Monthly Archives: November 2007

I Want To Buy a Pig And Name It Mohammed

If you haven’t heard about this, you should have. A British teacher working in Sudan (why on Earth, I don’t know) has been imprisoned for allowing her students to name a teddy bear “Mohammed.” That’s right, she’s in jail for … Continue reading

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Two Words: Chuck Norris

I don’t know much about Mike Huckabee, but this campaign ad is hilarious. My favorite line: “There’s no chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard, only another fist.” I know it’s old, but it makes me laugh every time.

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QuickTime Player Annoys Me

The QuickTime player that Apple ships really, really annoys me. There are two reasons why I hate it: volume and geometry defaults. By this I mean that the player defaults to 100% volume, which is really loud, and top-left-of-window placement, … Continue reading

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Uncle Jay Explains Congressional Days Off

Gotta love all that paid time off for “district” responsibilities. Uncle Jay Explains the News – July 2, 2007 on FunnyOrDie.com

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My Eucharistic Theology

Eucharistic theologycreated with QuizFarm.com You scored as Zwingli You are Ulrich Zwingli. You believe that bread and wine are symbols of the absent Jesus. You believe in interpreting Scripture reasonably. Zwingli 94% Calvin 81% Luther 63% Orthodox 50% Unitarian 19% … Continue reading

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Give Up On Vista

I’ve been a fan of the Get a Mac ads since before I became a “Mac bigot.” This new web-only ad is one of the best. Of course, my all-time favorite Get a Mac ad is this one featuring Gisele

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Security vs. Usability

This Dilbert is a perfect explanation of the moronic security policies that Chase bank has for accessing your accounts. I should be able to access my account through their website from anywhere in the world, anytime I want. But noooooo. … Continue reading

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Monitor Log Using Console.app

When I’m working on a Linux desktop, I will frequently open a new shell window with tail -f on a log file I need to watch, such as my JBoss log. When I switched to my glorious Mac Pro I … Continue reading

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Late Night Religious Programming

This is one of my favorite videos. It’s two Australian guys making fun of late night religious programs. This is great stuff. The bit about “the Hebrew word for ‘word’ is just too funny.” Stick around for the ending. It’s … Continue reading

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Insanely Large Numbers

I was reading A Walk through the Heavens on Saturday and after reading for a while, I started doing some calculations. First, light travels through a vacuum at 186,282.397 miles per second. That works out to 670,616,629.2 miles per hour, … Continue reading

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Scottish Star Trek

I have a pretty good understanding of the Scots dialect, but I only picked up every fifth word or so in this video.

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No Flash By Default In Fedora 8? Huh?

I saw that Fedora 8 had been released, so I thought I’d install it inside Parallels and check it out. After a long install, I booted up in 800×600 mode… Lovely. I googled to find out how to change the … Continue reading

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Dilbert Nails It Again

I love Dilbert, but some are better than others. This one is great. I’ve worked in companies with managers who want status updates on status updates.

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24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot

I’ve been a fan of the show 24 for a few years now. This video is hilarious.

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No Full-Custom Gospel Sounds For Me

I really wanted to see The Reverend Horton Heat, one of the best rockabilly (psychobilly) bands around, tonight in Atlanta. Unfortunately, there were two major “cons” against the show that made me decide against it. First, the show is tonight … Continue reading

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Hair, or the Lack Thereof

Two days ago the three of us were sitting around eating lunch. The topic of Thomas’ too-long hair came up and Tammy and I both agreed that he needed a haircut. The following dialog commenced: Me: You really need a … Continue reading

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