from a historical point of view. BBC NEWS | Americas | Zacarias Moussaoui ‘mentally ill’ … Continue reading →

Newsvine – Hawaii May Honor Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Nobody knew that it wasn’t the state fish anymore…now that’s political manuvering at it’s best. Rainbow-colored leis dot White House Easter lawn / S.F. family among gay group involved in annual egg roll Gay families celebrating the resurrection of the man who condemns their lifestyle? Can we say irony? Oh of course, they’re doing it as a political statement. There’s something very wrong with this story and all the media coverage but I can’t put my finger on it. Discovery Channel :: News :: Enormous Meat-Loving Dinosaur Found Ginormous new dinosaur set to debut in Jurassic Park 4! Just kidding. But I wouldn’t be surprised…you never know what they’d throw in next. Logistically we’ve had packs of velociraptors, but this is would be on an entirely different scale…packs of T-Rex-like dinos?!?! This time, nobody gets off the island. I’m Not Entirely Sure He Knows … Continue reading →

The official website for the Da Vinci Code movie is located at SoDarkTheConOfMan.com. If you don’t get it, read the book. The site is incredibly useful in deciphering the logic puzzles available through Google as part of their Da Vinci Code movie tie-in. The first one is a mutant Sudoku with symbols (of course) and was kind of fun! Apparently this fulfilled the life-long dream of some of the Google techs as his cup runeth over on The Google Blog.

Gamasutra – Broussard Updates Duke Nukem Forever Status “We just want to finish it.” Well I should think so! It’s about time they got this out. I’m also excited by Prey…it sounded like fun when I read about it a year or two ago in PC Magazine. Couple collects gifts in sextuplet scam Talk about immoral people…taking advantage of friends and neighbors with such an elaborate scheme…just makes we cry…and especially afterwards. They don’t have remorse…they must have really needed the money, right? But they were asking for material goods too. So they just wanted to randomly improve their lives? I don’t get it… Telegraph | News | RAF man who refused to serve in Iraq found guilty He had moral qualms with the war? Then he should have asked for an honorable discharge on those grounds. Or is that not possible? Either way, you can’t just neglect your orders. … Continue reading →

Snarkmarket: High-Stakes Life Robin explores mental exercises that help you empathize with unknown regions of your brain…freaky cool! Columns by PC Magazine: Camera-Phone Danger Are companies liable if you use their property for something illegal? An interesting look into the use of camera-phones and mobile blogs. Newsvine – Indonesians Hurl Stones at Playboy Offices Radical Muslims at it again! This isn’t nearly as serious as the cartoon wars, but shows another way that America and Islam don’t get along. But then again, Christian values are against Playboy, so free speech and Islam don’t get along…just like in the cartoon wars! Wow..a hidden connection…w00t! Newsvine – Court: Ads Violate Filmmakers’ Integrity Go Sweden! Why isn’t this in America!?! Newsvine – Thousands Throng Opening of IKEA in China China is all about capitalism…with each step they’re taking towards capitalism, how far away can democracy and a free society be? Newsvine – Rice … Continue reading →

Chron.com | Iran Reaches Key Step in Nuclear Process And the U.N. just sits there going…”But we told him to stop!” And people wonder why I don’t take the U.N. seriously. Windows XP and iMac a cool combination The details behind what dual-booting your Apple computer means. This is much appreciated. And here’s what Lifehacker has to say about all the hype. Aljazeera.Net – Australian kickback inquiry takes toll Austrailia was a part of the food-for-oil programme with Iraq? Damn…and I thought they were awesome…now they’re slightly less awesome. New York Daily News – Entertainment – See ‘Jack’ run even more Kiefer signed a deal to stay on for 3 more seasons at least. Well at least we now know for sure that he can’t die until Season 8…kind of takes the fun out of it. “I am thrilled to extend my commitment to all my friends and colleagues at … Continue reading →

Apple – Trailers – An Inconvenient Truth – Trailer Al Gore tries to scare the world. This is hilarious. I can’t believe people just beg to be scared out of there wits by things beyond control. I hate liberals for trying to run our lives. If you think we miniscule humans are causing global warming, you need to step back from all the hype and take a look around. We might be accelerating it, but if we’re moving into a geological period of global warming…there’s nothing we can do. “Bad things happen and there’s nothing we can do about it, right? Right. Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world” (Timon/Simba, The Lion King). Column by PC Magazine: The Disc Format Wars Dvorak weighs in on the issue and roots for HD while admitting that PS3 could tip the balance. Me personally? … Continue reading →