Archive for December, 2007

The 2007 top 5 quotes of the year

by @ Monday, December 31st, 2007. Filed under Misc

5. “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and, I believe that they should, uh, our [...]

The NSA-Crypto AG Sting – OhmyNews International

by @ Sunday, December 30th, 2007. Filed under Security, Technology

For decades, the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been reading effortlessly ultra sensitive messages intercepted from all parts of the world. This extraordinary feat was not the consequence of the work of some genius cyber mathematician. Nor was it the result of the agency dominance in the field of super computers, which allegedly have [...]

50 Most Loathsome People in America

by @ Saturday, December 29th, 2007. Filed under political perspective

9. You Charges: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system, [...]

The Bad Plus covers Aphex Twin’s “Film”

by @ Thursday, December 27th, 2007. Filed under Music, political perspective

It’s kinda muddy in this medium, but it’s pretty cool when they’re cleanly miked.

Dicks Sucks and Pay Backs are a Bitch…

by @ Wednesday, December 26th, 2007. Filed under Adrienne's Head

So Santa has come and gone this year. I bought almost everything online because I’m a working Prego Mother of 2.5 with very little time and energy. Q’s big gift from Santa was Barbie Roller Skates. Thanks Amazon. I couldn’t find pads/wrist guards online that were appropriate. So the one thing that was purchased from [...]

For Jason…

by @ Saturday, December 22nd, 2007. Filed under Adrienne's Head

Sorry it took so long to post Halloween pictures. Nothing says Trick Or Treat Like a Prego Nun

Techdirt: WTO Gives Antigua Only $21 Million In Sanctions; US Says ‘Not So Fast…’

by @ Friday, December 21st, 2007. Filed under Misc

The battle between the US and Antigua over online gambling is rather long. You can go back here to read a summary of the back and forth — but the quick version is that the US violated its own free trade agreements by banning some forms of online gambling (while allowing others). Antigua, home to [...]

Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry

by @ Sunday, December 16th, 2007. Filed under Conspiracy Theories

In a separate N.S.A. project, executives at a Denver phone carrier, Qwest, refused in early 2001 to give the agency access to their most localized communications switches, which primarily carry domestic calls, according to people aware of the request, which has not been previously reported. They say the arrangement could have permitted neighborhood-by-neighborhood surveillance of [...]

Randall Munroe -creator of xkcd, speaks at Google

by @ Thursday, December 13th, 2007. Filed under Art

PropBot / CreativeInvestor spam slime

by @ Thursday, December 6th, 2007. Filed under Misc

I guess we all know, somewhere in the backs of our heads, that whenever we create an account on a website – that website could be/or might turn evil and start spamming us. I normally have pretty good luck but ran afoul of “CreativeInvestor” and “PropBot”. I signed up for the CreativeInvestor site some three [...]

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