Category Archives: news & current events
Gifts for Geeks, Stuff that Matters
So… Anyone else left their Christmas shopping for the last minute? I should have learned not to do this years ago, but somehow I always end up doing the same damn thing around this time. Ah, the joy of wandering … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day
Happy Independence Day everyone! Have fun, stay safe and avoid blowing yourself up with fireworks! Don’t forget what this day is really about. It is about commemorating the bravery of the two great men who saved our planet. If I … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Two thousand fucking eight, people! I wanted to wish you all Happy New Year on the January 1st which is the official National Hangover day. ;) Yes, it is 2008 but I will be still be writing 07 on just … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
If you celebrate it, Merry Christmas! If you don’t happy whatever you celebrate, be it Chanukah, Kwanza, Festivus, winter solstice or whatever! Btw, you should know where is the Robot Santa from. If you might be reading the wrong blog. … Continue reading
TV-Links: RIP
If any of you guys thought that UK had a copyright law that is any less retarded than ours, think again. Apparently, over there you can actually go to jail for linking to copyrighted material illegally hosted on a foreign … Continue reading
Comcast Sucks (Again)
I came back home yesterday to find out that my cable was down. This meant no TV, and no internet until Saturday. Yup, you heard it! Saturday! Why? Because Shitcast Cable does not have any openings tomorrow and generally they … Continue reading
Is Dell Dropping the Ball on Ubuntu?
I admit that I was pretty excited when I first heard about Dell shipping Ubuntu on their select machines. I figured that you can’t go wrong with a pre-installed tested system. However, since I haven’t bought one, or read any … Continue reading
Comcast Throttling Bittorent Bandwidth
I hate Comcast! Those fuckers are really getting on my nerves. I mean what the hell is this supposed to be? WTF? I haven’t seen decreases speeds lately, but then again I don’t download that much. I was seeding files … Continue reading
Do Not Click This Link
I’m not kidding! Do not click this link. Just don’t do it. I can’t emphasize this enough: This link, do not click it! Now, how many of you clicked it without reading the rest of the post? Fess up! LOL … Continue reading
LOL Dateline NBC
I just wanted to thank the folks at NBC Dateline for all the LULZ: Kinda reminds me of that whole Internet Haet Machine failure produced by Fox. And here I thought that “investigative journalism” means that one has to objectively … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day
Happy 4th everyone! I hope you enjoyed the fireworks. For my readers from other parts of the world: today was a national holiday here in US. Every year, on 4th of July we celebrate the bravery of two great men: … Continue reading
No more Windows Tax
They are here! The coveted Dell Linux Systems are now on sale, shipping preinstalled with Ubuntu! This is so awesome, I feel obliged to bring the Dell Dude out of retirement. Dell Dude! Show us how awesome is the Dell … Continue reading
Don’t go all Jack Thompson on Virginia Tech
The first person who tries to tie Virginia Tech shooting to violent video games, movies or music is a despicable publicity whore. Anyone willing to exploit this tragedy for media face time, or use it to support their agenda to … Continue reading
Congratulations to RIAA
I would like to congratulate RIAA on winning the 2007’s Worst Company in America Award. They have managed to beat Halliburton which is an incredible accomplishment right there. I wonder if they will finally get the message… Oh wait… I … Continue reading
Dell Selling Windows Free Laptops
Holly Shit! When did this happen? Dell has been selling desktops without the Windows for quite some time now, but I didn’t realize they will also extend this offer to laptops. It seems that they are now offering Latitude systems … Continue reading
The New International Radiation Symbol
I was under impression that almost everyone in the world knew the international radiation symbol: After all its been only featured in hundreds of movies, books, children’s cartoons, video games and taught to millions of children in schools during the … Continue reading
Please Send Clue to Boston!
Ok, let’s recap what happened yesterday. Bunch of Mooninite Light-Brights created a mass hysteria, and media outcry in Boston. The officials hunted down the innocent people involved in the viral marketing scheme, arrested them, and sent bunch of media hounds … Continue reading
Boston shuts down because of Mooninites
You know, I sometimes forget that people are generally a heard of fucking sheep. On average, we are so fucking dumb I’m amazed we can actually maintain this thing we call civilization. Case in point: img found @ yahoo news … Continue reading
CNN Readers have no love for Vista
I’m totally loving this poll: source – cnn.com; click to enlarge It seems that few people are rushing to get Vista. In fact, there are more CNN readers who do don’t care about the new OS at all, than those … Continue reading
Antitrust Laws At Work?
Stephen Colbert explains how antitrust laws apply to AT&T: if you can’t see the video click here I find it funny how these days only fake news shows actually talk about meaningful stuff, and make really insightful observations. :P [tags]at&t, … Continue reading
isoHunt Dead?
It seems that isoHunt has been fucked by their ISP. From their website: Update, Jan. 16, 2007 Lawyers from our primary ISP decided to pull our plug without any advance notice, as of 14:45 PST. No doubt related to our … Continue reading
Pirate Nation
You probably know this already but let me reiterate this for you: The Pirate Bay – a group of Swedish torrent tracker operators, webmasters, and the founders of the first Pirate Party in the world want to buy Sealand – … Continue reading
Political Correctness during Christmas
It so happens that bunch or major religions celebrate some sort of holiday around the same time in December. But that whole or “Season’s Greetings” thing is just annoying. I’m just going to go ahead and wish all you people … Continue reading
Idiot Judge Rules Against Direct Linking
The Robert Davis vs SFX case might just be the dumbest, court case of the year. Here is the skinny on the case. Apparently SFX has an inept, incompetent, and most likely retarded webmaster who can’t figure out how to … Continue reading
Our Power Installation got Squirreled
It seems that my company fell victim to the nefarious SLOT (Squirrel League of Terror) today. This evil organization of rodent extremists has sent a Suicide Squirrel to crawl into the power transformer and blow it up from the inside. … Continue reading