In No Sense, Incense

I kind of set my place on fire last night. I was burning some incense, and I placed a stick...

When Software Bugs Bite

Dishwashers, automobiles and other products are increasingly driven by software. But digits don't always do a better job. Where do you turn when your appliance's software goes south?
Maurice Bailey's Miele G885 SC dishwasher cleans dishes almost as well as a human being. Its 10 separate programs control the washing and drying of fine crystal and crusty pans. Its electronic controls warn owners if the drain is blocked. It also carefully regulates both the temperature and the consumption of water, something humans often neglect to do.

Escape From Eluned Game

Once upon a time we invented a great game called "Escape From Eluned". In truth you've probably played it yourself under a different name.
The rules are as follows:
1) Get a friend very drunk - one called Eluned works best. 2) Balance as many things as you can on them without waking them up. 3) Take photographic evidence. 4) Remove all the items, thus leaving the victim unaware that anything has happened. 5) Create a website. Sit back and watch friend turn red.

Loser of Online Game Suspect in Killing

He lost a violent cyberwar game known as Counterstrike and then shot the victor.
Police now think that losing the game and being ridiculed about it triggered the Coquitlam Internet cafe shooting Jan. 18 that cost 17-year-old Christian Kwee his life.

Pizza and Laputa

Eating mushroom pizza tonight. I chopped up a portabello and some white mushrooms, and sauteed them in olive oil. I...

Skeptic Pitied

Craig Schaffner, 46, a Fayetteville-area computer consultant, has earned the pity of friends and acquaintances for his tragic reluctance to embrace the unverifiable, sources reported Monday.

$75 burger? There’s the beef

Would you spend $75 on a hamburger?
No? Then you obviously don't live in Manhattan, because that's the latest craze sweeping this competitive metropolis.

Big Plants and Blog Things

Personally, I think I’m in a journalistic lull, here. I was working a bit on my site (fixed up the...

Who owns the media?

Ever wanted to know who owns the different media corporations around the world? Consult this handy little chart for the latest information on media ownership.

Spam the spammer

Got spam today, from a spam filtering company. Weird. Ironically, it somehow slipped past all the spam filtering software we...