Posts Tagged ‘ crazy ’
Paul Cashmere writing for Undercover.com.au reports on a rather icy welcome received by Alice Cooper. Apparently, the act is not welcomed in Tampere, Finland, as he is barred from performing at Tampere Areena Oy per a statement issued by the managing director, Harri Wiherkoski, which states in part “Artists who express suspicious values from Christianity’s [ READ MORE ]
The Daily Mail reports on probably one of the most bizarre deportation hearings I’ve ever read about. An anonymous woman referred to in court only as “A” has been threatened with extradition because of a dispute over her sexual identity. In essence, the Home Office (a UK government agency which oversees immigration, the rough equivalent of [ READ MORE ]
In perhaps the most daft attack on blogging as free speech, the High Court in London (UK) has ruled bloggers have no right to anonymity, as reported by Yahoo! News UK. The basis of the ruling comes under the assertion that “blogging is essentially a public rather than a private activity.” I am horrified at the [ READ MORE ]
A recent Techcrunch article absolutely stunned me. The developers of Tweetdeck are doing something I find absolutely disgraceful: charging services to appear in their proprietary Twitter client, to the tune of $50,000 or so. Charging for ad banner space is one thing. What Tweetdeck is doing is exactly a reason I use primarily free software (free [ READ MORE ]
A New York Post story which came to my attention via @emoltzen on Twitter is particularly disturbing on more than one level. It is less than honest to claim to be someone or something you’re not. While I am no real fan of laws which rely heavily on intent (the reasoning behind this I will save [ READ MORE ]
(Warning: potentially offensive content, especially if you follow the linked story.) Found this one in the Houston Press about a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against KBR. For those unwilling to follow the link, I’ll summarize by saying it started with a worker rubbing himself on a male co-worker’s desk, escalated to leaving a sexually suggestive picture [ READ MORE ]
Submitted with a minimum of extra commentary: “Holy %$&#*@$ #@+* I Was Just In A Plane Crash”. (Title of the actual article is, of course, uncensored.) I know it’s a bit old, but I just saw this today, and wanted to help make sure this made the rounds. Share and Enjoy: [ READ MORE ]
I quit using Microsoft’s software (most notably, the Windows operating system) on my computers in 2002, and have purchased no new Microsoft hardware (keyboards, mice, game consoles, media players, etc) for my own use (actually, none at all, really) during those six years and change. Nothing makes me more glad I left Microsoft’s world than [ READ MORE ]