Category Archives: news & current events

I can’t believe it’s December already. The year is almost over! And so is the semester which seriously freaks me out. So much stuff to do, and so little time. Sigh… I really wish I wasn’t so damn good at … Continue reading →

You might have noticed that the widely hyped $100 Xbox sale at Amazon did not go as planned. Under the combined effect of digg, slashdot and many simillar sites, their servers buckled, caught on fire and died. It’s a shame. … Continue reading →

Have an awesome Thanksgiving! comic © extralife Here is a small request. Can we try for once go through the whole holiday without some jackass whining about the poor turkeys getting killed? I swear – every year without fail, someone … Continue reading →

This story is beyond disturbing. How the hell can you run a bank if you let things like this happen? Some dude apparently sold a bike on Craigslist and got paid with a odd looking check. When he went to … Continue reading →

According to the latest study posted on slashdot, pr0n constitutes only 1% of the available, searchable Internet content. I am totally stumped! Here we all thought that the internet is for porn, but it turns out that it is not! … Continue reading →

I think that Microsoft finally found a way to potentially slow down the rapid growth of Linux based solutions. Their deal with Novell clearly aims at creating a two tier Linux market. One tier would be the SUSE products, endorsed … Continue reading →

It appears that YouTube is getting worse, and worse. Apparently they have started bulk deleting clips of Comedy Central shows such as The Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park. Heh… Maybe they got scared when Colbert said they owe … Continue reading →

The buzz around Google’s purchase of YouTube continues. Let’s hope they wont re-brand it because GooTube sounds silly, and Google Tube sounds like something invented by Ted Stevens… Anyways, this gave me a chuckle: comic © GuComics If you don’t … Continue reading →

Warren Ellis has some interesting comments about the YouTube purchase: [W]hat happened to all those threats to sue YouTube? There’s a fair chance back channels were opened via which YouTube could whisper, “don’t do that, something huge is gonna happen … Continue reading →

Is it just me or is anyone else having issues logging into Gmail? It was driving me nuts in the morning because I thought my Gmail Manager plugin was broken. But it turns out that gmail server is simply slower … Continue reading →

Dear Belgian News People and Lawmonsters, You might be surprised to know that it is extremely easy to prevent Google from indexing and caching your website. All you need to do is to add a tiny text file robots.txt containing … Continue reading →

I just found a link to a story titled Cambodian Troops Quarantine Quan’sul at BoingBoing. You can see the post here. This BBC story tells us about a new malaria strain in Cambodia that kills the victim and then somehow … Continue reading →

There is one day in September when we should put aside the politics, conspiracy theories, and fear mongering. I’m going to refrain myself from any kind of political commentary today. All I will say on this topic is this: STFU, … Continue reading →

You know, I had this idea the other day to take something that is absolutely trivial and commonplace and then file for a [tag]patent[/tag] and make big monies (yes, monies is the proper term to use when you mean mad, … Continue reading →

Here is a roundup of the WTF news moments from the last few days. I divided them into categories for more coherence: We Live in a Police State: Bush proposed a new bill according to which American citizens suspected of … Continue reading →

RIAA just lost one of their anti-customer lawsuits. This is the first of the legal attacks against alleged filesharers that went to court and did not end in a settlement. As it turns out, they didn’t have any solid evidence … Continue reading →

Are you surprised that BitTottent.com is launching a subscription service distributing MPAA movies? I’m not. It’s a freaking brilliant move! Let me break this down for you: sign a deal with MPAA use your technology to distribute their content break … Continue reading →

I made this sign to support Net Neutrality. If you don’t get it, please go and read about the speech given by Senator Ted Stevens. Remember kids, save the internet! Update Sun, July 09 2006, 02:51 AM Heh, check out … Continue reading →

Hey kids, guess what? Sony got in trouble again! It is such a little corporate troublemaker. I think little Sony just craves attention. All those horrible things that it has done to it’s loyal customers are just desperate cries for … Continue reading →

Dear state of New Jersey, Please get your shit together. This is fucking embarrassing. What the hell is wrong with you people? Here is what you guys need to do. I broke it down into 4 easy steps. As long … Continue reading →

4th of July is a very significant day in American history. This day will forever commemorate victory over evil aliens that invaded our planet, and blew up the white house. Our home world, and our way of life was saved … Continue reading →

It seems that everyones favorite Swedish bittorrent heroes got themselves raided by the police. ThePirateBay.org headquarters were stormed by 50+ armed policemen who arrested several people and seized the servers. Apparently Swedish authorities still are still diligently working to find … Continue reading →

Today I noticed that Dell is running a sweet deal on Latitude notebooks through their Small Business program. We decided to cash in on this, and bought bunch brand spanking new of laptops at the discount price. This was a … Continue reading →

To make long story short, I have a Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop on my desk with a broken USB port, and a faulty power jack. I can’t do anything with it because these components are essentially welded onto the mobo. … Continue reading →

Is it just me or is LJ down this evening? Very strange. For several hours now I don’t seem to be able to get through to anyones page. Very weird. I actually don’t remember the last time LJ went down. … Continue reading →