Domain squatter #1.

Meet Kevin Ham. He’s the reason that the domain name you’re looking for is now a link farm that will cost you hundreds, if not thousands, to acquire. If you’ve never seen a smile on a parasite before, this article has a photo.

‘How anyone can be stupid enough not to think about the long-term consequences is beyond me.’

Our Own Private Bin Laden (part 1, other parts linked as replies). An interesting, recent documentary on the origins and aspirations of Muslim extremism.

Someday I’d like you to be my emergency contact person!

Some E-cards. Half-assed messages to express those half-assed special feelings!

What good’s a war unless someone can cash in?

Iraq for sale. War is business, and business is apparently very good in the USA.

Warning: contains the most gruesome mellisophilia-related story ever.

Something Awful presents: bees, bees and more bees. The drawings starting on page 5 are really something else!

This is why you output to PDF before making something public!

8-year old reveals interesting, deleted parts of CPA reports. Sometimes it’s not what you put out there that’s interesting, it’s what you leave you.

You know, the audience at the GOP candidate debates reacted in exactly the same way.

Griffin vs. West. Don’t let anyone tell you that Family Guy doesn’t have its finger on America’s political pulse…

Year of the angry, disappointed pig. With free advice for gaming system designers.

This year, at least since March, is what’s known in Chinese astrology as zhu3 nia4n, “the year of the pig”. And myself being of the porcine persuasion I had high hopes for it — it was going to be my year! Well, it’s not working out for me at all. I’d rather describe it as “very shitty” on an alarming large number of levels. When those things involve relationships and other people it’s one thing, but frankly I’m rapidly running through the meager rinds of my patience on a subject which normally is one that I rejoice about — computers.

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So much for that ‘law and order’ stuff.

Report: Giuliani, Kerik used back-channel contacts with then-DEA chief to soft-pedal investigation into the dangers of Oxycontin. Why would he do a thing like that? Well, Purdue Frederick, who make and market the drug that’s become known as “hillbilly heroin”, is on Giuliani Partners’ list of clients. That’s the thing about Rudy — the more you know about him, the less palatable he becomes.

This story just keeps gettin’ better.

Chrysler divorce not only represents a 20 million Euro loss — Daimer is paying Cerberus to buy its ailing NA car subsidiary. Divorces these days are fantastically expensive — but then sometimes they’re worth it.