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# The Clever Shark

Hi. My name is Tony Emond and I'm a blogger, technical writer, python, web and database developer based in Montreal..

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## Posts

- [Killing Wordpress Comment Spam for Fun and Profit](https://clevershark.com/2026/06/killing-wordpress-comment-spam-for-fun-and-profit/) - Or, how to save the comments section from being a spam graveyard
- [On the role of AI in technical writing](https://clevershark.com/2026/07/on-the-role-of-ai-in-technical-writing/) - Why this technical writer doesn't see much use for AI in technical documentation
- [A follow-up on my bug report about the CRA careers site](https://clevershark.com/2026/09/a-follow-up-on-my-bug-report-about-the-cra-careers-site/) - A couple of weeks ago I reported that there was a bug on the Canada Revenue Agency web site. To recap, if you just go to the CRA site, follow the link to "Job Opportunities", and then click on the candidate registration link, you get an error message: "the session has expired". And if you
- [An experiment in hiring in 2026 - an epilogue](https://clevershark.com/2026/09/an-experiment-in-hiring-in-2026-an-epilogue/) - I thought that the little experiment in recruitment fraud finding, which I started on Sunday, would be done and over after yesterday's update, but as it turns out there was more to uncover. Checking my email this morning I found three more emails in my inbox! Each one as dodgy as the four I already
- [An experiment in hiring in 2026: the unsurprising conclusion](https://clevershark.com/2026/09/an-experiment-in-hiring-in-2026-the-unsurprising-conclusion/) - The TL;DR is, when shady recruiters reach out to you on Linkedin, they're usually trying to scam you into some resume improvement service and there is no job there. Thanks for attending my TED talk...
- [An experiment in hiring in 2026](https://clevershark.com/2026/09/an-experiment-in-hiring-in-2026/) - Four recruiters have reached out to me recently offering to introduce me to companies in my area that are hiring. Let's see how these prospects pan out.
- [My daily bread](https://clevershark.com/2025/02/my-daily-bread-2/) - I haven't contributed a recipe in a while, so here's something I make almost every day.
- [Setting up PostgreSQL for use with a Django database -- without errors](https://clevershark.com/2026/08/setting-up-postgresql-for-use-with-a-django-database-without-errors/) - As a technical writer, there's something that frustrates me very much -- instructions that just don't work. It really grinds my gears. When I write instructions on how to accomplish a task, something I always make sure to do is actually test the instructions to make sure that they work and lead to the expected
- [Ghost jobs - old and busted. Ghost interviews - new hotness?](https://clevershark.com/2026/08/ghost-jobs-old-and-busted-ghost-interviews-new-hotness/) - Ghost jobs are a thing, but this week I had a... ghost interview. Got a call last week about a job for which I had applied. Got a screening interview scheduled on Monday (August 24th) and was amped up for it. It was a Teams call, so I sign on 5 minutes before the interview,
- [Canada Revenue Agency -- please do better. Your web site is broken.](https://clevershark.com/2026/08/canada-revenue-agency-please-do-better-your-web-site-is-broken/) - So I saw a job ad on LinkedIn announcing that the CRA was hiring new personnel to answer phones for people with questions about their taxes. Being that I'm someone looking for a job, I decided to go to the CRA web site and submit my candidature. Several days later they still don't have it,
- [The closest I've come to death](https://clevershark.com/2026/08/the-closest-ive-come-to-death/) - This is a little story about the closest I've come to dying. So far. Which also explains why I tend to drive gingerly when it's snowing. I was coming back home from work in dad's (manual) Ford Tempo on December 21st 1991. It was snowing moderately hard in Quebec City and I felt I just
- [We Need to Talk About Carney](https://clevershark.com/2026/07/we-need-to-talk-about-carney/) - On this Canada Day in 2026, we really need to have a serious talk about the "leadership" of this country. And not in oversimplifications and trite hockey metaphors. The fact is, the barbarians aren't at the gate. They're in the Prime Minister's Office. Mark Carney is the Great Canadian Bamboozle. Swept into power after assuming
- [On Homelessness in Montreal](https://clevershark.com/2026/06/on-homelessness-in-montreal/) - Here's something I posted this past week on reddit but I feel it really needs to be reposted here. I live next to the Palais des Congres, basically ground zero for homelessness in Montreal because it's a public space so unless someone gets violent or annoying to the public they're left in peace. For the
- [On the usefulness of AI...](https://clevershark.com/2026/06/on-the-usefulness-of-ai/) - Today I gave AI a chance. It didn't go well.It's not the first time I give it a shot. In previous attempts I have found that AI, in that case CoPilot, is OK at coding, as long as you personally figure out the exact algorithm you want to turn into a python script and tell
- [PEACE WAS NEVER AN OPTION!](https://clevershark.com/2026/02/peace-was-never-an-option/) - PLA, printed on a Snapmaker U1 printer, steak knife by Dollarama
- [Discouraged.](https://clevershark.com/2026/06/discouraged/) - I walk my dog Taz at least twice every day. Sometimes the walks are long, sometimes they're short. We travel through interesting places in Montreal and see what's going on. I've always made a point of keeping a smile on my face while we're out. But today... today I just couldn't. I tried, but I
- [A new theory about Longlegs](https://clevershark.com/2026/05/a-new-theory-about-longlegs/) - There are many theories out there about Oz Perkins's Longlegs. One of them is that Oz Perkins really can't be bothered to give his movies a proper name. I mean, just look at his previous movies. "The Blackcoat's Daughter"? What does that mean? The father famously does not show up in the movie so we
- [The strange allure of "realistic" simulator games](https://clevershark.com/2026/04/the-strange-allure-of-realistic-simulator-games/) - I never understood the point of The Sims. It's already difficult enough to live one's life without then coming home and living another one on a computer, really. Second Life seemed to somehow make it worse by inventing the concept of "virtual jobs", "land" ownership and virtual corporations. So I was rather surprised to find
- [A short trip through dependencies hell](https://clevershark.com/2026/03/a-short-trip-through-dependencies-hell/) - TL,DR: don't install badly-written software on your Linux box! However, if you have tried to install software and wrecked your desktop, read this for a possible method to fix it.
- [BANNED! Kinda](https://clevershark.com/2026/03/banned-kinda/) - You can't reach me on Messenger anymore as my FB account has been suspended, so please message me using Signal at my current phone number or username "eltopo71.40"
- [A tool for file recovery cleanup](https://clevershark.com/2026/03/a-tool-for-file-recovery-cleanup/) - If you've ever run file recovery tools on a disk, you know that you can end up with multiple copies of recovered files. Well, I made a little script that can help reduce the number of duplicates for you to clean up.
- [Running a Windows virtual machine on Linux using an Existing Windows Installation](https://clevershark.com/2026/03/running-a-windows-virtual-machine-on-linux/) - I've been a Linux user for years. At home I've kept a file server which runs off Linux, but that was "classic Linux" -- without a graphical user interface, using the command line, and doing things the "hard way". My main desktop PC was still running Windows, and had to because the one game I
- [A song about Jeffrey Epstein](https://clevershark.com/2026/02/a-song-about-jeffrey-epstein/) - I ain't no songwriter, me. However this idea popped up in my head to make a song about the Jeffrey Epstein story, and even without using the word Trump at any point! Because, well, Epstein hosted pretty much everyone in the Who's Who of high society. I purposely composed this to be sung to the
- [On the passing of Scott Adams](https://clevershark.com/2026/01/on-the-passing-of-scott-adams/) - Scott Adams passed away earlier this week. He was the author of the Dilbert cartoon strip which used to run in newspapers everywhere who, once the heyday of his creation started to fade, let his life spiral into a cesspit of bigotry and hate so awful that it completely ruined his reputation and, to some
- [Rosemont Montreal Whisky](https://clevershark.com/2025/02/rosemont-montreal-whisky-2/) - I'm no stranger to doing things "for a bit of a lark", especially when alcohol is concerned. I don't drink much anymore but I do cook, and it so happened that for about a week now I've wanted to make Poulet Vallée d'Auge but needed some Calvados as the recipe calls for it. Of course
- [Further thoughts on the trade war](https://clevershark.com/2025/02/further-thoughts-on-the-trade-war/) - A few additional thoughts on the trade war. First, we should simply send the US Ambassador back home and not approve any replacement. For some reason people don't seem to be keen on the idea of placing export duties on goods. It is a good idea because Donald Trump will just give exemptions from tariffs
- [How Canada can win the trade war](https://clevershark.com/2025/02/how-canada-can-win-the-trade-war/) - So Donald "frontotemporal dementia" Trump has decided to launch a trade war on Canada. He is using fentanyl as a pretext in order to avoid having to involve Congress in this action, even though for the past 3 years US seizures of fentanyl coming in from Canada have added up to a few kilograms of
- [The emperor has no clothes](https://clevershark.com/2025/01/elon_did_two_nazi_salutes/) - Dr. Philip Low, a former friend of Elon Musk who would seem to know him very well, says it was definitely a Nazi salute. But he offers a more nuanced explanation as to why. Dr. Philip Low on LinkedIn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQ8N6KTfXQ
- [Elon Musk has always been a Neo Nazi.](https://clevershark.com/2025/01/elon-musk-has-always-been-a-neo-nazi/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3QWXww51Bg Elon Musk "is aligned with the German neo-nazi party, opened the faucet of anti-semitism on the platform he purchased, follows neo-nazis, collaborates with neo-nazis openly, highlights neo-nazis, agrees with neo-nazi sentiment". This has been made clear BY ELON in the posts that he's made in Xitter, by his the moderation "policies" he's brought to
- [Well, fuck.](https://clevershark.com/2024/11/well-fuck-2/) - Not sure what else to say really. Unless someone comes up with an explanation involving the very clever disappearance of literally millions of ballots from several states, "it is what it is". At least in 2016 you could argue that the people didn't know what they were getting with Trump. That's just bullshit in 2024.
- [Sanewashing for fun and profit](https://clevershark.com/2024/10/sanewashing-for-fun-and-profit/) - Skeeters (Bluesky users) have the not unreasonable view that media outlets engage in sanewashing because they like Donald Trump and want him to win. I think it's not that simple...
- [The ultimate "fuck you" from the City of Montreal](https://clevershark.com/2024/07/the-ultimate-fuck-you-from-the-city-of-montreal/) - the parking warden must have seen you wrangling with the kid, the dog and the luggage, and then swept in, issued the ticket, and disappeared again like The Flash
- [This is a normal title for a political article in 2024](https://clevershark.com/2024/06/this-is-a-normal-title-for-a-political-article-in-2024/) - Yes, this is a screencap of the Rolling Stone web site, not altered.
- [Elon Musk Keeps Spreading a Very Specific Kind of Racism](https://clevershark.com/2024/06/elon-musk-keeps-spreading-a-very-specific-kind-of-racism/) - If nothing else positive comes out of his acquiring Twitter, it will at least have provided the public with an opportunity to see how obsessed Elon Musk is with race-related conspiracy theories. A surprising amount of it is just plain creepy. Elon Musk Keeps Spreading a Very Specific Kind of Racism (Mother Jones)
- [To say it looks dodgy is an understatement](https://clevershark.com/2024/05/to-say-it-looks-dodgy-is-an-understatement/) - A second Boeing whistleblower has suddenly died "after a struggle with a sudden, fast-spreading infection." Bit of a coincidence, don't you think? Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died (Seattle Times)
- ["If it's Boeing I ain't going"?](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/if-its-boeing-i-aint-going/) - Considering they've made probably more than half the commercial aircraft flying today, what's coming out in the news about Boeing's transformation since their acquisition of Mcdonnell-Douglas is frightening. Some people are even referring to the merger as a testament to the genius of MD management, because "they bought Boeing with Boeing's money". The Seattle giant
- [With the spotlight on him Elon Musk doesn't look like much of a genius anymore](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/with-the-spotlight-on-him-elon-musk-doesnt-look-like-much-of-a-genius-anymore/) - A highlight: "Musk is a right wing demagogue and a pathetic, narrow-minded racist, one that endorses causes that suppress the marginalized and champion white supremacy." The Descent of Elon Musk by Ed Zitron
- [Climate change leveled up last year and it's bad](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/climate-change-leveled-up-last-year-and-its-bad/) - There's really no other way to interpret these charts showing the daily average sea surface temperature. About a year ago there was a noticeable increase in average sea temperatures, a serious bump up, and as you will be able to see from this year's sampling this appears to be an irreversible change. The article's author
- [New roommate has arrived!](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/new-roommate-has-arrived/) - His name is Taz! He is an English bulldog, almost 8 years old, roughly 70 pounds, and is recovering from knee surgery. He was entrusted to me this weekend by the Mission Mayday dog rescue. He seems to like it here so far! Here are a few early photos.
- [News from the 2024 Australian Grand Prix](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/news-from-the-2024-australian-grand-prix/) - Confusion is said to reign in the paddock at Melbourne as Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll beat his teammate Fernando Alonso, leading to a bunch of people wondering around saying "is it like opposite day or something?" Also Yuki Tsunoda made it to Q3 while his teammate Daniel Ricciardo bowed out in Q1 and Lewis
- [Fixing airflow valve leaks on (some) e-juice tanks](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/fixing-airflow-valve-leaks-on-some-e-juice-tanks/) - If you are a regular vaper you may well have come across this problem. Many top-loading tanks, such as the SMOK TVF9 and the Aspire Naultilus 3, have issues with e-juice leaking from the tank out the airflow valve at the bottom of the tank and onto your hand, and that isn't just dirty and
- [What drives a man to "suicide"?](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/what-drives-a-man-to-suicide-2/) - On March 9th a man named John Mitchell Barnett was found dead in a Charleston NC hotel parking lot, victim of an apparent suicide. But this wasn't just any ordinary schmoe, Barnett was the main whistleblower for assembly and quality issues in the Charleston Boeing plant that produced the 737 MAX. Funny how that happened.
- [Really Donald? You want to go there?](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/really-donald-you-want-to-go-there/) - Today's moment of zen is Donald Trump posting this on "Truth" Social, showing the world that he hasn't gained an ounce of self-awareness -- or indeed world awareness -- in the past 4 years. Four years ago hospitals had to hire freezer trucks to store the body of the COVID dead because they were literally
- [It's time to admit I overestimated humanity](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/its-time-to-admit-i-overestimated-humanity/) - Does the internet make people stupid? I mean, it seems like a silly idea. After all the internet gives you instant access to the entire knowledge of the world (along with a whole lot of BS) so surely that can't be a bad thing... well, after seeing this screenshot I am not so sure.
- [They tend to live up to their collective name.](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/they-tend-to-live-up-to-their-collective-name/) - In a Canadian version of this cartoon, which think tanks would be featured?
- [Clown shoes for less!](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/clown-shoes-for-less/) - If you've suffered brain damage and would like to get a pair of those revolting gold sneakers Don the Con is selling, may we recommend that you save a few bucks by buying them at the same place Donald himself did before he stuck a "T" emblem on the side, and that place is Alibaba.
- [How to plan and run a gangbang](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/gangbang-2/) - The event was designed to ‘get as many dicks in me as safely possible’, not ‘reduce aella into a quivering mass’. This is fine, it did what it intended, I am glad I did it
- [This one kinda hit me hard](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/this-one-kinda-hit-me-hard/) - Eve definitely has a point here... for reference purposes, the photo is from a live event that was lavishly advertised with AI-generated imagery and scripting, but which was so cheaply and shabbily run that people actually called *the police*, which came and put a stop to the "show".
- [Maybe AI isn't ready to take over the world yet](https://clevershark.com/2024/03/maybe-ai-isnt-ready-to-take-over-the-world-yet/) - Shared today on BlueSky -- apparently this is the result of asking ChatGPT to illustrate what its core values are. So, there's probably not much cause to be worried that ChatGPT is going to steal your job, because most jobs out there require communicating in, well, *a* language, and not some weird babble invented by
- [Dress for the job you want!](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/dress-for-the-job-you-want/) - I wonder if he ended up getting the job! (via BlueSky)
- [The only right take on Trump's shoes.](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/the-only-right-take-on-trumps-shoes/)
- [Honestly who the f*#& is going to wear that in public?](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/honestly-who-the-f-is-going-to-wear-that-in-public/) - The footwear world was stunned today at the announcement that Donald Trump is now making self-branded clown shoes. Have a look, they really look even worse than you think they will. Trump launches a sneaker line (NBC News)
- [This is why I don't fly Suspiria Airlines.](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/this-is-why-i-dont-fly-suspiria-airlines/) - This week's weird aviation episode involves... maggots. I kid you not. Delta flight forced back to Amsterdam after maggots fall onto passenger (CNN)
- [Scandal! At the Hugos](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/scandal-at-the-hugos/) - Many sci-fi authors are very upset about the 2023 Hugo Awards and we're only now finding out why.
- [Another web find, Valentine's Day edition](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/another-web-find-valentines-day-edition/) - How bad is the US health care "system" that it's pretty much become a meme?
- [Internet find of the day](https://clevershark.com/2024/02/internet-find-of-the-day-2/) - This sign makes me want to open this very store in my city...
- [A little something I threw together today...](https://clevershark.com/2023/08/a-little-something-i-threw-together-today/)
- [Laid off again...](https://clevershark.com/2023/02/laid-off-again/) - I was laid off from my job recently. Apparently I have lots of company there. The big tech giants all decided to spontaneously lay off thousands of people at once, so that there is now a surplus of roughly 250,000 IT professionals who "became available" all at once. Frankly if the IT industry as a
- [Twitter: a post-takeover poison pill](https://clevershark.com/2022/11/twitter-a-post-takeover-poison-pill/) - When a company is about to go through a hostile takeover, the stakeholders in the company have this strategy that's available to them called a "poison pill". The idea of the "poison pill" is that the shareholders, worried about the effects of the takeover on the long-term health of the company, will artificially depress the
- [The Hypocrite Party of Canada](https://clevershark.com/2022/09/the-hypocrite-party-of-canada/) - The Hypocrite Party of Canada (formerly known as the Conservative Party of Canada) has been clutching its pearls since yesterday about a tweet by Dale Smith that referred to Pipsqueak's speech saying "when a horse is that lame you shoot it". By being willfully obtuse the Hypocrites are shouting from the rooftops that Smith "threatened
- [How I am Better than Donald Trump](https://clevershark.com/2022/09/how-i-am-better-than-donald-trump/) - I managed to get put in Twitter jail for saying that a politician in the USA who falsely claimed to be a combat veteran "rode into town on Stolen Valor and should be railroaded out with tar & feathers". Anyone with two or more working neurons would take that to mean "he tried to capitalize
- [Life imitating art -- but it's "Triumph of the Will"](https://clevershark.com/2022/09/life-imitating-art-but-its-triumph-of-the-will/) - Donald Trump had one of his rallies on Saturday but a lot of people are saying that the former president has gone too far at this latest event. I didn't feel like actually listening to Trump speak for 10 seconds, let alone two hours, but then this photo taken at the event started circulating. See
- [21 Years On](https://clevershark.com/2022/09/21-years-on/) - Today is September 11th 2022, the twenty-first anniversary of the attacks on New York City and Washington by a number of Al Qaeda associated terrorists. One of the questions asked on social networks today is, how do you mark this momentous day? As someone who lived in the NYC area at the time and saw
- [Saying Goodbye](https://clevershark.com/2021/12/saying-goodbye-2/) - My 14 year old dog Judi has recently crossed the rainbow bridge. Judi was 5 when she came into my life in 2012. She was my first dog, my first pet really. I had spent quite a bit of time in the two years prior researching dog breeds and I knew that I wanted a
- [Then and now](https://clevershark.com/2021/09/then-and-now/) - "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." - Henry David Thoreau You may recognize this rather famous quote. It's from Thoreau's Civil Disobedience. I read that book as a young man, as part of a philosophy class. I remember how smug I felt at the time about that statement. I was never going
- [Literature](https://clevershark.com/2021/08/literature/) - I've been looking for a book on parenting and this one stood out from the others.
- [Bye bye NS Liberals...](https://clevershark.com/2021/08/bye-bye-ns-liberals/) - So the ruling Liberal party took a big shellacking in yesterday's election, which yielded a majority for the Progressive Conservative party in Province House. And of course liberal backers are now wandering in a daze wondering what went wrong. Well, wonder no more. Rankin's Liberals gave us nothing to vote for this year. I'd even
- [Overthinking much?](https://clevershark.com/2021/08/overthinking-much-2/) - I admit I'm guilty of overthinking things as much as the next guy, but it's never been "is PAW Patrol authoritarian propaganda in disguise" bad.
- [Jonathan Pie](https://clevershark.com/2021/08/jonathan-pie-2/) - Here's a prime example of why you should be following Jonathan Pie's account on Youtube...
- [COVID-19 Numbers in Canada](https://clevershark.com/2021/07/covid-19-numbers-in-canada/) - I was looking at the number of active COVID cases in Canada when it struck me that because our population density really is all over the place a simple breakdown of cases per province/territory is just not telling the whole picture. So I just threw together a spreadsheet and settled for a "cases per 100k
- [Life Lessons](https://clevershark.com/2021/06/life-lessons/) - When you face a life-changing decision and think "what's the worst that could happen", it's very important to actually answer the question before going ahead with the thing.
- [Of fractures, splints and other unpleasantness](https://clevershark.com/2019/09/of-fractures-splints-and-other-unpleasantness/) - Unless you live with me, work with me or have me as a friend on Facebook you won't know that I have accidentally fractured a bone in my right hand (as opposed to *intentionally* breaking it I guess). I knew it was serious pretty much right away but hoped it was just a sprain, but
- [The power of a song](https://clevershark.com/2019/09/the-power-of-a-song/) - You know how sometimes you're just going about your day in an oddly light-hearted way, and then something innocuous happens that puts you down in the dumps in a way you just can't shake off? So this morning I'm driving along to work and things are going fairly well. There have been no irritating slowdowns,
- [A Technical Writing Tip](https://clevershark.com/2019/05/a-technical-writing-tip/) - As a technical writer myself I'm often in a situation where I need to take a Word document and turn it into a Framemaker or XML-DITA package. This is not usually a huge problem, except when there are a lot of images in the document (screencaps mostly). You see, Word incorporates images by copying them
- [Consensus](https://clevershark.com/2018/08/concensus-2/) - At its core the blockchain is about several actors reaching consensus on what a valid block is. Each blockchain must choose its way of deciding exactly how that consensus is reached, and who can contribute to the search. One of the better statements about the blockchain -- and the Bitcoin blockchain in particular -- that
- [What is a blockchain?](https://clevershark.com/2018/04/what-is-a-blockchain/) - At its core, a blockchain is a distributed ledger. Those with an accounting background will immediately recognize what a ledger is -- it is a record of transactions. A blockchain is distributed, which means that entries in the ledger are written by many parties, as opposed to by one centralized authority.
- [For audiophiles only](https://clevershark.com/2018/01/for-audiophiles-only/) - Ever wondered what it's like to put a pair of $55,000 headphones on and listening to your favorite tracks? This guy has experienced the Sennheiser Orpheus.
- [Gender bias?](https://clevershark.com/2018/01/gender-bias/) - An interesting article in the New Yorker raises the question: do gender stereotypes let some murderers get away with their crime(s)?
- [The best of Marty Feldman](https://clevershark.com/2018/01/the-best-of-marty-feldman-2/) - Marty Feldman was not as well-known in North America as he was in the UK, and many here may think that his bulging eyes made him a bit of a one-trick comic but he was a comedy genius. https://youtu.be/OgzWXpvJr_U
- [Seen in the Rideau Centre](https://clevershark.com/2017/12/seen-in-the-rideau-centre-2/) - Yes, that's an Apple Store across the way from a MAC store.
- [At the Disney Store](https://clevershark.com/2017/12/at-the-disney-store/) - The Disney Store at Rideau Centre, which as a parent I am contractually obligated to visit. They own pretty much 100% of the entertainment industry at this point, but I can't help but notice how little stuff they have related to films and shows they did before 1990, which is a shame.
- [Brrrr](https://clevershark.com/2017/12/brrrr/) - I know that Ottawa can be cold but ice *inside* a hotel window?
- [Haircuts for kids](https://clevershark.com/2017/12/haircuts-for-kids/) - If you're going to get your child's hair cut this is the place to do it! Chiquicuts on Clyde in Ottawa.
- [Dream final?](https://clevershark.com/2012/08/dream-final-2/) - Oh boy, FIFA's gone and done it again. Its own site proudly trumpets "Dramatic semis produce dream final", and the article goes on to proclaim that a Japan-USA rematch is "the gold medal match fans the world over were hoping to see". Well, it's the final that FIFA was hoping to see, clearly. When you put
- [Image of the day](https://clevershark.com/2012/06/image-of-the-day/) - Just a little something I threw together in Photoshop...
- [The continuing crisis...](https://clevershark.com/2012/05/the-continuing-crisis/) - Against all expectations Paypal did restore the access to my account on Saturday, but for some stupid reason they are still pursuing disputes on my behalf that I never filed or asked to be filed. So now I'm receiving some emails with the title "We've decided in your favor", but these seem to be for
- [The continuing Paypal saga](https://clevershark.com/2012/05/the-continuing-paypal-saga/) - Every step in dealing with Paypal just leads to further steps. And at no point is there any indication that progress is being made, or even that the person handling the case now is even aware of the steps that have already been completed. It's like Astérix Chez Les Romains, you know, that sequence where
- [Paypal lies to its merchants!](https://clevershark.com/2012/05/paypal-lies-to-its-merchants-2/) - So, my Paypal account is still suspended. They wanted a proof of address, I sent them one, then the next day that didn't work for some reason and now they wanted a photo ID, which was promptly sent. Since then, nothing. So I went to hit a few golf balls, come back, check out the
- [A note to everyone at Paypal](https://clevershark.com/2012/05/a-note-to-everyone-at-paypal/) - Dante described the very worst of the bottom rung of hell as "All of the sinners punished within are completely encapsulated in ice, distorted in all conceivable positions". Yet in my view that is still not as bad as trying to deal with an issue with my Paypal account. Now I have to write the
- [How times change...](https://clevershark.com/2012/04/how-times-change/) - Once upon a time a Canadian didn't think twice about visiting the United States, but in this "war on terrah" era where American officials can take a foreigner, ship him off to Syria to be tortured, and then simply refuse to have his case for redress heard in their courts because it's inconvenient why on
- [When this did become acceptable?](https://clevershark.com/2012/04/when-this-did-become-acceptable/) - This video is astonishing. It was taken earlier today when during student protests in Montreal. In it a police officer points his tear gas grenade launcher squarely at a protester -- almost touching the guy -- and fires it, with the clear intent of harming the protester and making no effort whatsoever to arrest him
- [Did Postmedia attempt to smear the NDP in the @vikileaks30 affair?](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/did-postmedia-attempt-to-smear-the-ndp-in-the-vikileaks30-affair/) - After a most momentous week in Canadian politics -- namely, one in which a government with an absolute majority in both the House of Commons and the Senate was at least momentarily thwarted in its efforts to pass Bill C-30 -- the @vikileaks30 twitter account has been retired. It simply no longer exists. However it
- ["Lawful access" -- coming very soon to a computer near you](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/lawful-access-coming-very-soon-to-a-computer-near-you/) - Public Security Minister Vic Toews is planning to introduce his so-called "lawful access" bill to the House of Commons later today. So, how does it measure up? According to Ottawa U Law professor Michael Geist, it's going to create a panopticon society where online privacy essentially no longer exists and is replaced with a sort
- [The SomethingAwful Experience](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/the-somethingawful-experience-2/) - 1. Be in the middle of an interesting thread about creepy things you have read online. 2. Write up a long and meaningful post with many outside references that illustrate a salient point. 3. ..? 4. When you try to submit said post, you find that you're on probation. For something you wrote over 24
- [Assange extradition case: is the UK CPS under foreign pressure?](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/assange-extradition-case-is-the-uk-cps-under-foreign-pressure/) - Like a rather large number of people I am following the legal proceedings to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden with very keen interest. It is a very unusual case indeed. The British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently attempting to extradite Mr. Assange, the head of Wikileaks, to Sweden for questioning regarding something which does
- [Lenovo update...](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/lenovo-update/) - I got a call from Lenovo today informing me that one of the items ordered for me was on back-order... good thing I wasn't holding my breath. AFAIK it's the system restore disk for the laptop, which just raises further questions. If I need an additional copy of a CD/DVD I've already made before, I
- [Lenovo: a fall from grace](https://clevershark.com/2012/02/lenovo-a-fall-from-grace/) - I used to be very happy with my Thinkpad X60 Tablet, and was practically an evangelist for the Thinkpad line. Just in the past year I practically sold two systems, a laptop and an iPad-style tablet, for the company. However this good feeling only lasted until my latest purchase. As things stand now I am
- [On giving advice to people in internet forums](https://clevershark.com/2011/12/on-giving-advice-to-people-in-internet-forums/) - Here's an old story from the internet on why you shouldn't bother giving advice in the first place... ---------------------- OP: "Help! HELP! I'm stuck in a well!!!" Biggies 1-4: "Climb! Climb up and take our hands!" OP: "I'm thinking I should dig... should I dig?" Biggie 5: "NO! I was trapped in a well, and
- [My first Porsche...](https://clevershark.com/2011/12/my-first-porsche/) - This year I've become middle-aged and as I am a man who has money in greater measure than sense I've decided to treat myself to a Porsche... Design pipe, model 909 in black to be precise. It really is a lovely piece of work. The "fins" on the bowl are (by design) reminescent of the
- [Whatever you thought you knew about the 2008 bank bailout is wrong...](https://clevershark.com/2011/11/whatever-you-thought-you-knew-about-the-2008-bank-bailout-is-wrong/) - ...because the reality is over 10 times worse than what was made public at the time. In fact a total of $7.7 trillion in loan guarantees and lending limits were issued by the Fed, which makes TARP seem like a trifle in comparison.
- [All you need to know about American cops.](https://clevershark.com/2011/11/all-you-need-to-know-about-american-cops-2/) - That is all.
- [A note to the people at Microbytes...](https://clevershark.com/2011/11/a-note-to-the-people-at-microbytes/) - Â Y U NO CALL CUSTOMER WHEN ORDER IS READY?
- [The birds, they're angry!](https://clevershark.com/2011/11/the-birds-theyre-angry/) - Angry Birds is a fun little game, but effectively what you have are a bunch of birds that successively commit terroristic suicide attacks on the pigs who have stolen their eggs.
- [Currently reading...](https://clevershark.com/2011/09/currently-reading-5/) - Mao's Last Revolution by Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals. An extremely interesting book that focuses on Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976.
- [Currently reading...](https://clevershark.com/2011/09/currently-reading-3/) - Back from the Brink, a political memoir by Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling. It's a bit of a break from reading about events in which millions perish and millions more are horribly tortured...
- [A solution to a fabled problem](https://clevershark.com/2011/07/a-solution-to-a-fabled-problem-2/) - We've all heard the story in school -- when chess was invented in India the local King (they had lots of kings back then apparently) was so impressed by the game that he offered its creator whatever he wanted. The man (who was rumored to be wise but somewhat of a smart-ass) responded that all
- [An open letter to a Montreal cyclist](https://clevershark.com/2011/06/an-open-letter-to-a-montreal-cyclist/) - To the Chinese man on a bike who nearly plowed into my car this morning: what the fuck is wrong with you? Seriously, I was waiting at a red light for at least 30 second with my turn indicator on. Meanwhile you were riding next to the sidewalk, hidden from my view by a number
- [Videos](https://clevershark.com/2011/06/videos/) - As a result of a heavy-handed, false and borderline-libelous copyright enforcement action against me by Youtube earlier today I have removed all my videos from that site. I will also no longer be posting any links to videos hosted there and, if I have time and can be bothered, might also go ahead and delete
- [May 22nd 2011](https://clevershark.com/2011/05/may-22nd-2011/) - So, how's that rapture thing working out for everybody? I wish people didn't have this impression that you need silly beliefs to live. You don't.
- [Sweetening the pot](https://clevershark.com/2011/05/sweetening-the-pot/) - Disappointingly I still have no takers for my offer to take over property owned by people who genuinely think that the world will end on Saturday, so let me sweeten the pot a little bit on this -- I will give you $20 right now if you will turn your property over to me Saturday
- [Strange beliefs in the 21st century](https://clevershark.com/2011/05/strange-beliefs-in-the-21st-century/) - According to people with overactive imagination and boundless gullibility the world is about to end next weekend. End-of-the-worlders never do learn, do they. Billboards, both static and rolling, have been unleashed to warn us about this armageddon supposedly "guaranteed" by the bible. I've even seen one of those around Montreal (in French) and must confess
- [The Bin Laden Farce](https://clevershark.com/2011/05/the-bin-laden-farce/) - Unless you've been living in some cave in Afghanistan for the past 10 years (harharhar) you've no doubt heard the news that on Sunday night Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted fugitive(tm) was caught and killed by US forces secretly working in Pakistan. Without a doubt it's the most exciting thing that's ever happened
- [More thoughts on Portal 2](https://clevershark.com/2011/04/more-thoughts-on-portal-2-2/) - Okay, so this is a post about Portal 2, but you'll probably not want to read it unless you've already played through the game because it is literally full of spoilers right from the beginning. So I'm going to make some white space now in case you've stumbled on this article by accident and don't
- [Portal 2](https://clevershark.com/2011/04/portal-2-2/) - I'm not going to say that it's too short a game -- it's a lot longer than the original -- but it's not been out for a week and I've run through it 3 times and collected all the achievements... and I'm not exactly the hard-core gamer type. Still, it's well worth it, especially if
- [The power of the cloud...](https://clevershark.com/2011/04/the-power-of-the-cloud-2/) - isn't doing terribly well since yesterday, is it... if I were running a cloud-based site like reddit I'd be more than a little pissed.
- [The CBSA: fast asleep on your parcels](https://clevershark.com/2011/03/the-cbsa-fast-asleep-on-your-parcels/) - For a few weeks now I've been noticing that some packages of stuff I ordered just weren't coming in. In particular I have a bunch of dealextreme orders for cheap Chinese stuff which I needed to make a couple of youtube videos poking fun at, well, cheap Chinese stuff you can get on dealextreme so
- [Interesting times](https://clevershark.com/2011/02/interesting-times/) - 2011 has so far been a rife year for change -- if anything that's quite the understatement. So far this year two long-standing regimes have fallen in North Africa, and this seems to be fanning local flames of discontent over large parts of the middle east and northern Africa. It's enough to drive some people
- [Stalwart defenders of liberty](https://clevershark.com/2011/02/stalwart-defenders-of-liberty/) - Given the events transpiring in Egypt one may be tempted to think that Americans are united behind the Egyptian people's desire for freedom and democracy -- after all Americans can't stop shouting slogans about liberty. But the truth of the matter is, that Hosni Mubarak has a sizeable and influential fan club in the United
- [Quitting Facebook (again) and, to a certain extent America...](https://clevershark.com/2011/01/quitting-facebook-again-and-to-a-certain-extent-america-2/) - In light of recent developments in the Wikileaks saga -- mostly the recent decision by the United States government to subpoena all information related to twitter users who follow #wikileaks, of which I am one -- I have decided to curtail my activity on American social networks. Sadly, the United States government does have sway
- [On second thought let's forget that trip to Stockholm...](https://clevershark.com/2010/12/on-second-thought-lets-forget-that-trip-to-stockholm/) - Dilbert creator Scott Adams: "Apparently Swedish laws are unique. Â If you have a penis, you're half a rapist before you even get through customs. And if your condom breaks, that's jail time. What I'm saying is that the Club Med in Sweden is a nervous place." Also Swedish condoms apparently break all the time, so
- [Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me several times...](https://clevershark.com/2010/12/fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-several-times/) - Here is why Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has no credibility. Why do Canadians put up with such brazen dishonesty and lack of integrity in their public officials?
- [Something fans of irony can appreciate](https://clevershark.com/2010/12/something-any-fans-of-irony-can-appreciate/) - After spending the last couple of weeks twisting foreign and corporate arms (successfully) to take down Julian Assange, the United States takes a break in order to celebrate "World Press Freedom Day". Clearly the US State Department would be unable to detect irony even if "irony" was a baseball bat that was used to repeatedly
- [Plus ça change...](https://clevershark.com/2010/12/plus-ca-change/) - Daniel Ellsberg: "EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time." Ultimately things haven't changed very much in American government in the past 40 years, and embarrassing the USG will lead to them leaning on their international partners (Sweden, the UK,
- [A word of advice](https://clevershark.com/2010/11/a-word-of-advice-2/) - I'm not a fraud specialist, nor do I want to encourage people to defraud authorities, but if you're going to pretend you're pregnant so as to get state benefits you really should stop claiming after 9 months. A pregnancy that lasts more than 3 years becomes suspect at some point.
- [For the new realities of flying](https://clevershark.com/2010/11/for-the-new-realities-of-flying-2/) - Concerned about the full-body scanner at the airport exposing your unmentionables? Just stick those Flying Pasties on and your modesty is protected, at least until they pull you into the side room for a strip search. As for myself, I feel that seeing me naked is its own punishment.
- [Delicious carnage and flavorful assaults](https://clevershark.com/2010/10/delicious-carnage-and-flavorful-assaults/) - If you're a military history buff and you're hungry you'll probably enjoy this montage of America-centric warfare from WWII to present-day in the medium of food.
- [A REMINDER](https://clevershark.com/2010/10/a-reminder/) - TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, SO CELEBRATE LOUDLY!
- [Micro-USB is the new, er, USB](https://clevershark.com/2010/10/micro-usb-is-the-new-er-usb-2/) - Consider me somewhat of a gadget-trend barometer if you will, but I couldn't help but notice that the last several gadgets I've purchased use a micro-USB connector for data exchange and battery recharge. Those gadgets have included the following: Archos 5 internet tablet (when it came out people thought it used a proprietary connector) B&N
- [Maple Leaf Hot Wings](https://clevershark.com/2010/09/maple-leaf-hot-wings/) - Every time I make those I tell myself that I should put the recipe online, and tonight for the first time I haven't forgotten. This is a recipe for spicy wings that's derived from a Korean wing recipe I've seen on the internet, only adapted to suit the ingredients I happened to have at the
- [The Barnes & Noble Nook: a Critical Canadian Review](https://clevershark.com/2010/09/the-barnes-noble-nook-a-critical-canadian-review-2/) - A few months ago on a business trip to the USA I went to Barnes & Noble and decided to purchase a Nook, which is B&N's answer to the Kindle. I've been using it for some time now and thought it would be a good idea to review the device for the benefit of those
- [Li'l bundles of hate](https://clevershark.com/2010/08/lil-bundles-of-hate/) - What do Klan kids watch? Apparently it's The Andrew Show, a show by white supremacists for white supremacists, broadcast on the web from a site called White Pride TV which bills itself as "a family friendly site", although it's distinctly less friendly to certain families than to others. For older kids there's the equally not-colorful
- [Sometimes you just feel happy you were born somewhere else](https://clevershark.com/2010/08/sometimes-you-just-feel-happy-you-were-born-somewhere-else-2/) - Ever wondered what it's like to chat with Liberian warlords, escape dangerous-looking crowds and visit a brothel in Monrovia? Well then, you should have a look at The Vice Guide to Liberia.
- [Hits the nail on the head](https://clevershark.com/2010/08/hits-the-nail-on-the-head/) - Tom the Dancing Bug asks, "who better to decide how to memorialize the 9/11 attack on a multicultural eastern city than white, western right-wingers?"
- [Today I learned...](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/today-i-learned/) - ...that on Fark, a civil discussion with no graphic language of the infamous Goatse picture can get you suspended for "graphic text content". I had no idea the boards were monitored by the mutaween.
- [The worth of a man](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/the-worth-of-a-man-2/) - So, let's say that, hypothetically, you're an oil executive getting paid so much you practically crap money already, and under your watch the world has seen the biggest environmental disaster in US history and one which is set to cost your company over $30 billion. A non-exec would be fired and SOL; but this is
- [Shockingly, would-be terrorists aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/shockingly-would-be-terrorists-arent-the-sharpest-knives-in-the-drawer/) - Months after warning of violence against South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for their depiction of Islam prophet Mohammed, Abu Tallah Al-Amrikee (né Zachary Adam Chesser of New York, a.k.a. "Revolution Muslim") was arrested trying to board a plane that was due to take him to Uganda (via a bunch of other places)
- [The crime is plain to see on video, yet no charges will be filed](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/the-crime-is-plain-to-see-on-video-yet-no-charges-will-be-filed/) - When Ian Tomlinson was walking home on April 1st 2009 during the G20 summit in London, he certainly had no idea that he was starting on the last walk of his life. Tomlinson was assaulted by a riot police officer whose identity was concealed, and died of resulting injuries. The whole thing was captured on
- [Once again, I'm shocked!](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/once-again-im-shocked/) - Not too long ago the SEC announced that it was pursuing an investigation against Goldman Sachs for fraud with regards to some funds they sold to their customers. The original story alleged that GS had created a fund that was designed to lose money, because they had a big customer who wanted to create a
- [From the "dead to me" file -- Technorati](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/from-the-dead-to-me-file-technorati/) - I was wondering about the relative dearth of traffic recently, and had a look at this site with my adblock turned off. As it turns out this was causing the page to apparently not load; what was really happening was that the page did load, entirely, but then there was a sneaky call to a
- [There's low, and then there's *low*](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/theres-low-and-then-theres-low/) - There are many, many questions regarding the police handling of the G20 summit that took place in Toronto recently, but this one takes the cake -- a 57-year-old leg amputee had his artificial leg forcibly removed by Toronto police because "it could be used as a weapon", and when he asked for it back he
- [Go Oranje!](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/go-oranje/) - So much for my prediction of Germany winning the cup! Yesterday's game was a bit of a disappointment, the Germans really got owned by Spain. Now let's see what the Netherlands can do on Sunday...
- [Who could have known?](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/who-could-have-known-2/) - 23-year old man attending a showing of the new Twilight movie dies suddenly during the film. The details are not yet in, but it does now seem plausible that perhaps he was bored to death.
- [A taste from the past](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/a-taste-from-the-past/) - Yesterday before getting on my way home I stopped by the Buy-Rite in Jersey City to pick up a case of cider for home. Naturally I looked for a case of Strongbow but all they had was a case of Magners, which really brought me back to the old days when I played pool at
- [Ramblings, July 3 2010](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/ramblings-july-3-2010-2/) - I ate at Chipotle (and damned if I didn't find it appalling that they serve that sheer volume of food and call it a single serving. Seriously, those burritos are the size of a meatloaf. After that it was noodles and fresh fruit for the rest of the trip.). All told I spent way too much money from a budgetary standpoint. Not that I didn't do that when I lived there, but this time it was more of a "when's the next time I'm going to be in the US anyway?" and "I can make up for this by buying only the necessities next month" impulse.
- [The magic number is 'vier'](https://clevershark.com/2010/07/the-magic-number-is-vier/) - Germany sends Maradona and Argentina packing with a stunning 4-0 victory at Green Point Stadium. And a well-deserved victory it was -- the Germans came out as a disciplined eleven playing as a team, while Argentina generally lacked discipline. If anything, the Germans were a little loose on offense, while the Argentines were loose on
- [It's kind of depressing to think that these people have a large number of nuclear weapons.](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/its-kind-of-depressing-to-think-that-these-people-have-a-large-number-of-nuclear-weapons/) - According to CNN, Americans didn't understand a speech delivered yesterday by President Obama because he was using language that was too advanced for them to comprehend. The speech is generally accepted as having been written to a 10th grade level. On the other hand it's now a hell of a lot easier for us foreigners
- [Nothing is ever as it seems with North Korea](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/nothing-is-ever-as-it-seems-with-north-korea/) - The DPRK made it to the world cup and beating expectations, but their fans are a little odd -- but then they would be, as they're not actually North Koreans, but rather Chinese volunteers paid by Pyongyang to attend the games and cheer loudly.
- [Making football enjoyable again](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/making-football-enjoyable-again/) - Like the World Cup but can't stand the vuvuzela, that plastic horn that just fills the air with an indistinct drone for literally every second of the game? Lifehacker has you covered by showing you ways to get rid of that dread scourge while still enjoying some good football.
- [Is Reddit on the path to decline?](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/is-reddit-on-the-path-to-decline/) - For a long time I've been a member of reddit.com, which is a fairly popular blog of sorts, but recently I've started to wonder if it hasn't jumped the shark and entered its natural period of decline. I'm not usually a big fan of the whole "is this what this site has become" whines, and
- [Needs to work on its composition skills...](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/needs-to-work-on-its-composition-skills/) - If you've ever wondered what it would look like if a sea turtle managed to get hold of a camera in a waterproof case and shoot its own videos, wonder no longer. The camera was dropped in the water near Aruba and has resurfaced 7 months later in Key West.
- [Death by kitty](https://clevershark.com/2010/06/death-by-kitty/) - I never thought about it much besides it being a plot element in Trainspotting, but apparently toxoplasmosis could be a bigger influence in human behavior than people think.
- [Oh sure, just don't let that stop the shrill hysteria!](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/oh-sure-just-dont-let-that-stop-the-shrill-hysteria/) - In the UK a drug nicknamed "meow" was outlawed following what appeared to be the death of two users (imagine if alcohol had been outlawed after a mere two drinkers had died of it!). The ban came swiftly amid much public outrage; however it turns out that neither of the "victims" had taken the drug
- [Part thriller and part environmental snuff flick](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/part-thriller-and-part-environmental-snuff-flick/) - If you want to see what millions of gallons of crude look like as they pour into the ocean, as well as what people with robots are trying to do about it, check out the live ROV monitoring of the damaged riser that is causing the leak of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Hosted
- [Well, that's just his answer to everything.](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/well-thats-just-his-answer-to-everything/) - South Korea has officially blamed North Korea for the sinking of the warship Cheonan, and now North Korea is mobilizing for war. So what would John Bolton do about it? WWJBD? Demand an aggressive restart to the six-party regional talks Bomb North Korea Bomb Iran Option 3 again. This is of course a trick question
- [A reflection on Canadian banks](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/a-reflection-on-canadian-banks/) - When I was a younger man in the IT industry there was one thing that always stood out for me -- when I worked for a Canadian company, the graphics software that was pretty much always used was the Corel suite; when I worked for larger international companies we had the industry standards that people
- [Online banking FAIL](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/online-banking-fail/) - TFSAs are supposed to be easy to open, but as I found out today it seems terribly easy to screw the pooch. So to ING Direct -- fix your registration software because it doesn't work. There is nothing wrong with my social insurance number -- I have used it to register as an employee, to
- [Something for today's generation to think about](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/something-for-todays-generation-to-think-about/) - In today's "upload to Youtube" world, many evidently need reminding that even though you can post it online, maybe you shouldn't.
- [Quitting Facebook](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/quitting-facebook/) - I must be starting to show my age a little bit. My back aches and I get muscle cramps with worrying regularity, I don't in fact like the new-fangled music that young people appreciate so much, but especially I've come to reflect on how much I am *not* an exhibitionist. If friends are getting together
- [Adieu à Facebook](https://clevershark.com/2010/05/adieu-a-facebook/) - Après avoir eu un compte au site Facebook depuis quelques années, j'ai décidé d'abandonner ce fameux site. Le problème que j'ai avec Facebook c'est que le propriétaire du site, Mark Zuckenberg, ne croit pas que les utilisateurs devraient avoir le droit de mettre quoi que ce soit sur le site pour diffusion seulement privée. Ça
- [An interesting twist to "fiddling while Rome burns"](https://clevershark.com/2010/04/an-interesting-twist-to-fiddling-while-rome-burns/) - As if there weren't already enough known reasons that lead the North American economy to collapse in 08, here's another -- the SEC didn't see anything bad developing because its staff was too busy looking at porn. So they didn't see it coming because they were distracted looking at a lot of people coming. They
- [More delivery company fun](https://clevershark.com/2010/03/more-delivery-company-fun/) - I've often mentioned the strangely difficult struggle that is trying to get something delivered here. But today I'm in the middle of a story that makes even less sense than most. I've ordered an office chair because the one I have has certain bits that are falling apart. So I ordered one and it was
- [How entirely appropriate!](https://clevershark.com/2010/03/how-entirely-appropriate/) - You may or may not know, but this week is National Procrastination Week. I really wanted to mention this before Thursday, but, you know.
- [The joys of tooth pain](https://clevershark.com/2010/03/the-joys-of-dentistry/) - I have an appointment with my dentist Friday to get not one but *two* root canals... I'm really kicking it up a notch. If dentistry were like World of Warcraft I'd be a Lvl 70 Patient.
- [Location, location, location](https://clevershark.com/2010/01/location-location-location/) - As I walked back from the bar in -16C windy weather having spent the last week in the Caribbean (more on that later) I couldn't help but wonder if there was a way for me to get back to St. Maarten...
- [Another place to avoid as a vacation spot...](https://clevershark.com/2010/01/another-place-to-avoid-as-a-vacation-spot/) - Imagine this scene -- you've booked a week's holiday and enjoyed a bit of Eastern Europe with its tall, leggy blondes and fine beer. You're getting on a flight to get back to work. Unbeknownst to you Slovakian police have planted explosives in your bag to test their airport security systems, which fail to detect
- [When the going gets tough, gutless cowards cut and run](https://clevershark.com/2009/12/when-the-going-gets-tough-gutless-cowards-cut-and-run/) - Yes it's true, Stephen Harper has now suspended Canadian democracy for two months, for no reason except that he found himself unable to shove unacceptable bills down the nation's throat. What a good way of starting 2010, under a right-wing dictatorship from Alberta. Eventually we will all see this Conservative government for the miserable, catastrophic
- [A neat Googletrick](https://clevershark.com/2009/12/a-neat-googletrick/) - Ever been desperately curious to know how many seconds are left until the new year? Neither have I, but now that I've sewn the seed in your mind, the best way is to go to Google, leave the search text field blank, and click "I'm feeling lucky". Voila: the seconds that are left until New
- [I think this calls for a facepalm...](https://clevershark.com/2009/11/i-think-this-calls-for-a-facepalm/) - In a spectacular display of the sort of current-events knowledge and attention to detail that made her an ideal fit as White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Dana Perino went on some Fox News pundit show and affirmed that no terrorist attacks took place in the US while Bush was President. Which must
- [I can barely contain myself!](https://clevershark.com/2009/11/i-can-barely-contain-myself/) - Today is World Toilet Day, a day of awareness so people can reflect on their less fortunate counterparts who do not have access to proper sanitation facilities. I think it was invented by people who like to make bad puns. The organizers hope that this will lead many developing countries to make sanitation infrastructure their
- [Play head games with yourself](https://clevershark.com/2009/11/play-head-games-with-yourself/) - If you like the idea of sending yourself a message in the future, broken.com's email capsule is something you might want to check out. I'll only know how well it works tomorrow, though. I'm surprised I didn't know about this before, it's a simple enough idea...
- [How time flies](https://clevershark.com/2009/11/how-time-flies/) - It's been 20 years since the Berlin Wall fell today, and I haven't been able to put that out of my mind all day. Not being German it's not something I've spent a lot of time thinking about, but 20 years ago I was in front of the TV watching CNN and witnessing what turned
- [Too big to fail, indeed.](https://clevershark.com/2009/10/too-big-to-fail-indeed/) - What if they built a mall, at the time the world's largest, and (almost) no one came?
- [Fact checking... Investors' Business Daily has heard of it.](https://clevershark.com/2009/08/fact-checking-investors-business-daily-has-heard-of-it/) - In a spectacular outbreak of foot-in-mouth disease the right-wing newspaper Investors' Business Daily avers that "People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." Without realizing of course that Hawking
- [Same result, no reward.](https://clevershark.com/2009/07/same-result-no-reward/) - When Microsoft offered nearly fifty billion dollars last year to acquire Yahoo I thought this was the stupidest thing Redmond had ever done, and in hindsight not accepting the offer was indeed the stupidest thing Yahoo had ever done. In a new development this week Yahoo has announced that it was ditching search and concentrating
- [I really need to take up cycling. In Sweden.](https://clevershark.com/2009/07/i-really-need-to-take-up-cycling-in-sweden/) - From the "things you don't hear about every day" dept. -- a 50 year-old Swedish man has reportedly complained that while he was out biking he was pulled of his bike by a lady with tattoos on her arms who then proceeded to have her way with him. He also reports that the same unspeakable
- [The vagaries of IT work](https://clevershark.com/2009/07/the-vagaries-of-it-work/) - Up until today I was pretty sure that I would never hate an IT product as much as I hate IBM WebSphere, but I think we have a new winner: SAP Netweaver v7. Just installing the damn thing is like trying to thread a needle while someone is stabbing you repeatedly in the face, and
- [Second Strike.](https://clevershark.com/2009/07/second-strike/) - So, how do you repair your public image after an interview in which you praise Hitler? You blame the Jews for the financial crisis, that's how. At least that's how it works in Bernie Ecclestone's mind. Seriously, this guy just doesn't get it. But there's a chance that something positive will fall out from this
- [Rules.](https://clevershark.com/2009/07/rules/) - There aren't many absolute rules to life; to each rule there seems to be an exception, with the notable exception of this one: if you're a controversial public figure and an associate of Max Mosley, and you're talking with reporters, you should never, ever say anything that even sounds like "Hitler was a man who
- [Now that's some serious souvenir money.](https://clevershark.com/2009/06/now-thats-some-serious-souvenir-money/) - The sports world is abuzz with Cristiano Ronaldo's acquisition by Real Madrid for a record-setting 96 million Euro transfer fee, but I think the real important story of the day is the capture of two Japanese citizens in Italy who were bound for Switzerland with $134 billion in possibly-counterfeit US securities in $500M and $1B
- [Is the greenback collapsing?](https://clevershark.com/2009/06/is-the-greenback-collapsing/) - Here's something that's relatively easy to miss in these hard economic times where importing things from the US had become a luxury once again -- there has been a sharp but sustained drop in the value of the US dollar recently. It's fairly dramatic, too -- in the past 3 months the value of the
- [Words fail me...](https://clevershark.com/2009/04/words-fail-me/) - Maybe I wasn't following the news at the time because I really would have remembered this, but earlier in the 2000s it seems that German industrial giant Siemens had plans to use the name "Zyklon" for a range of products that was slated to include gas ovens, which is incredibly tasteless considering the history of
- [White Bag Doritos](https://clevershark.com/2009/03/white-bag-doritos/) - Has anyone else picked up those new Doritos in the white bag with the dollar sign on it and thinks that they taste about the same as the original nacho-cheese flavor? Honestly, there's either no difference at all and that contest they have is a big joke, or the difference is so subtle that it
- [How NOT to do public relations.](https://clevershark.com/2009/02/how-not-to-do-public-relations/) - First, spot a blogger who finds a relatively minor, non-critical bug in your web site. Second, make sure some of your staff insult him personally and call him a liar, and make sure they do so from their office computers (read the comments on that first link). Third, have your PR department make a statement
- [A way to find Osama bin Laden](https://clevershark.com/2009/02/a-way-to-find-osama-bin-laden/) - Post simulated video of Osama bin Laden abusing a cat ... Profit!
- [The age of "no comments" has come...](https://clevershark.com/2009/02/the-age-of-no-comments-has-come/) - Unfortunately I seem to be under attack by spamming scum using a botnet, so I've had to turn off comments altogether... that's my explanation in case someone notices (LOL).
- [A fresh look?](https://clevershark.com/2009/02/a-fresh-look/) - I thought it would be amusing to shake things up with a skin change -- also a Wordpress upgrade broke the plugin I was using to generate the excerpt for my stories on the front page, so this was a move of necessity more than whimsy. This little number is called Head 1.5 and it's
- [Like 1994 all over again!](https://clevershark.com/2009/01/like-1994-all-over-again/) - Ah, the good old days of dialup internet and restricted university access, a time when people started wanting to know what this "internet" thing was about... may they never come again, except perhaps in parody form: Mastering the Internet and Mastering the Internet Part 2.
- [Talk about fiddling while Rome burned!](https://clevershark.com/2009/01/talk-about-fiddling-while-rome-burned/) - Bank of America executives have recently expressed shock at the bad state of recent acquisition Merrill Lynch. Maybe they would not be so surprised if they had considered Lynch CEO John Thain's $1.22M renovation bill for his office last year, which featured an $87,000 rug and $15,000 sofa -- even as he cut expenses for
- [Time for a Chrysler Death Watch?](https://clevershark.com/2009/01/time-for-a-chrysler-death-watch/) - I just went to the Montreal Auto Show this evening. All in all it was a fairly staid affair, but one shocker is the Chrysler display which, frankly, might as well have smelled of impending protracted death. Seriously, they have huge space, but couldn't actually be bothered filling it, so that you have a few
- [More documentaries...](https://clevershark.com/2009/01/more-documentaries/) - Here's what I've been looking at recently in my quest to seek out all the interesting documentaries on the web. Just three today, but they're well worth it. The first is a French (or Belgian?) documentary called Working Man's Death, and which will show you what work means to the really poor workers of the
- [Documentaries to watch in 2009](https://clevershark.com/2009/01/documentaries-to-watch-in-2009/) - Here's a list of four documentaries which you should watch in 2009 if you haven't seem them yet.
- [Good riddance to 2008.](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/good-riddance-to-2008/) - Seriously, this year can't be over fast enough. If I remember 2008 for anything, it'll be the timely reminder of how things decay over time.
- [Are we about to witness life as a disaster-porn TV special?](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/are-we-about-to-witness-life-as-a-disaster-porn-tv-special/) - Not that people should panic or anything, but there has recently been a large cluster of seismic activity around Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. And Yellowstone is already known to be a supervolcano which is overdue for an eruption by about 40,000 years.
- [Money for nothing...](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/money-for-nothing/) - Just how much are mobile phone companies ripping us off when they charge us fees to send (or even receive) text messages? Even more than you think. Mobile phone messages cost providers nothing. That's right, absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Any amount they charge you is pure profiteering.
- [0 and 16.](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/0-and-16/) - I don't really follow American football, but even I was waiting to see the results of the Detroit-Green Bay game on Sunday. Rather predictably the Lions dropped this one, ending up with 0 points for the season with a 0-16 record which officially makes them the worst team in the history of the NFL. No
- [You can't spell "prorogue" without "rogue", can you?](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/you-cant-spell-prorogue-without-rogue-can-you/) - It's official! Rather than holding his head up high Prime Minister Stephen Harper took the coward's way out of next Monday's planned non-confidence vote in the House of Commons by suspending Parliament until the new year (known as "prorogation"). Congrats Stephen, you've saved your own worthless hide for a few weeks by declaring a stop
- [The video link trends continue with some rally racing.](https://clevershark.com/2008/12/the-video-link-trends-continue-with-some-rally-racing/) - If you've got a couple of hours to kill why not watch Too Fast to Race? It covers the history of Group B, which is in my mind the best and most bad-ass car racing series the world has ever seen, and (most likely) will ever see. Link goes to part 1, look in the
- [What do you mean, "becoming"?](https://clevershark.com/2008/11/what-do-you-mean-becoming/) - CBC's Search Engine asks, "Is Canada Becoming a Digital Ghetto?". Canadians reply, "hasn't it always been one?"
- [A TV show for non-TV watchers!](https://clevershark.com/2008/11/a-tv-show-for-non-tv-watchers/) - Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe is a show that takes a look at TV with a humorous, foul-mouthed critic's eye... like someone watching the tube so you don't have do, which is great for someone like myself. Link goes to the first episode, follow the Youtube links from there...
- [A surprisingly insightful documentary](https://clevershark.com/2008/11/a-surprisingly-insightful-documentary/) - While checking out documentaries on the web recently I came across this brilliant one. It's a documentary produced by Adam Curtis (of The Power of Nightmares fame) for the BBC called The Trap. It's about "freedom" in our modern times, but it has even more important undertones (in my opinion) dealing with the individual's "self"
- [And the Canadian consumer takes it in the shorts again.](https://clevershark.com/2008/10/and-the-canadian-consumer-takes-it-in-the-shorts-again/) - We Canadians get the short shrift on just about everything, be it mobile phone services, or cars, but now someone's come up with a comparison of broadband internet providers that shows just how much we're getting screwed here north of the 49th parallel.
- [That's economic crisis porn for ya.](https://clevershark.com/2008/10/thats-economic-crisis-porn-for-ya/) - Those of us who have lost a bit of cash on the market recently can take a little schadenfreude-based relief in this site, whose name says it all: Sad Guys on Trading Floors. Featuring pictures of, you guessed it, sad guys on trading floors.
- [Clearly the current crisis wasn't unforeseen.](https://clevershark.com/2008/10/clearly-the-current-crisis-wasnt-unforeseen/) - The financial crisis is all over the news nowadays, but some people did see it coming. Watch this CNBC appearance by Peter Schiff if you want to see someone getting it right two years ago... and listen to Art Laffer foolishly attempt to rebut him with see blind, jingoistic optimism.
- [The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What's Not to Like, Part III](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/the-paulson-trillion-dollar-bonanza-whats-not-to-like-part-iii/) - I've been giving some thought as to the actual value of continuing with this series, because a)over the weekends the bailout proposal has changed considerably, and as of the time of my writing this this newer agreement has already been turned down by the House of Representatives. So the points I made last week about
- [One last reading for tonight...](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/one-last-reading-for-tonight/) - While we're on the subject of banking crises, we quickly forget that Japan had its own troubles in this area just over a decade ago. This article on the crisis, written by the then-Director of the Bank of Japan, makes for interesting reading in these interesting times.
- [I guess I'm not alone in thinking this!](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/i-guess-im-not-alone-in-thinking-this/) - Here's an interview excerpt (with context) from Bert Ely, a credentialed American banking expert, who shares my (and Denninger's) opinion that Paulson's mega-bailout just isn't necessary.
- [Is the Fed speaking out of both sides of its mouth?](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/is-the-fed-speaking-out-of-both-sides-of-its-mouth/) - Ben Bernanke spent a lot of time in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that there's a credit crisis out there, so why did the Fed recently shrink the float by $125 billion and why is it still resisting a consensus-recommended half-percent rate cut? Is it, as some paranoid people could suggest, a way to
- [The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What’s Not to Like, Part II](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/the-paulson-trillion-dollar-bonanza-whats-not-to-like-part-ii/) - Yesterday I wrote at some length about how the US economy has gotten to the point where Paulson and Bernanke decided it would be worth spending 5 hours promising Congress gloom & doom unless they got a record-busting bailout measure passed. So, why not like this (theoretically) $700B plan to "save the markets"? There are
- [Livestation](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/livestation/) - I've had broadband internet access for over 10 years now, about as long as it's been available, and many times I've seen claims of "TV over the internet" trumpeted but prove disappointing when put to a real-world test. That being said, Livestation delivers. If you've always wanted to see Al-Jazeera English, BBC World and news
- [The Paulson Trillion-Dollar Bonanza: What's Not to Like, Part I -- How We Got There](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/the-paulson-trillion-dollar-bonanza-whats-not-to-like-part-i-how-we-got-there/) - In case you've been asleep in a cave with your hands over your eyes and cotton in your ears for the past few weeks, the American economy has been in a world of hurt recently. US Treasury Henry Paulson has put forward a far-reaching plan to deal with this crisis. As it turns out there
- [BMW 1-Series](https://clevershark.com/2008/09/bmw-1-series/) - This article has moved to this location: http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2008/09/bmw-1-series/. Update your bookmarks...
- [It may not be the best before-bed viewing for everyone, though.](https://clevershark.com/2008/08/it-may-not-be-the-best-before-bed-viewing-for-everyone-though/) - END: DAY is a BBC dramatization of 5 "doomsday scenarios" by which earth could be destroyed or severely impacted. Like a macabre "Groundhog Day", if you will.
- [The perfect gin & tonic](https://clevershark.com/2008/08/the-perfect-gin-tonic/) - Take the following: 1/3 Hendrick's gin. 2/3 tonic water. 1 slice of cucumber. Ice. Mix & serve. It doesn't get much better than this.
- [iPhoneless](https://clevershark.com/2008/08/iphoneless/) - I'm usually the one in my family and circle of friends with the latest & greatest electronic gadgets, so every once in a while a friend of mine will ask me not if, but when did I get Apple's latest phone and how I find it. Inevitably I have to disappoint them because I don't
- [Tony Clement: a national disgrace](https://clevershark.com/2008/08/tony-clement-a-national-disgrace/) - Our national health minister, Tony Clement, has decided to make waves again by openly questioning the ethics of MDs who approve of safe injection sites for heroin addicts. This is the latest and most offensive chapter in Clement's overriding obsession with the safe injection site known as Insite, located in Vancouver. Indeed earlier this month
- [Extending the Recording Capabilities of your Videotron Illico DVR](https://clevershark.com/2008/08/extending-the-recording-capabilities-of-your-videotron-illico-dvr/) - Videotron Illico PVRs are neat, but they're somewhat limited. Even the recently-released HD PVR will run out of disk space pretty quickly. If you like recording high-def shows, you will fill that disk in a rather meager 30 hours. This is not an issue on a day-to-day basis, but go on vacation for two to
- [Punk4Punks](https://clevershark.com/2008/07/punk4punks/) - For those of you looking for the best punk station on the internet, look no further! This station has a good mix of old and new.
- [It's not about speculators.](https://clevershark.com/2008/06/its-not-about-speculators/) - When gas prices reach the levels we're seeing now it's easy and convenient to blame unnamed shadowy "speculators" for the proverbial pain at the pump. The fact is, however, that gas is so expensive because the limits of oil production are being reached while demand is ever increasing.
- [Weird videos file, continued.](https://clevershark.com/2008/06/weird-videos-file-continued/) - To keep the streak of weird videos going, here's one entitled Dancing Man Wearing a Horse Mask Cooks Wild Mushrooms. And you know what? It delivers on that title.
- [Back... for now](https://clevershark.com/2008/06/back-for-now/) - I finally managed to unwrangle the mess that Wordpress's database update had left behind (seriously, who could fathom that a database update would cause problems in relation to a graphics file in a theme I had installed and wasn't even using?). I still think it's a hell of a mess, but frankly I haven't had
- [This is the weirdest video I've seen in at least a couple of days.](https://clevershark.com/2008/03/this-is-the-weirdest-video-ive-seen-in-at-least-a-couple-of-days/) - Unfortunately, no one can be told what this video is. You have to see it for yourself.
- [Try as I might I can't find the weapon information for this game...](https://clevershark.com/2008/02/try-as-i-might-i-cant-find-the-weapon-information-for-this-game/) - In what is sure to be the beginning of a new area of frivolous spending for parents of 8 year old girls all over North America, Sanrio is about to officially launch the Hello Kitty MMPORG. Information on the game is available here. Information on diabetes (which is sure to result from the unrelenting syrupy
- [Some things you just can't buy. For everything else there's Amazon.com.](https://clevershark.com/2008/02/some-things-you-just-cant-buy-for-everything-else-theres-amazoncom/) - Amazon.com -- the US version, not the scaled-down imitation you get in other parts of the world including Canada -- is a pretty wonderful store, and although they're famous as booksellers they'll sell most anything. Including, and I did a double-take when I saw it, an artificial insemination kit for your pet. Now I'm not
- [Guaranteed to provide you with 100% of your RDA of "cute".](https://clevershark.com/2008/02/guaranteed-to-provide-you-with-100-of-your-rda-of-cute/) - It must be tough making toasters -- exactly how do you improve on a device whose purpose is simply to toast a slice of bread? Well, Sanyo has an answer for you. According to them what toasters need is more panda.
- ["Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." -Kettering](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/believe-and-act-as-if-it-were-impossible-to-fail-kettering/) - Engineers rarely make good graphic artists, as graphic artists rarely make good engineers. Rarely is this truism better illustrated than in this poster for the Manchester Metroshuttle entitled "Making the City Work Together".
- [Linksys WRT-350N - thumbs down.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/linksys-wrt-350n-thumbs-down/) - Like any good geek I like to keep my networking equipment current and speedy. So recently I went out and bought a Linksys WRT-350N router. It has great specs -- wireless-N support, a gigabit-ethernet wired switch for your desktops, USB storage support -- but frankly, you're better off not giving this one a second thought.
- [Tough times for bond insurers.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/tough-times-for-bond-insurers/) - This is definitely not a good time to be in the bond insurance business. With large-scale insurers Ambac and MBIA -- and with smaller players faring no better -- one could well think that in the end the lending crisis has brought to light considerable flaws at the very basis of the American -- and
- [It sure is a good thing that Canadians are getting shot at every day to defend Afghans' 'freedoms'.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/it-sure-is-a-good-thing-that-canadians-are-getting-shot-at-every-day-to-defend-afghans-freedoms/) - You'd think that with all the international troops there the people of Afghanistan could be considered free, unlike when they were living under the Taleban. It doesn't really work out that way though -- just ask Sayad Parwez Kambaksh, a journalism student who's been condemned to death for printing and distributing a paper off the
- [MB makes a value proposition.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/mb-makes-a-value-proposition/) - This article drove down the street to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2008/01/mb-makes-a-value-proposition-with-the-all-new-c230/... update any bookmarks you may have.
- [I can only hope it fails as fast.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/i-can-only-hope-it-fails-as-fast/) - A former dBase architect sees ominous parallels between Ashton-Tate swan-song dBase IV and Windows Vista. Looks like Microsoft's much-maligned OS could in fact be the beginning of the end for Redmond. Perhaps it's no coincidence that Bill Gates has decided to end his day-to-day involvement in the company at this time.
- [Ah, I long for the days when Canada was a sovereign country.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/ah-i-long-for-the-days-when-canada-was-a-sovereign-country/) - A few days ago Canada's diplomats were issued a training manual that listed the USA and Israel as countries which would potentially torture prisoners we handed over to them. I had a sinking feeling that this wouldn't last, because Stephen Harper is such a pathetic little servile house-boy to his American masters... and I was
- [I've been in the business for a while, and this seems spot-on.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/ive-been-in-the-business-for-a-while-and-this-seems-spot-on/) - Confused by all the software engineering methods out there? Don't be! Chet Haase has written a blog post that untangles everything.
- [If only there had been some way for them to kind of foretell the future...](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/if-only-there-had-been-some-way-for-them-to-kind-of-foretell-the-future/) - The Astrological Magazine was forced to stop publication in December 2007 due to "unforeseen circumstances". I guess they just didn't see that one coming...
- [I wish I'd known about the “I think” / “maybe” item sooner, it does put some things in perspective.](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/i-wish-id-known-about-the-i-think-maybe-item-sooner-it-does-put-some-things-in-perspective/) - Nick in Shanghai has written an excellent piece on the Top Ten Mistakes Native Chinese Speakers Make When Speaking English.
- [Of law, sausage, and charity...](https://clevershark.com/2008/01/of-law-sausage-and-charity/) - One of the big stories in the world of charity at the end of 2007 was a new kid on the block, a hedge-fund-trader-headed meta-charity called Givewell which was promising to shake up the world of philanthropy by analyzing other charities on a number of points and soliciting money to give as parts of its
- ["Don't make me use it! Now you've done it! You... forced me to use it!!!" -Ren Hoek](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/dont-make-me-use-it-now-youve-done-it-you-forced-me-to-use-it-ren-hoek/) - Today I used a crack to start a computer game I like to play. Now, don't get me wrong. I own the game, a few months ago I went down to the shop and bought it fair and square. I haven't lost the DVD, or even just thrown out the guide with the DVD access
- ["This is not the target market" -Mitch Hedberg](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/this-is-not-the-target-market-mitch-hedberg/) - This morning I noticed a message entitled "Happy birthday Windows Vista" in my inbox. The message was in French but the subject line was still in English, which kinda hints at the idea that Microsoft "doesn't get" Canada's bilingualism, but that's nit-picky of me... the message offers me a 2-for-1 on Vista Ultimate upgrades. If
- [The tyranny of low expectations.](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/the-tyranny-of-low-expectations/) - The City of Montreal swears it will have the streets cleared of snow. By Christmas. Seriously, that's the official story. Christmas is the 25th, and thus 9 days since last Sunday's snowstorm, which only dumped 30cm of snow in the city. How pathetic is that? 9 days to clear 30cm (40 if you count the
- [Zen story](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/zen-story/) - Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him
- [Thoughts on winter driving in Montreal.](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/thoughts-on-winter-driving-in-montreal/) - When I was a kid, when it snowed local authorities would actually deploy equipment to take the snow off the streets. However that seems like an enchanted and mystical time never to be seen again. We had a snowstorm in Montreal on Sunday, and three days later the streets are still lined with snowbanks --
- [Deutsche Bank: Merry Christmas renters! You're now homeless!](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/deutsche-bank-merry-christmas-renters-youre-now-homeless/) - Nothing says "Happy Holidays" more than being evicted from your apartment because your landlord got caught up in the subprime lending mess... at least that's what Deutsche Bank clearly thinks, as they decide it's absolutely necessary for a partially-blind pensioner to get the f... out of a building they're trying to sell. Bonus: they "don't
- [Just think of the money you'll save shopping around for funeral arrangements!](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/just-think-of-the-money-youll-save-shopping-around-for-funeral-arrangements/) - Ever wondered how much longer you have to live? Head to the Death Clock and wonder no more. I'd love to tell you more about this but according to it I've been dead for over three years already!
- [Thoughts on computers...](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/thoughts-on-computers/) - I don't often return stuff to the store where it was bought, especially technology goods. I always have this little drive within me to just work harder at making the devices I buy work, and usually that works. However this year alone I've managed to have to return two HP computers back to the shop.
- [And the Janus prize for two-facedness goes to...](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/and-the-janus-prize-for-two-facedness-goes-to/) - Pretty much everyone likes to speed a little sometimes. With a nice car and a nice bit of road, a decent driver will feel the beckoning and put his foot down a little. Of course sometimes some berk overdoes it and ruins it for everybody. He's speed-camera happy Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police Meredydd
- [The Great DVD Swindle?](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/the-great-dvd-swindle/) - With two competing rather-similar-but-incompatible standards both coming from industry heavyweights it's easy to think that the high-definition DVD industry is being set up to fail no matter which camp wins. And now film director Michael Bay is squarely alleging that HD-DVD is actually somewhat of a scam orchestrated by Microsoft to ensure the failure of
- [These guys really are reaching the poorest of the poor...](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/these-guys-really-are-reaching-the-poorest-of-the-poor/) - The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project was intended to provide children too poor to buy PCs (and pretty much anything beyond food and shelter) with a user-friendly, virtually-indestructible computing device. Its primary market is the Third World, and I'm glad to report that they're making inroads on that front by making a deal with
- [Evidently I know much less than I thought about Judaism!](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/evidently-i-know-much-less-than-i-thought-about-judaism/) - Nothing says "Happy Hannukah" more than a traditional... ham? Surprisingly that photo was taken at Balducci's in New York.
- [My credit card bills suddenly look insignificant.](https://clevershark.com/2007/12/my-credit-card-bills-suddenly-look-insignificant/) - Many people wonder about the extent of the subprime lending crisis in the US. I hope this man's case is not typical! He got a letter from Wachovia Bank telling him he owed over $211 trillion dollars. Now I know that for years banks have been extending too much credit, but that's just ridiculous!
- [Why make even a few users nervous if you don't have to?](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/this-will-cause-excitement-with-the-tin-foil-hat-crowd/) - I'm restoring the original software on my HP tx1218 tonight and came across something I found amusing: HP makes driver installer, called the File Based Installer. Now this doesn't seem all that amusing, and in itself it isn't, but note the initials, it's going to be relevant. And at least mildly interesting. The way a
- [I had no idea things were this bad!](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/i-had-no-idea-things-were-this-bad/) - The recent fall of the US dollar against the Loonie have had an unexpected effect -- a shortage of cocaine on American streets, and surpluses in Canadian cities. Won't someone think of the record company execs?
- [Blog update](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/blog-update/) - I managed to "unbork" things that the Wordpress "update" messed up -- mostly by removing dead links -- and put in a silly placeholder for the "about" page so clicking the link doesn't cause an error anymore. All in all however, I'm pretty determined to write my own software again and ditch WP, at least
- [About me...](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/about-me/) - I used to have a very interesting page telling people all about myself in there, but a Wordpress "upgrade" destroyed it (Gee, thanks, Wordpress) so I'm afraid it's gone now and I can't be bothered to recreate it. Sorry!
- [Volvo C70: continuing impressions.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/volvo-c70-continuing-impressions/) - This article has put its roof down and scooted off to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/11/volvo-c70-continuing-impressions/... feel free to update your bookmarks!
- [More things I learned since yesterday!](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/more-things-i-learned-since-yesterday/) - Apparently the Wordpress upgrade completely borked my pages (like "about") and categories as well. Gee, thanks, Wordpress! So, don't bother clicking any of the links near the title bar, they probably just won't work. And since I have 1700+ entries I really can't be bothered to go in and edit each bloody entry manually. So,
- [Things I have learned recently...](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/things-i-have-learned-recently/) - I had a good look at my site yesterday and discovered a number of things! I should update Wordpress more frequently. Until yesterday I was using a version that apparently enabled a third-party to add a bunch of spammy text at the end of pages (the usual "buy meds quick" crap), so that my Google
- [Think of it as an opportunity to wear your heart on your sleeve.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/think-of-it-as-an-opportunity-to-wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve/) - I Heart Guts! Plushes and T-shirts (and more) for the anatomy fan on your Xmas list.
- [He's going to have a tough time finding mitts and gloves to fit him.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/hes-going-to-have-a-tough-time-finding-mitts-and-gloves-to-fit-him/) - Ever wonder what it looks like on X-ray when someone lets a homemade firecracker blow up in his hand? Wonder no more.
- [I think "serendipity" is the right word, I really do...](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/i-think-serendipity-is-the-right-word-i-really-do/) - New York's Serendipity 3 restaurant is famous for having the most expensive dessert in the world, a $25,000 chocolate concoction with lots of edible gold and served with a gold-lined goblet. However hygiene inspectors also found that the restaurant's unadvertised extras include cockroaches, flies, sewage and rodent droppings. Yum!
- [Captchas, done right.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/captchas-done-right/) - Tired of brain-dead "retype what's in the box above" captchas? Register for an account at the home of the Quantum Random Bit Generator to be quizzed on your knowledge of complex math equations instead! Note that you get a captcha of varying length and complexity every time.
- [From Hello Kitty to Hello Titty?](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/from-hello-kitty-to-hello-titty/) - A new series of marketing characters is hitting the shops in Japan this year, and this is what they look like - Meet the Milk-chans. Breasts, five of them. Colors vary, but they appear to be all the same size, and in the tradition of Kogepan or Hello Kitty each character has its own personality.
- [The spoils of failure.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/the-spoils-of-failure/) - Ousted Citigroup chief Prince will receive $12.5 million bonus for losing billions. That's pretty good. I'm sure that if I were given the right kind of incentives I could lose even more than he's managed to!
- [China photos update](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/china-photos-update/) - I've been spending a lot of time reviewing and editing my photos from China (cropping, adjusting colors, etc.) and so I've removed the old photos that were on Facebook. I have replaced them with location-specific albums also on Facebook, but which are made up of higher-quality photos. Links to follow... Shanghai Suzhou Zhoujiang Hangzhou Xi'an
- [State of the Canadian auto industry.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/state-of-the-canadian-auto-industry/) - This article has been bumped over to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/11/state-of-the-canadian-auto-industry/. Please update any bookmarks you may have...
- [A brief explanation of the recent decline of the USD.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/a-brief-explanation-of-the-recent-decline-of-the-usd/) - I'm as surprised as anyone over the continued weakness of the US dollar. I thought the greenback would see some stabilization after reaching parity with the loonie but its value has continued tumbling and it's now worth slightly less than $0.91 CAD. If you look over at Reddit there's hardly a day that goes by
- [This is the new kid on the big-kid block.](https://clevershark.com/2007/11/this-is-the-new-kid-on-the-big-kid-block/) - The most valuable company in the world. According to AP Petrochina is now worth over $1 Trillion. That's one with 12 zeroes following. This estimate was calculated by adding the value of shares sold in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York, and follows Petrochina's IPO in the Chinese A-share market.
- [Would you trust this man to be YOUR justice minister?](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/would-you-trust-this-man-to-be-your-justice-minister/) - Japanese Justice Minister claims to know of "a friend of a friend" who's associated with Al-Qaeda and who entered Japan on a false passport, and therefore it's necessary to fingerprint all foreigners. If it's true, there's the obvious security implication of having your Justice Minister associate himself with Al-Qaeda personnel. If it's false (more likely)
- [No sex, please -- we're Singaporean!](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/no-sex-please-were-singaporean/) - You're not allowed to actually have sex in Singapore Airlines' A380 double-bed suite. If you do they might want to cane you! But seriously, who the hell is going to pay $14,000 for an 8-hour flight and accept being treated like a teenager visiting his grandmother? It's not even like the facilities are all that
- [Canadian Car Prices File: an Update](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/canadian-car-prices-file-an-update/) - This article is off to bigger and better things here: http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/10/canadian-car-prices-file-an-update/
- [Responses obtained from car-makers](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/responses-obtained-from-car-makers/) - This entry has moved off to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/responses-obtained-from-car-makers/.
- [Travel pics](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/travel-pics/) - I've added another photo album to my Facebook account as each album can only contain 60 photos. To see the newest pics click here.
- [Travel blog](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/travel-blog/) - Well, I thought I'd have more time to write a sort of "travel diary", but my days are pretty packed here in China so I've decided to keep most of it for later. Pictures of my trip so far (I add pictures more or less regularly, as the internet connection here is rather unsteady) can
- [Essential Shanghai vocabulary: 'Bu yao' and 'zho ba'.](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/essential-shanghai-vocabulary-bu-yao-and-tsuo-ba/) - Those who think of China as having the austerity that comes with traditional communism should come to Shanghai. Capitalism thrives here at a level of which even a place like New York can only envy. And to be honest it's driving me a little nuts.In fact capitalism here is practiced to a ridiculous extent. You
- ['Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.'](https://clevershark.com/2007/10/punctuality-is-one-of-the-cardinal-business-virtues-always-insist-on-it-in-your-subordinates/) - Texas death row inmate denied final appeal because the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals office closes at 5. The state then went on to execute the prisoner as scheduled. I do hope the people at the Appeals office did not let their dinners get cold that night!
- ['And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?' (Luke 6:41)](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/and-why-beholdest-thou-the-mote-that-is-in-thy-brothers-eye-but-perceivest-not-the-beam-that-is-in-thine-own-eye-luke-641/) - The most horrifying X-ray pictures you're going to see today (unless you're a trauma surgeon). A Melbourne kid got into a fight outside a club, which resulted in him getting a chair leg stuck through his eye socket. Not only is he still alive today, he even has 95% vision back in the affected eye,
- ['The peasants are revolting!' 'That's right, they stink on ice.'](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/the-natives-are-revolting-thats-right-they-stink-on-ice/) - Automakers face $2 Billion class-action lawsuit over Canadian price discrepancies. Given that prices have been so out of range for so long it's pratically surprising to see this sort of action being taken now. In pratical terms, I really doubt that this will be successful. I don't think it's based on solid law, unless the
- [Canadian Car Prices File: an experiment](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/canadian-car-prices-file-an-experiment/) - This article has moved! I can now be found here: http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/09/canadian-car-prices-file-an-experiment/
- [Art for our times.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/art-for-our-times/) - Meet Banksy. Cheeky and provocative, Banksy leaves his mark wherever he goes, even at record shops.
- [Some people, it appears, are too stupid even for a life of crime.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/some-people-it-appears-are-too-stupid-even-for-a-life-of-crime/) - Man calls Feds inquiring on the whereabouts of his lost cocaine. What I don't understand about US law enforcement is how the Feds had pretty much figured out he was a drug runner in the first place but had let him go, while medical marijuana patients get busted by SWAT teams every week.
- [Chocolate and WHAT?](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/chocolate-and-what/) - A review of Vosges Haut Chocolat's Bacon Bar. Yes, you read this correctly, a chocolate bar. With bacon. No, this isn't a Simpsons joke. And it's actually good, according to the reviewer. Ah, bacon, is there anything you can't do?..
- [MacLeans has a message for you.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/macleans-has-a-message-for-you/) - And you won't believe what it is. See the comment after the picture for details.
- [BMW's upcoming 1-series looks shockingly good.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/bmws-upcoming-1-series-looks-shockingly-good/) - I've not been a fan of BMW since Chris Bangle redesigned the formerly-understated German vehicles to the ugly, bloated, over-angled excesses that we see in them today. Fortunately it would seem that as time goes the cars are less and less Bangled (as it were) and look more and more like they actually have some
- [2007: Year of the Wasp](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/2007-year-of-the-wasp/) - If you've been going around Montreal since about mid-August, you've no doubt noticed enormous numbers of wasps. The normally woodland-dwelling insect seems to have found itself a new home in the city. In fact wherever you go in the city you will see large numbers of the bugs, chiefly near the natural sources of food,
- [Apparently the charge to war is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/apparently-the-charge-to-war-is-a-tale-told-by-an-idiot-full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing/) - Meet Michael Ledeen, "Iran Expert" and "Freedom Scholar" at the American Enterprise Institute. I'm not an expert on Iran myself, but wouldn't you expect someone who claims to be such an expert to speak Farsi, and perhaps to have actually been in Iran at some point in his life? That's too much to ask of
- [Liar of 9/11.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/liar-of-911/) - The REAL Rudy. Rudy Giuliani has been lying his head off about his own record and about the decisions that ended up compounding the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, causing countless needless deaths as a result of his relentless pursuit of self-publicity. Don't believe his lies...
- [The great Canadian ripoff: wireless data edition.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/the-great-canadian-ripoff-wireless-data-edition/) - A colossal ripoff -- mobile data in Canada. I used to think the telcos were screwing themselves by pricing themselves at such unaffordable rates, but they're not. They rely on the customer having no alternatives, but credit enough left on the credit card. The similarity in the cost of the service across providers HAS to
- [Some days you just go to work as usual. Other days you go to a medical exhibition to see your original heart in a jar. You know, no big whoop.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/some-days-you-just-go-to-work-as-usual-other-days-you-go-to-a-medical-exhibition-to-see-your-original-heart-in-a-jar-you-know-no-big-whoop/) - Woman sees own heart on display. The 23-year-old woman had developed a life-threatening heart condition and undergone a heart transplant; she describes seeing the original organ as "an emotional and surreal experience".
- [The goggles, they, er, do something!](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/the-goggles-they-er-do-something/) - New Uvex super-goggles change tone depending on light conditions. Now you can go ahead and ski well into the evening with confidence -- but note that the goggles won't otherwise help your skiing skills...
- [The reverse of Engrish.](https://clevershark.com/2007/09/the-reverse-of-engrish/) - Hanzi Smatter - dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in western culture. A good counterpoint to "May I take your order" (below), this site with its tattoo focus does raise an interesting question -- why would someone write something on themselves permanently without knowing what it means?
- [A cure to Directshow weirdness](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/a-cure-to-directshow-weirdness/) - I'd love to use nothing but Linux on all my computers... if only I could. Unfortunately I regularly work from home using Windows-only software, and Linux support for games is barely there at all -- it is completely missing for the newer games, and DirectX10 will only serve to compound this issue. In short I
- [If that's what the menus are like, no wonder tourists only eat at McDonald's.](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/if-thats-what-the-menus-are-like-no-wonder-tourists-only-eat-at-mcdonalds/) - May I take your order? Taiwanese restaurant's English menu is more confusing than trying to read the original Chinese descriptions. Personal favorites include (seriously) "J&J Living the Bowel", "Cowboy Leg", "Every form rape" (DO NOT WANT) and "The special features Namely Whets the Almond" (huh?).
- [Life imitates old, obvious joke.](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/life-imitates-old-obvious-joke/) - Suicide at Burning Man was mistaken for performance art. I guess his buddies just thought it was a *very* convincing, lifelike piece...
- ['The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' -Ben Franklin](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/the-definition-of-insanity-is-doing-the-same-thing-over-and-over-and-expecting-different-results-ben-franklin/) - Using Sony memory sticks will break the security of your Windows PC. Proving once again that despite its "cool" image Sony remains the idiot child of the technology age.
- ['Because only major losers have sex – which everyone knows is only for fags.'](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/because-only-major-losers-have-sex-which-everyone-knows-is-only-for-fags/) - Sex is for fags! Billing itself as "abstinence-only coolness for boys", SIFF isn't quite Landover Baptist -- its language would push it closer to the Westboro Baptist camp -- but it comes pretty close. Together with Iron Hymen the site hopes to one day bring abstinence-only coolness to all mankind... well, OK, maybe not. The
- [If this hasn't won some sort of design award, there's no justice in this world.](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/if-this-hasnt-won-some-sort-of-design-award-theres-no-justice-in-this-world/) - The Da Vinci prostate surgery system. I know what it is and what it's used for, but did the designers really have to make it look like that? Oh well, at least they -- and the doctors who use the thing -- seem to have a pretty good sense of humor about their jobs!
- [Linked for truth...](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/linked-for-truth/) - Men are least happy in their late 30s. Now if only I had enough cash to get myself a Corvette I could at least have a proper mid-life crisis!
- [You know the ship's really sinking when the rats decide to bail out.](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/you-know-the-ships-really-sinking-when-the-rats-decide-to-bail-out/) - Karl Rove resigns. To spend time with his family. Yeah, because of the family, that's the ticket...
- [They ran out of enthusiasm, 3 years after the rest of the world did...](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/they-ran-out-of-enthusiasm-3-years-after-the-rest-of-the-world-did/) - The Segway Enthusiasts Group of America is pulling the plug at he end of this month due to inactivity. Apparently there just aren't enough people willing to shell out 5 to 10 grand for a scooter they can't use on the street or the sidewalk to propel themselves at a speed slightly higher than they
- ["A modest little person, with much to be modest about..."](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/a-modest-little-person-with-much-to-be-modest-about/) - When insults had class. In our times bile and gall have eclipsed wit when it comes to giving offense; these few entries should remind us of a long-gone time when finesse trumped vulgarity in that area.
- ["Hey, you didn't become a weenie. You remained a weenie."](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/hey-you-didnt-become-a-weenie-you-remained-a-weenie/) - How to travel back in time to deliver a warning to your former self. Apparently codpieces are due for a major comeback as well.
- [The Colorado guy might, er, lose face over this.](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/the-colorado-guy-might-er-lose-face-over-this/) - On July 13th in Japan a car owner also happened to commit suicide by assisted decapitation. Seriously, I thought the guy from Colorado mentioned earlier was at least the first to go in quite such a dramatic fashion, but it turns out that he may be a mere copycat.
- [Well, that's no way to get ahead in life...](https://clevershark.com/2007/08/well-that-no-way-to-get-ahead-in-life/) - Colorado man commits suicide in a unique way. Evidently unhappy with various aspects of his life the man tied a cable to a post at a local movie theater, tied the other end to his neck, and drove off.
- [If I ever get this angry about my job, I hope I have the ability to quit it.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/if-i-ever-get-this-angry-about-my-job-i-hope-i-have-the-ability-to-quit-it/) - The angriest Winnebago salesman in history. "I gotta read this again because my mind is just a piece of shit this morning..." (language NSFW, unless you're a sailor).
- [There's only one slight catch...](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/theres-only-one-slight-catch/) - Looking for that $200K+ Ajax programming job? This could be for you. It's tax-free if you manage to survive for the whole year, too.
- [They had me going for a while...](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/they-had-me-going-for-a-while/) - Spiders on drugs. Hilarious spoof of those Canadian "wildlife moments" that we've all grown up with (in Canada at least).
- [In these interesting times, what can life do but imitate parody?](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/in-these-interesting-times-what-can-life-do-but-imitate-parody/) - Giuliani, when asked about HIV, answers with 9/11. Compare with this article from The Onion, it's practically prophetic! and this Family Guy clip, it's uncanny! Let's be clear -- Giuliani has nothing whatsoever to point to when people wonder why they should think about voting for him, so he stands tall on the carcasses of
- [Volvo C70: Initial Impressions](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/volvo-c70-initial-impressions/) - This article has moved, man! All the way to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/07/volvo-c70-initial-impressions/. Far out!
- [Still looking for that vast right-wing conspiracy?](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/still-looking-for-that-vast-right-wing-conspiracy/) - Introducing rent-a-trolls! As it turns out it would appear that quite a few right-wing bloggers are in fact bought and paid for, like common whores. Who knew?
- [The 'Canada' premium.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/the-canada-premium/) - This article has migrated like a snowbird to http://ambitiousbutrubbish.com/2007/07/the_canada_premium/. Please update your bookmarks as appropriate.
- [Gorillaz to chimps in a mere couple of years.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/gorillaz-to-chimps-in-a-mere-couple-of-years/) - Feel Good, Inc. That's the 2007 version with Boss George, Dick and MC Rove in da haus!
- [Just watching some of these landings will put some hair on your chest.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/just-watching-some-of-these-landings-will-put-some-hair-on-your-chest/) - A special farewell to Kai Tak. Among the things I regret in life is to not have flown into Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport, and not having seen for myself those massive planes fly seemingly perilously close to the buildings of Kowloon -- but at least this video does a pretty good job of illustrating
- [Well that sure was unexpected.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/well-that-sure-was-unexpected/) - Osama bin-Laden's son marries English grandmother. The 27-year old has taken as a bride an Englishwoman who's nearly twice his age. It's her sixth marriage and his second. I guess bride and groom need not always have everything in common...
- ['Now I was retching on a dildo of bad karma.'](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/now-i-was-retching-on-a-dildo-of-bad-karma/) - The Blood Bus. The trials and tribulations of a Glasgow bus driver. So well written it's almost hard to believe it's written by a bus driver...
- [High-quality clips, straight from the source.](https://clevershark.com/2007/07/high-quality-clips-straight-from-the-source/) - BBC Worldwide clips @ YouTube. Well-made clips with synced sound and clear image, cut from my favorite BBC shows. Well worth a look!
- [Next RIAA investigative method: hanging out outside high schools in vans promising kids candy.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/next-riaa-investigative-method-hanging-out-outside-high-schools-in-vans-promising-kids-candy/) - RIAA tried to shake down a ten-year-old girl. Here's the kicker: they did it by fraudulently calling her as she was at school under the guise of being the girl's grandmother. Is there any low those assholes won't stoop to?!?
- [It's a good thing he wasn't investigating an abbatoir!](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/its-a-good-thing-he-wasnt-investigating-an-abbatoir/) - Journalist held hostage by bosses of Chinese toy factory. Even the police were kept at bay. Sometimes you get the feeling that today's China today is quite feudal, with noblesse d'argent taking the place of high birth.
- [Much better than the 'catch up!' joke I was expecting.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/much-better-than-the-catch-up-joke-i-was-expecting/) - The disturbing secret life of fruits and vegetables. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of produce?
- [5 Seconds of Hilarity.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/5-seconds-of-hilarity/) - Dramatic Chipmunk. This should put a smile on the face of anyone who's not experiencing rigor mortis.
- [The second worst result ever achieved in German tests.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/the-second-worst-result-ever-achieved-in-german-tests/) - Germany crash tests the Brilliance BS6 Chinese-built sedan, with shocking results. This isn't a car, it's a coffin on wheels. But it's only the second worst test, the absolute worst was for the 2005 Jiangling Motors Landwind, another Chinese import, where the crash test dummy was so badly mangled it had to be taken apart
- [You can always double or triple your dose!](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/you-can-always-double-or-triple-your-dose/) - Incarcerex. A new drug for those right-wing politicians suffering from the anxiety that they might be losing elections. Available only in the USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the People's Republic of China!
- [Adobe and technical writing: partly a rant, but an entirely legitimate question.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/adobe-and-technical-writing-partly-a-rant-but-an-entirely-legitimate-question/) - I'm currently working as a technical writer, and as such am keenly interested in issues related to this topic, especially when it comes to software. So when I got an email advising me that Adobe had released a new version of Robohelp I was keen to try it out, especially now that it's made by
- [If you wanted a photo to illustrate irony, you can use this one.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/if-you-wanted-a-photo-to-illustrate-irony-you-can-use-this-one/) - Sign spotted at George Orwell Square in Barcelona. It could only be more perfect if it had been put up 23 years ago...
- [Just when you thought you'd seen everything on the internet...](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/just-when-you-thought-youd-seen-everything-on-the-internet/) - Powerbook snuff porn. Safe for work, unless you work at Apple I guess. It's somewhat of an acquired taste. From Germany (where else?).
- [Keepin' the natives restless.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/keepin-the-natives-restless/) - Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot. In today's celebration of photo-ops and PR that take the place of genuine security efforts, it's not security but the illusion of security that are truly important for government agencies... As Shakespeare said 'tis better to be vile than vile-esteemed when seems to be receives reproaches of
- [The place is closed now, I have no idea why.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/the-place-is-closed-now-i-have-no-idea-why/) - Poo-Ping Palace Restaurant. This can serve as an example of why you really want to have an English-speaking person look over your company name when you're about to set up a business in the USA.
- [Washing your hands, doggy-style!](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/washing-your-hands-doggy-style/) - Chongqing's bum-shaped public toilet sinks. Now THAT's a way to remember proper hygiene!
- [Apparently I'm correct in wanting to drink the stuff all day long.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/apparently-im-correct-in-wanting-to-drink-the-stuff-all-day-long/) - Scientists demonstrate the best way of using caffeine. Don't binge in the morning, just stretch out your consumption throughout the day.
- [Geek tries iPhone, fails to be impressed.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/geek-tries-iphone-fails-to-be-impressed/) - The iPhone is great! (for everyone else). The drawbacks are, as expected, the poor network the phones are saddled with, as well as the lack of a physical keyboard... which is pretty much what many have expected since the product was announced. Not that Apple won't sell a boatload as soon as it becomes available,
- [That familiar high-pitched roar...](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/that-familiar-high-pitched-roar/) - It's Formula 1 weekend here in Montreal and I'm working from home. All day I've been hearing the din of Formula 1 cars taking laps a couple of miles away. Exciting!
- [And then they say censorship doesn't work...](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/and-then-they-say-censorship-doesnt-work/) - Chinese paper publishes tribute to Tinananmen Square victims because the clerk was completely unaware of the massacre. That's pretty much the definition of irony right there...
- [This is what happens to you in the US when you're not rich and famous.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/this-is-what-happens-to-you-in-the-us-when-youre-not-rich-and-famous/) - Quadriplegic man sentenced serving jail term for possessing a small amount of pot dies in prison of a real medical condition. If he'd been some rich famous bitch faking illness he would have been sent home, presumably... that's America's two-tier justice system for ya.
- [Pictures of life and places in Japan as they existed 100 years ago.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/pictures-of-life-and-places-in-japan-as-they-existed-100-years-ago/) - Herbert Geddes's photos of Japan taken circa 1910. The most fascinating thing for me is how many of the places in the 'Architecture' section I recognize from my trip last year, and that they're still completely recognizeable. A lot of the 'Agriculture' pictures also show how Spartan Japanese life used to be; they seem to
- [Ultimately it all makes sense, and those left alive live happily ever after.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/ultimately-it-all-makes-sense-and-those-left-alive-live-happily-ever-after/) - The Armageddon Flowchart. Needs slight updating as Jerry Falwell is already having his bottom roasted in the Gehenna, but otherwise it's pretty much spot-on...
- [The ride of his life, indeed!](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/the-ride-of-his-life-indeed/) - Man's wheelchair becomes stuck to semi's grille, becomes front-row seat for a four-mile wild ride. I'm imagining a sort of "Slim Pickens in Dr. Strangelove" kind of scenario here...
- [It's one part Big Brother and one part voyeur.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/its-one-part-big-brother-and-one-part-voyeur/) - Interesting sightings on Google Maps' Street View. Always be on your best behaviour, you never know if you'll find yourself on this modern 'candid camera' one day...
- [Like Memento, only in real life.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/like-memento-only-in-real-life/) - Anteretrograde amnesia. "I have no short-term memory. I know who I am and all about myself, but since my injury I can’t make any new memories. Everything fades. If we talk for too long, I’ll forget how we started. I don’t know if we’ve ever met before, and the next time I see you I
- [The Googlebot.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/the-googlebot/) - Here's a little story I came up with while reading this XKCD entry and noticing the "sinister Google projects" item... it's based on an old joke everyone in IT already knows, but I just figured I'd flesh it out a bit. Technically I published it on reddit first, but it is my story! ------------------ The
- [Halo 2 for PC: part 1, the ugly.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/halo-2-for-pc-part-1-the-ugly/) - I've been looking forward to playing Halo 2 for a while now. Not being as much of a gamer as I once was I've decided to skip this current generation of consoles -- when they're available at all they're quite expensive, and the console game prices are just insane. I have no desire to spend
- [So, how did the other 94 reach their decision?!?](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/so-how-did-the-other-94-reach-their-decision/) - Only 6 Senators out of 100 read the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released two days before the Iraq war authorization vote. Just 6. And one of them urged all the other Senators to vote against the war, quite strongly. If you're wondering why US foreign policy seems so bollocksed-up, well, that's because Congressmen are
- [That's how valuable 'developers, developers, developers, developers' really are to Microsoft.](https://clevershark.com/2007/06/thats-how-valuable-developers-developers-developers-developers-really-are-to-microsoft/) - Microsoft threatens its 'Most Valuable Professional' for writing a tool that supports Visual Studio Express. Rarely has a company done so much to threaten someone who seems to believe in it... or at least did, before Redmond released the hounds. I guess that monkey dance really was just a monkey dance...
- ['We should enjoy our Coca-Cola while we still can...'](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/we-should-enjoy-our-coca-cola-while-we-still-can/) - Dana Milbank covers the press conference by Khartoum Karl. How Milbank manages not to laugh in this report is beyond me...
- [As little Timmy's eyes closed he hugged his teddy bear closer and realized that he had finally come to love Big Brother.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/as-little-timmys-eyes-closed-he-hugged-his-teddy-bear-closer-and-realized-that-he-had-finally-come-to-love-big-brother/) - Wireless TeddyCam. It's only a shame that they stopped the idea short; combine this thing with a wifi transmitter in the (plugged-in) base station and you have some fantastic potential for major perv flicks.
- [It's easy for Microsoft to look good on paper. In the real world it's a tougher challenge.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/its-easy-for-microsoft-to-look-good-on-paper-in-the-real-world-its-a-tougher-challenge/) - Microsoft manages to look good by using license terms to suppress negative reports about its products. You're free to review the product... if you reach a conclusion that's been approved by marketing! Think about that the next time someone makes you read some bullshit fawning 'review' that concludes that Windows has a lower TCO than
- [At least it's not crap-brown...](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/at-least-its-not-crap-brown/) - Apple TV as much of a dud as the Microsoft Zune. Apparently both products are as poorly-conceived and half-assed in execution. Still the Apple TV does make an elegant sushi platter! In fact it's so poorly-marketed and under-hyped that I was under the impression it wasn't available yet. Oh well, I guess I'll have to
- [How heartless is YOUR power company?](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/how-heartless-is-your-power-company/) - NZ woman needs respirator. Mercury Power (of NZ) cuts off her power. Woman dies. Mercury Power was even aware of the situation when they cut off the power. Seriously, those Mercury folks are one set of twisted freaks.
- [I couldn't help thinking, what a brilliant idea!](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/i-couldnt-help-thinking-what-a-brilliant-idea/) - Sushi bar. A tourist places a video camera on the conveyor belt of a Tokyo sushi bar. Now why didn't I think of that when I was there?
- [Domain squatter #1.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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.'](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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!](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/someday-id-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?](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/what-goods-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.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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!](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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
- [So much for that 'law and order' stuff.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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
- [This story just keeps gettin' better.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/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.
- [Chrysler Daimler's no more.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/chrysler-daimlers-no-more/) - DaimlerChrysler sells US subsidiary. Even rounding up the sales numbers, this Der Spiegel article seems to imply that Daimler lost roughly 19 billion Euro in this disastrous enterprise. Am I reading it right?!?
- [This is the weirdest article you'll read today. Possibly this year.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/this-is-the-weirdest-article-youll-read-today-possibly-this-year/) - Adding and Subtracting. Take "extreme body modification" and add identical twins. The results are beyond bizarre. Warning: BME zine is known to make up practical jokes on its viewers every once in a while so this story could be a complete fabrication.
- [Day got you down? I got just the thing.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/day-got-you-down-i-got-just-the-thing/) - I'm really sad. When you're feeling really sad have a look at those ridiculously cute baby animal pictures!
- [How to get a lot of email in very little time.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/how-to-get-a-lot-of-email-in-very-little-time/) - Need a parter [sic]. No matter how interesting a forum topic turns out to be, though, you're always reminded of the constant presence of male virgins on the internet. It's just too bad that I'm not the one who finds these interesting topics first :( Note: this posting is about two years old, don't bother
- [Advice for system builders](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/advice-for-system-builders/) - If you're decided to take the plunge and buy a bunch of parts to build a new computer system, good for you! It's the only sane way to get the best PC out there. Just keep in mind that SLI != Crossfire, and that your choice of motherboard has consequences in what kind of video
- [I'm sure these people know what they're doing!](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/im-sure-these-people-know-what-theyre-doing/) - Today I received an email from ThinkEnergyGroup that had this in the subject line: "5 secrets for Writer's to Earn More Money". They may have the "secrets" part down, but something tells me that they're not quite that up on the "writing" part. A mistake like that happens all the time on blogs and forums,
- [When you put it like that...](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/when-you-put-it-like-that/) - The Coincidence Theorist's Guide to 9/11. Everyone knows that such an unlikely convergence of factors and events must absolutely and without fail be due to pure, unintentional dumb luck.
- [Online gaming just hit a new low, apparently.](https://clevershark.com/2007/05/online-gaming-just-hit-a-new-low-apparently/) - World of Warcraft player assaulted in home, computer vandalized by sore loser's husband. Seriously, this is pretty sad, but then it appears that the victim made an ass of himself AND gave the loser player his home address, so it's pretty safe to say that no MENSA members were hurt in the incident. That said,
- [A turning point in the drug war?](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/a-turning-point-in-the-drug-war/) - Officers in botched raid plead guilty to manslaughter; reveal that evidence is planted on wounded or dead suspects routinely. If this sort of crime committed by police doesn't cause a rethink in the US's medieval drug laws, then I don't know what will. Is keeping some people from putting stuff in their own bodies justification
- [Tired of waiting for you...](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/tired-of-waiting-for-you/) - No, this isn't some whine about love's labor lost, but my attitude towards the Nintendo Wii. Seriously, this thing's been out for months, and you still can't get one for the retail price at any store in Montreal (as far as I can tell). Ridiculous. If Nintendo thinks it a good idea to artificially keep
- [Tony's Tune of the Day for April 25th 2007.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/tonys-tune-of-the-day-for-april-25th-2007/) - Love Story by Shirley Bassey. I've been getting into lounge music quite a bit recently and this is a fine, fine piece (plus, the video is cute). The idea that I'm even plugging an Andy Williams tune sung by Shirley Bassey must be a sign that I'm getting old -- and indeed I certainly feel
- [I think it's safe to describe him as 'not at all well'.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/i-think-its-safe-to-describe-him-as-not-at-all-well/) - Man cuts off penis in restaurant. Of course the restaurant would have to be called "Zizzi", wouldn't it... ("zizi" is a childish slang term for penis in French).
- [China and spam.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/china-and-spam/) - I always used to wonder why there was an option, in many spam engines, to block out any mail coming from China (the country). It didn't seem to me like that big a deal, and anyway stuff coming from Russia seemed far more suspect to start with. Until this past week. You see, it appears
- [It's, like, strike 30 against Sony now...](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/its-like-strike-30-against-sony-now/) - Sony DRM makes some of their DVDs unplayable on many DVD players. I'm starting to honestly think that there's a guy who works at Sony whose job is to come up with new, innovative ways to anally rape the customer. Good thing I didn't end up buying one of their defective-by-design Casino Royale DVDs --
- [A trip from hell.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/a-trip-from-hell/) - This is a special entry tonight for those who like to revel in the misery of others. Well, you lot can have a bloody good laugh at the predicament I'm in right now, because I think it reflects a whole new high in the science of achievements in the history of screw-ups. And possibly fraud
- [New 'About' page](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/new-about-page/) - I've occasionally had (verbal) feedback requesting my email address, which wasn't shown anywhere on the site; well now that information, as well as other contact methods and a zany bio, are displayed on the new About page.
- [New York on Sunday.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/sunday-in-new-york/) - Boy, I really know how to pick my weekends for travelling. It's raining so hard in New York today that if you walk outside just for 5 minutes your clothes are completely soaked through with rain. For a walking-around kind of city like NYC, this means a really shitty day out. So, I'm paying $150
- [That's the nice thing about neocons, they're so virtuous.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/thats-the-nice-thing-about-neocons-theyre-so-virtuous/) - Wolfowitz acknowledges arranging for the promotion of his then-girlfriend at the World Bank. Gee, it's not like he'd give someone a nearly-200K/year job just because he was sleeping with her, could it be? Seriously? Bueller?
- [A not-so good deal...](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/a-not-so-good-deal/) - Remember my new PC? Well, it's back at the store now (grrr!). A recurring BIOS corruption issue hinted that there was something wrong with the motherboard, so it's been returned. It's not a good deal if it doesn't work, now, is it...
- [Site News](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/site-news/) - If you think I deleted a few entries, you're correct. Why? They sucked. What better reason can there be?
- [Funny how simple statistics can be so soul-crushing...](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/funny-how-simple-statistics-can-be-so-soul-crushing/) - Why I will never have a girlfriend, by Tristan Miller. A relentlessly analytical look at love from a probabilistic point of view.
- [The demon weed.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/the-demon-weed/) - As those close to me know I quit smoking right before New Year's. This was partly for general health reasons, and partly at the urging of someone, and I was pretty successful -- or so I thought -- at kicking the habit. Until last week. I decided to smoke again and put plans of quitting
- [Tony's Track of the Day for April 9 2007.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-april-9-2007/) - Call Me Call Me by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts. One of the best songs from the Cowboy Bebop anime series, which is itself about as good as anime gets.
- [A good deal.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/a-good-deal/) - In spring a young geek's fancy turns to thoughts of love. And then when these thoughts are cruelly dashed against the sharp, jagged rocks of reality, our heartbroken geek goes shopping for computer parts. Well, anyone reading my blog recently knows about the first thing. Now comes the second. Call it what you will --
- [Experiences with PRK vision correction](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/experiences-with-prk-vision-correction/) - By A Friend of the CleverShark The Clevershark mentioned a while back that he had a friend who also underwent laser vision correction, but opted for the PRK rather than the Lasik. Well, I am that friend, and in a nutshell I don't think that I'd recommend PRK to anyone, not anyone I liked anyway.
- [Excel'ing at change management!](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/exceling-at-change-management/) - The Chief Development Manager. How many of us in IT have suffered under such a boss?..
- [Haiku.](https://clevershark.com/2007/04/blog-4/) - I hoped I was wrong. I so wanted to be wrong. People disappoint.
- [It's nice to see that authorities in the field have now reached the same conclusions I reached months ago!](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/its-nice-to-see-that-authorities-in-the-field-have-now-reached-the-same-conclusions-i-reached-months-ago/) - Remember when a few months ago I said that Vista security was ultimately weak because it would annoy users into switching it off? Well, as ZDNet Australia reports, Natalya Kaspersky (of Kaspersky Anti-Virus) agrees.
- [The land where a house costs you less than a car.](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/the-land-where-a-house-costs-you-less-than-a-car/) - Detroit: A modern-day ruin. I'll say this much -- at least a car allows you to get the hell away from Detroit...
- [What happens in San Salvador stays in San Salvador!](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/what-happens-in-san-salvador-stays-in-san-salvador/) - Israel recalls Ambassador to El Salvador after he was found stumbling about in public drunk and naked except for bondage gear. Bonus: he was only able to identify himself after a ball-gag was removed from his mouth. What a putz!
- [What getting laser eye surgery is like, part 3.](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/what-getting-laser-eye-surgery-is-like-part-3/) - Recovery: next day. Waking up the next day was something else. When you've been basically unable to function without glasses for most of your life, then one day wake up without that limitation, you feel quite exhilarated. There was a bit of a weird moment when my vision was blurred, but this was entirely due
- [This was bound to happen at some point!](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/this-was-bound-to-happen-at-some-point/) - Not so smart Smart driver. Light, short car w/ wheels at the corners + mast + low barrier = hilarity. That being said this looks like the event took place somewhere int he UK rather than in the US, as the text implies.
- [What getting laser eye surgery is like, part 2.](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/what-getting-laser-eye-surgery-is-like-part-2/) - Missed part 1? Catch it here. Same-day recovery: the first four hours. The four hours after the surgery were a trying time. Basically this is the time when the corneal flap closes up, and so it's critical to follow the doctor's orders to avoid complications. So that's pretty much what I did. I was quickly
- [Switzerland invades Liechtenstein by mistake.](https://clevershark.com/2007/03/switzerland-invades-liechtenstein-by-mistake/) - Liechtenstein: no retaliation for Swiss 'invasion'. To be fair, the Swiss did offer the wronged party stylish watches and Toblerones for the trouble, so it's all good.
- [What getting laser eye surgery is like, part 1.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/what-getting-laser-eye-surgery-is-like-part-1/) - Recently I decided to take the plunge and get laser eye surgery to correct my myopia and astigmatism. This happened a mere 5 days ago. I thought it would be a good idea to post my experiences here so people can know what it's like to undergo this procedure. Note that I really give no
- [An ode to every fucking stupid question you've ever heard at a job interview.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/an-ode-to-every-fucking-stupid-question-youve-ever-heard-at-a-job-interview/) - You don't bury survivors. Seriously, if you're interviewing people for a job, stop asking this asinine shit. If you MUST go with a riddle, at least make up an interesting one, otherwise you might find your eventual job offer getting rejected.
- [Is there anything that can't be done in a car?](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/is-there-anything-that-cant-be-done-in-a-car/) - The weirdest drive-thrus. Including a church, prayer booth, strip club and funeral parlor. Give me convenience or give me death, I say!
- [Technical support... for automobiles.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/technical-support-for-automobiles/) - What if people bought cars like they buy computers? The roads would be a hell of a lot scarier, for one thing.
- [Not so SMART, apparently.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/not-so-smart-apparently/) - Massive Google hard drive survey yields interesting information. Apparently the SMART self-reporting system fails as often as it works in predicting hard drive failure, leading to many instances of drives failing without any warning. This is just one of many findings in this very interesting survey.
- [And you think your commute is bad?](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/and-you-think-your-commute-is-bad/) - Mad intersection in St. Petersburg, Russia. A webcam captures a surprisingly large number of accidents at an intersection which apparently doesn't have any lights or stop signs (!).
- [Personally I would put 'not being the parent of a serial killer' at the top.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/personally-i-would-put-not-being-the-parent-of-a-serial-killer-at-the-top/) - Life-long anti-goals. Things you do NOT want to achieve in life.
- [Mood: Frozen (brrrr!)](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/mood-frozen-brrrr/) - Weather here in Montreal is roughly -20c with high winds. Basically it feels like about -40 degrees (c OR f). What better day for a bus to be 30 minutes late than this morning? Especially when a light dusting of snow yesterday caused the bus to take over 1 hour to cover the 5 km
- [Nothing says "I wish I had finished college" better than a whimpering face covered in the semen of twelve men.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/nothing-says-i-wish-i-had-finished-college-better-than-a-whimpering-face-covered-in-the-semen-of-twelve-men/) - Awkward adventures at the porno store. Sordid and often funny tales of a porn shop clerk somewhere in the USA.
- [Bad: parts of Vista make your PC slower, less reliable and less secure. Worse: you can't turn them off.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/bad-parts-of-vista-make-your-pc-slower-less-reliable-and-less-secure-worse-you-cant-turn-them-off/) - DRM in Windows Vista. You know, it's actually getting quite difficult to find anyone who recommends switching to Vista and who isn't also either a)working for Microsoft or b)just plain yanking your chain.
- [How to mess with the Japanese, in Japan.](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/how-to-mess-with-the-japanese-in-japan/) - Fun ways to fuck with Japanese people's heads, by Chad the evil gaijin!
- [An interesting issue with Rails](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/an-interesting-quandary-with-ruby-on-rails/) - Ruby on Rails (or RoR) is a framework that prides itself on being really easy to get started with, and it is... to an extent. Here's the message I got when I had finished installing it and tried to access it... "We're sorry, but something went wrong." Not a particularly useful error message. You have
- [Adventures in Car Rental: 2007 Mercedes-Benz C280 4matic](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/adventures-in-car-rental-2007-mercedes-benz-c280-4matic/) - Car rental companies have come a long way since the bad old days of rent-a-wreck. Nowadays if you pay a little extra you get to try out cars that you probably wouldn't own, and that's what I decided to do last weekend for a road trip. Initially I had booked an Audi A6, because I
- [The guy explains it so well, I'm just as confident that the email is genuine!](https://clevershark.com/2007/02/the-guy-explains-it-so-well-im-just-as-confident-that-the-email-is-genuine/) - Burkina Faso is the new Nigeria. I'll give you 419 good reasons to trust these guys...
- [How much more blatant does it get?](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/how-much-more-blatant-does-it-get/) - Microsoft steals feature from an independent developer... then patents it. No really, this is the patent claim filed by Microsoft. As you can clearly see from the main article, Redmond is claiming to have invented this feature several months after having admitted that the feature was taken from the other developer. This means that they
- [Not a market so much as a pyramid scheme?](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/not-a-market-so-much-as-a-pyramid-scheme/) - How much are your Linden dollars really worth? Apparently it's loads easier to invest in than to cash out, and your real-world profit is unlikely to beat even anemic savings account rates.
- [It's about time *someone* said it...](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/its-about-time-someone-said-it/) - Get a first life! 3D environments, no server lag, and you can make stuff, buy stuff and open your own business... just like in Second Life! Best of all you don't have to buy genitals from someone else before you can have sex (unless that floats your boat, then you're free to do that too).
- [I can't understand a word they say, but then it doesn't really matter, does it?](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/i-cant-understand-a-word-they-say-but-then-it-doesnt-really-matter-does-it/) - Japanese girls in bikinis throw cream pies at one another while riding mechanical bulls (no, really). It's exactly the perfect mix of cute, sexy and absurd that makes me love Japanese TV!
- [That guy's a hoot, but he probably sleeps on the couch a lot.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/that-guys-a-hoot-but-he-probably-sleeps-on-the-couch-a-lot/) - Things my boyfriend says. Anyone who would refuse to drink Coors Light even "If you gave [him] a car made of diamonds and blowjobs all day" has to be a luminary.
- [It's a neocon must-read! WaPo rightly calls it 'dim, dishonorable', so it's a perfect match for the O'Reilly Factor crowd.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/its-a-neocon-must-read-wapo-rightly-calls-it-dim-dishonorable-so-its-a-perfect-match-for-the-oreilly-factor-crowd/) - Dinesh D'Souza blames America first for 9/11. He really does, and does so in a 333 page book that's as devoid of intelligence as the decision to go to war in Iraq. I've read D'Souza's stuff and he seems too intelligent to actually believe any of the crap he spouts in this frankly shitty volume,
- [Good news for potential iPhone customers. I guess.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/good-news-for-potential-iphone-customers-i-guess/) - Cingular changes its name to at&t. This means that to have an iPhone you no longer need to be a cingular customer, but an at&t customer. Which is the same thing because it's only a name change, but it's supposed to inspire confidence, because really as the video explains cingular customers have been at&t customers
- [An English haiku](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/an-english-haiku/) - My lips form a smile As to meet hers in a kiss My heart beats faster
- [Is your pig diseased? If so, check out this handy online diagnostic tool!](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/is-your-pig-diseased-if-so-check-out-this-handy-online-diagnostic-tool/) - The Online Pig Disease Problem Solver. Now if they could only come up with something like that for humans...
- [Adventures in Car Rental: 2007 Volvo S40](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/adventures-in-car-rental-2007-volvo-s40/) - Renting cars is always a bit of a chancey proposition, because you never know what you're going to get. Take my previous article about the Ford Expedition, for instance -- you just show up at the agency, they give you the keys, and it's a bit of a surprise every time. Sometimes you end up
- [Such a beautiful design... why would you want to muck it up with silly things like user content?!?](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/such-a-beautiful-design-why-would-you-want-to-muck-it-up-with-silly-things-like-user-content/) - Apple says: no, you can't have third-party applications on your iPhone. Not yours!
- [Apparently Rowan Atkinson correctly divined President Bush's new strategy for Iraq way back before the first gulf war.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/apparently-rowan-atkinson-correctly-divined-president-bushs-new-strategy-for-iraq-way-back-before-the-first-gulf-war/) - Blackadder goes forth outlines Bush's new Iraq strategy... in 1989. But don't worry, W. has a cunning plan!
- [From the 'the perfect gift for someone who already has everything' file...](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/from-the-the-perfect-gift-for-someone-who-already-has-everything-file/) - Russian MiG 21F fighter for sale on Ebay Motors. Personally I like the "get low monthly payments" link right below the current price! You'll want those low payments, because insurance on one of these must be a killer!
- [How getting rid of management could be your company's best move.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/how-getting-rid-of-management-could-be-your-companys-best-move/) - How do you run a business without managers? Quite well, apparently!
- [A day later the cheap obvious joke returns with a vengeance.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/a-day-later-the-cheap-obvious-joke-returns-with-a-vengeance/) - New Jersey eyed as cause of gas-like smell in NYC. Looks like my entry from yesterday was premature!
- [Incredibly no one even remotely implied that New Jersey was the suspected cause.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/incredibly-no-one-even-remotely-implied-that-new-jersey-was-the-suspected-cause/) - Mystery smell settles over Manhattan. The smell was said to be so powerful it even overpowered the New York subway's usual bouquet of urine and vomit.
- [It was either that or bringing the guy back to life so they could hang him again.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/it-was-either-that-or-bringing-the-guy-back-to-life-so-they-could-hang-him-again/) - Court drops Kurd charges against Saddam Hussein. I don't think there's much more they could have done to punish him anyway...
- [Typo3 -- possible to get started?!?](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/typo3-possible-to-get-started/) - I've been checking out Typo3 with an eye on moving this blog (and others) to it, for a number of reasons, but I have to say that it's quite frustrating to try and learn about it. If you install the software according to the instructions you end up with an error page when you try
- [America (the country) is in worse financial shape than anyone imagined.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/america-the-country-is-in-worse-financial-shape-than-anyone-imagined/) - GAO: US national liabilities now at 400% of GDP, in the best-case scenario. Basically it means that the United States is insolvent. Does international law have a Chapter 11?
- [He never calls, he never writes...](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/he-never-calls-he-never-writes/) - Mullah Omar says he hasn't seen bin Laden for years. In related news, Mullah Omar seems to be keeping up with his email.
- [How overpaid are company CEOs? You'd be surprised.](https://clevershark.com/2007/01/how-overpaid-are-company-ceos-youd-be-surprised/) - By the time you come to work on January 3rd, the CEO of your company has probably already made more money than you'll earn by working the whole year. Now THERE's something to think about when you receive a note stating the amount of your meager bonus for the past year! And keep in mind,
- [Content protection: another reason why Vista sucks.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/content-protection-another-reason-why-vista-sucks/) - The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history. By putting the protection of content above user experience in its new OS Microsoft shows us what happens when a company arrogantly bets that it can do anything it wants to its customers. History will show what happens when the
- [So she became the first by making 3 with 2.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/so-she-became-the-first-by-making-3-with-2/) - Woman with two wombs gives birth to three babies. You'd probably expect to read this in the Weekly World News, but no, this is a serious newspaper! The woman was apparently not aware of her unusual condition, and ended up with twins in one womb and a third baby in the other. Meanwhile the father
- [Redeeming Aeroplan miles](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/redeeming-aeroplan-miles/) - I've been an Aeroplan member for nearly 6 years now. Aeroplan is the frequent flyer mile program for Air Canada, which is my national airline. I used to fly quite often between Montreal and New York, so i figured I might as well earn frequent flyer miles for doing it; if you don't belong to
- [Oh Benny, say it ain't so.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/oh-benny-say-it-aint-so/) - Lots of stuff gets stolen in Italy, a country that plays host to a truly astounding number of thieves and pickpockets. Recently a friend of mine even had her luggage stolen from the incorrectly-locked trunk of a taxicab. Normally we're talking about things of monetary value and easily fenceable. Well, you wouldn't believe what got
- [Apparently the greenback is in more danger than previously thought.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/apparently-the-greenback-is-in-more-danger-than-previously-thought/) - Dollar Danger Directly Ahead. The US really doesn't have any economic means of stopping or even slowing the decrease in the worldwide relevance of the dollar; is this a harbinger of more economic wars ahead for America?
- [If they build it too well they won't be able to sneak their employees in!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/if-they-build-it-too-well-they-wont-be-able-to-sneak-their-employees-in/) - Firm that makes a border to close off the southern US border caught employing illegal Mexican workers to do the job. Perhaps they should print the OED definition of "irony" on the wall, while they're at it.
- [The first rule of pillow fight club is, tell everyone!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/the-first-rule-of-pillow-fight-club-is-tell-everyone/) - Everybody go pillow fighting! It's one part fight club, one part flash mob, and one part group therapy all rolled into one!
- [Apparently fat men with white beards are no longer welcome at Disney Parks.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/apparently-fat-men-with-white-beards-are-no-longer-welcome-at-disney-parks/) - Man kicked out of Disney World for looking like Santa. I hope he at least got a refund for his day pass from the money-grubbing scum that the Disney corporation has become over the past few years.
- [Tony's Tune of the day for December 18 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/tonys-tune-of-the-day-for-december-18-2006/) - Reptilia by The Strokes. What a great song! I just went on a long-ish road trip and just found myself playing that tune over and over. I think it has something to do with the great bass line.
- [Some of these make me really want to visit Japan with a girlfriend.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/some-of-these-make-me-really-want-to-visit-japan-with-a-girlfriend/) - Love Hotels. Photos of rooms in Japanese "love hotels", by photographer Misty Keasler. Some of the rooms are a bit creepy (I don't know what's up with the 'toilet training toy' in the first photo) but the Hello Kitty S&M room strikes me as a must-see attraction. Apparently a whole book of Keasler's love hotel
- [How DOES a company lose $6.6 billion?](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/how-does-a-company-lose-66-billion/) - Amaranth's $6.6 Billion Slide Began With Trader's Bid to Quit. Sometimes it's best to just accept a resignation letter that comes across your desk.
- [I hear they're also thinking about bringing back UF insulation and thalydomide for pregnant women!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/i-hear-theyre-also-thinking-about-bringing-back-uf-insulation-and-thalydomide-for-pregnant-women/) - Bush administration may again allow the sale of leaded gasoline. Apparently they're going to justify the proposal on the grounds that lead particulates in the air have been reduced by 90%. Apparently if a clean-air initiative is proven to work, the White House is sure to actually drop it. I can't think of anything wrong
- [Worst. USB. Gadget. EVAR.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/worst-usb-gadget-evar/) - The humping dog USB drive. Give it to someone you hate this Christmas! Preferably by inserting it in a USB slot of their computer while they're not looking.
- [From the 'too stupid to print' file: soy makes people sissies!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/from-the-too-stupid-to-print-file-soy-makes-people-sissies/) - Soy turns boys gay, and shrinks their penises! That article is so devoid of sense it's hard to tell exactly where the author completely loses his sanity. Published by the right-wingnuts' own version of the poorly-Xeroxed radical newsletter, the WorldNetDaily, dubbed by myself and many others "the WMD" for their frequent intelligence lapses. This article
- [I'm sorry he couldn't attent this party, but in a way he's right here with us!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/im-sorry-he-couldnt-attent-this-party-but-in-a-way-hes-right-here-with-us/) - Woman gets 11 years for killing, cooking boyfriend and serving him to guests. She might also have a tough time getting anyone to come to her dinner parties once she has served her sentence!
- [Tony's track of the day for December 11th 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-december-11th-2006/) - Empire by Kasabian. A terrific video, with a great song to boot! In fact I really like this album.
- [You don't even want to think about how that thing would feel on the way out.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/you-dont-even-want-to-think-about-how-that-thing-would-feel-on-the-way-out/) - New British-engineered pepper has nearly twice the heat of the hottest habanero on record. At 923,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU) the Dorset Naga beats the world record holder Red Savina habenero (570,000SHU) hands-down. It's so hot you literally can't eat it, but if I can get my hands on one...
- [1 car, 40 years and 2.45 million miles.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/1-car-40-years-and-245-million-miles/) - Irv's Volvo P1800 rolls for 40 years. Very impressive! They really don't make cars like that anymore.
- [Going by this logic the next Nintendo product will be the Simulation Notation Ordering Table (SNOT)?](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/going-by-this-logic-the-next-nintendo-product-will-be-the-simulation-notation-ordering-table-snot/) - Nintendo poo added to Nintendo Wii. You just can't make this sh*t up...
- [These tips, applied consistently, are guaranteed to work!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/these-tips-applied-consistently-are-guaranteed-to-work/) - 50+ ways a manager can get employees to quit. Personally I'm a big fan of "never make eye contact".
- [Adventures in car rental: Ford Expedition 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/adventures-in-car-rental-ford-explorer-2006/) - As my friends and acquaintances know, I don't have a car. That doesn't mean I don't drive every once in a while, however; indeed I drive a decent number of different car models via the wonder that is car rental. Most of the time I like to rent something from the highly variable model range
- [More lives ruined so some scumbag prosecutor can add another check in the 'win' column.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/more-lives-ruined-so-some-scumbag-prosecutor-can-add-another-check-in-the-win-column/) - Disabled father of 3 in jail for 25 years for possessing drugs that were prescribed to him. What the fuck is wrong with America? This isn't even malicious prosecution -- it's downright persecution. I don't know how these DEA people can sleep at night, I really don't. I think it says something about man's inhumanity
- [The times they are a-changin'...](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/the-times-they-are-a-changin/) - A mere 11 years ago you could take a dump right on the first-class service cart and the airline would still get you to your destination. Nowadays they'll cut the flight short if you so much as try to cover up the bouquet of your flatulence in flight. I think that makes an interesting statement
- [Gotta love those Baby Jesus pictures!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/gotta-love-those-baby-jesus-pictures/) - A snapshot of God's inbox (PDF). Of course God uses a Mac... he can afford one, he's all-powerful!
- [This next site sponsored by Advil, whose products you'll probably need if you look at it for too long.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/this-next-site-sponsored-by-advil-whose-products-youll-probably-need-if-you-look-at-it-for-too-long/) - 67 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena. These are always fun to check out, but make sure you have something ready for the headache that's sure to follow!
- [The Saul said unto David, 'Dude, I was joking about the foreskins thing. I really don't want those. Get a sense of humor, man.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/the-saul-said-unto-david-dude-i-was-joking-about-the-foreskins-thing-i-really-dont-want-those-get-a-sense-of-humor-man/) - Ten Bible verses that are never preached on. A lot of these would probably cause a bit of a distraction in the pews.
- [Behold! Toast 2.0](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/behold-toast-20/) - The ROLLERtoaster. I say, that is a pretty stylish appliance!
- [I particularly like the 'firetruck on fire' shot.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/i-particularly-like-the-firetruck-on-fire-shot/) - A small collection of truck (and bus) accidents. No matter what else is true, keep this in mind -- in the battle of car vs. truck, truck always wins.
- [The must-have toy for psychology/psychiatry geeks.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/the-must-have-toy-for-psychologypsychiatry-geeks/) - Tickle-me Freud. There's only one downside -- it only responds to his mother. Also the cocaine isn't included.
- [Fake ad, fake controvery, fake microbrew...](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/fake-ad-fake-controvery-fake-microbrew/) - Rolling Rock's aping 'controversy'. What does a large commercial brewer do after it buys what used to be a microbrew from another conglomerate? Why, invent a fake controversy about an ad that's never aired, and invent complaints about the ad (which, frankly, is dull as dishwater and twice as stupid). You see, apparently Anheuser-Busch is
- [Match.com and eHarmony: old and busted. New hotness: the Giraffe Studbook.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/matchcom-and-eharmony-old-and-busted-new-hotness-the-giraffe-studbook/) - Online dating for giraffes. Sure, it may sound good at first, but you just know the male pretends to be at least 2 feet taller than he really is!
- [Yes. 30mph would do this much damage to a car worth a half-mil. I believe you 100%!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/yes-30mph-would-do-this-much-damage-to-a-car-worth-a-half-mil-i-believe-you-100/) - Mechanic claims he was going "no more than 30mph" when he crashed and completely destroyed a $500,000 Porsche Carrera GT. I get the feeling that he's been spending the day filling out unemployment forms...
- [10 of those in a warehouse and you got yourself one hell of a supercomputer.](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/10-of-those-in-a-warehouse-and-you-got-yourself-one-hell-of-a-supercomputer/) - Project Blackbox by Sun. This is Sun's idea of how to create a truly portable datacenter, and it's pretty damn neat.
- [That stash of Acapulco Gold is for medicinal purposes, really!](https://clevershark.com/2006/12/that-stash-of-acapulco-gold-is-for-medicinal-purposes-really/) - Top 10 "bad" things that are good for you, by LiveScience. So feel free to drink wine, coffee and beer, smoke pot, trip out on acid, screw around and be angry!
- [Sometimes you have an epiphany and realize that God really hates your cracked-up redneck ass.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/sometimes-you-have-an-epiphany-and-realize-that-god-really-hates-your-cracked-up-redneck-ass/) - Naked crack-smoking man attacked by alligator in Florida. Sometimes the headlines just write themselves, I swear...
- [Leaving that material on there was careless, but giving the password was just plain stupid.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/leaving-that-material-on-there-was-careless-but-giving-the-password-was-just-plain-stupid/) - A hard (core) lesson in privacy. Selling your PC? Don't forget to wipe the disks, especially if you have home movies of yourself having unconventional sex, and you're a TV personality. I'm not convinced about this story though, I demand proof! Preferably on Youtube.
- [It's horribly cute! Or cutely horrible!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/its-horribly-cute-or-cutely-horrible/) - The misadventures of Hello Cthulhu. It's got that Lovecraft-meets-Sanrio insanity thing going.
- [The scary thing is, if these implements were actually marketed someone would probably buy them.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/the-scary-thing-is-if-these-implements-were-actually-marketed-someone-would-probably-buy-them/) - Skymall Catalog Jamboree. Some people think that the Skymall catalog is full of useless crap no one would spend their money on unless their brains were oxygen-deprived by high altitudes -- the Goons clearly do -- and it's likely that they're right.
- [Apparently that 'jumping through space without a helmet' scene from 2001 was actually realistic.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/apparently-that-jumping-through-space-without-a-helmet-scene-from-2001-was-actually-realistic/) - The real effects of outer space exposure. Very interesting stuff!
- [Want to see how tough Hummer's new SUV really is?](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/want-to-see-how-tough-hummers-new-suv-really-is/) - Hummer H3 crashes into a standing (empty) school bus. Have a look at the damage. After that, if you still buy an H3, that should be considered proof that you are literally retarded.
- [A sort of British email hall of shame.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/a-sort-of-british-email-hall-of-shame/) - Worst emails ever, by British tabloid The Sun to celebrate the 35th anniversary of electronic mail. I'm not normally a fan of The Sun or anything, but this is just naff!
- ['Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/her-vocabulary-was-as-bad-as-like-whatever/) - The 25 funniest analogies, compiled by high school English teachers. The plainest evidence that "writing what you know" is sometimes a terrible policy.
- [More ammo for the conspiracy nuts who think the guy was abducted and replaced by an alien!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/more-ammo-for-the-conspiracy-nuts-who-think-the-guy-was-abducted-and-replaced-by-an-alien/) - Forensic artist illustrates what Michael Jackson should look like now, if he had not had surgeries. No side-by-side comparison with the actual Michael jackson, but nevertheless that's just spooky.
- [This should probably be required reading for any software project manager.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/this-should-probably-be-required-reading-for-any-software-project-manager/) - The "Engineering Estimate". What you need to do to a programmer's estimate of time required for a task in order to get much of an idea of when it will actually get done. This is pretty damn accurate in my experience.
- [SCO was just a patsy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/sco-was-just-a-patsy/) - Microsoft-SuSE: little more than a protection racket shakedown. You know, from the moment I saw Steve Ballmer I was never able to shake the impression that, unlike, say, Gates or Allen, who were geniuses in their own right, Ballmer was more of a frat boy, the strip-club going, parasitical street thug. And now the thug
- [Obviously the guy was a modern-day Harry Houdini!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/obviously-the-guy-was-a-modern-day-harry-houdini/) - Man "shoots himself in the head" while in a police cruiser with his hands handcuffed behind his back. Is it just me or does something seem to be amiss with this story? How does a policeman search a guy and find baggies of coke and pot on him, but misses a large .40 caliber S&W
- [The Chinese exports you haven't been hearing so much about.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/the-chinese-exports-you-havent-been-hearing-so-much-about/) - China admits harvesting organs from executed prisoners for sale in foreign markets. This has been the subject of rumors before, and has always been steadfastly denied by the Chinese, until THAT became impossible. A bit like W and his warrantless wiretap business. No wonder he gets on so well with Beijing.
- [Someone needs to tell the White House it's not the 70s anymore.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/someone-needs-to-tell-the-white-house-its-not-the-70s-anymore/) - White House site highlights its trip to Vietnam by showing the pre-1975 South Vietnamese flag. Then again this is entirely excusable -- it's pretty obvious that no one in the Bush Administration ever went anywhere near Vietnam before in their lives!
- [From the 'you know things will not go well when...' file.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/from-the-you-know-things-will-not-go-well-when-file/) - This is not how you want your new product presented on CNN. Then again as the saying goes, "you can't polish a turd." In related news, it turns out that Zune isn't compatible with Windows Vista and won't play tunes that Microsoft has certified as "plays for sure". It's also bigger and heavier than an
- [Deep thoughts.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/deep-thoughts/) - If time travel were possible at all someone would have invented a time machine a long time ago. Think about it.
- [This takes 'getting fucked by your bank' to a whole new level.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/this-takes-getting-fucked-by-your-bank-to-a-whole-new-level/) - If you got screwed by a scammer, the Bank of America would like to compound your trouble by having you roughed up by police, publicly humiliated in public and jailed. Also it'll cost you thousands of dollars to get out of the legal mess. Higher standards? These idiots have lowered the bar of customer service
- [Apparently 'agile' means 'out of touch with reality'.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/apparently-agile-means-out-of-touch-with-reality/) - Joel Sponsky goes all delusional again. I love this bit of brain-fart about programmers: "This Is Why Programmers Get The Big Bucks. The whole reason you gave them Aeron chairs, unlimited M&Ms, free catered lunches, and the kickass computers with the 30" LCDs is so they can deal with new bugs Microsoft introduced in their
- [52 cards, 6 people, 1 bucking bull, and altogether a whole lot of stupid.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/52-cards-6-people-1-bucking-bull-and-altogether-a-whole-lot-of-stupid/) - Bull poker (video). Somewhere out there the ghost of Darwin is giggling softly to himself.
- [That special shampoo and tiny little comb won't help those poor Norwegians.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/that-special-shampoo-and-tiny-little-comb-wont-help-those-poor-norwegians/) - Giant Russian crabs invade Norway. Honey, fire up the barbecue... there's an invasion to defeat! Melted garlic butter, stat!
- [Some people just aren't cut out for a life of crime.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/some-people-just-arent-cut-out-for-a-life-of-crime/) - Worst burglar ever. This guy's so hilariously bad that you quickly start feeling genuinely sorry for him (really, it's worth a look).
- [Best 'The Word' segment ever.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/best-the-word-segment-ever/) - Sigh. Silent but hilarious!
- [You never know when this bit of advice may come in handy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/you-never-know-when-this-bit-of-advice-may-come-in-handy/) - How to regain control of a spooked camel. Sure, it's not likely to be very useful for me in Montreal (especially in winter), but if I do need it I'll send the guy who wrote this a thank-you note.
- [Netgear SC101 -- Initial review](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/netgear-sc101-initial-review/) - In a previous entry I talked about this new gadget I had ordered, the Netgear SC101, and how I was growing skeptical of the wisdom of my purchase even before I had taken it out of the box. And when I said that Netgear was lying in the product's package, I wasn't kidding -- the
- [I always knew that going to church could kill you.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/i-always-knew-that-going-to-church-could-kill-you/) - Woman dies after snake bite from evangelical snake-handling ceremony. Maybe it's because I'm a naughty atheist, but it's always been pretty obvious to me that handling snakes when you don't absolutely have to was a bad idea.
- [Born to be mild.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/born-to-be-mild/) - The Dull Men's Club. You know, they made me a charter member. [cries]
- [Bring something pretty stunning to your desktop.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/bring-something-pretty-stunning-to-your-desktop/) - InterfaceLIFT high-resolution widescreen wallpapers. These look incredibly good, and unless you're running a multi-monitor setup they'll probably have the resolution you're using.
- [Don't do what Johnny Don't does!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/dont-do-what-johnny-dont-does/) - Man injured by launching firework from his bottom. Apparently this is not a joke. Some guy actually put a firework up his bum and launched it. This is exactly the sort of thing the Darwin Awards exist for.
- [Netgear SC101 -- that dreaded feeling...](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/netgear-sc101-that-dreaded-feeling/) - Sometimes you buy something online, and while waiting to receive it you start gathering more information on it. Most often this is something that fills one with enthusiasm and anticipation. But then sometimes you end up with a feeling that you should have made more of an effort to find out that information before buying
- [You could say it's a bad week for him and his former buddy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/you-could-say-its-a-bad-week-for-him-and-his-former-buddy/) - Good riddance. The Talent Show gives Rummy and a former associate their proper send-off.
- [What next, Microsoft going all 'BSD license' on us?](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/what-next-microsoft-going-all-bsd-license-on-us/) - RumorMill: Sun will open-source Java under the GPL. If I were you I'd look for signs of hell freezing over, or cats and dogs living together.
- [It's like the story of my ex who couldn't fly because she always lugged a pair of 38s along wherever she went.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/its-like-the-story-of-my-ex-who-couldnt-fly-because-she-always-lugged-a-pair-of-38s-along-wherever-she-went/) - UK airport 'security': it's illegal to wear clothing that features a print of a gun on it. Even a bright pink outline. The reasoning behind this is... er... ah, fuck it, there IS no reasoning behind airport security nowadays, just largely-otherwise-unemployable, untrained or poorly-trained idiots given a list of things to watch for and discharging
- [This is why you don't trust general mechanics with exotic cars.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/this-is-why-you-dont-trust-general-mechanics-with-exotic-cars/) - Man drops off Lotus Elise at Goodyear shop for a tire change. Goodyear shop drops the car off the lift. I smell a lawsuit in the shop owner's future. Seriously though, it hurts just to see that, and I don't even own a car...
- [To boldly go where no linux distro has gone before!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/to-boldly-go-where-no-linux-distro-has-gone-before/) - Damn Vulnerable Linux. If you've ever wondered what would happen if Microsoft started making a linux distribution, wonder no more!
- [Exit polls are unusually accurate everywhere in the world, except in Republican-land.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/exit-polls-are-unusually-accurate-everywhere-in-the-world-except-in-republican-land/) - GOP says "beware exit polls!" One has to wonder why they're going to such lengths to discredit polls they can't possibly have seen yet. It's hard to figure out the purpose behind these bizarre announcements. You see, usually a political party will want to downplay any lead it has in the polls because that tends
- [Blog](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/blog/) - Sometimes at night I like to close my eyes and think about what it would be like if, when I opened them again, things were as they used to be before... as if everything since had been but a really long drawn-out dream. But then I open my eyes and I'm definitely still in the
- [See, that's what happens when you can't deliver on time...](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/see-thats-what-happens-when-you-cant-deliver-on-time/) - Fedex cancels A380 order. They're opting for 777s instead after Airbus accumulates delays; UPS, on the other hand, will be keeping the planes, because as we all know it doesn't matter to UPS when or even if the package ever gets there anyway...
- [You know, with all this moronic shit and the DHS's well-known massive incompetence, you're better off avoiding the USA altogether.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/you-know-with-all-this-moronic-shit-and-the-dhss-well-known-massive-incompetence-youre-better-off-avoiding-the-usa-altogether/) - New regulations will require passengers to/from the USA to be "cleared" before they're allowed to enter a plane that might cross US airspace, even if they're leaving. No-fly lists were such a rousing success that the DHS is expanding on the concept! Now if someone could only hack the names "george bush" and "kip hawley"
- [Random death and dismemberment that can occur years after hostilities are just so much more fun!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/just-because-random-death-and-dismemberment-that-can-occur-years-after-hostilities-are-just-so-much-more-fun/) - US, UK trying to destroy anti-cluster-bomb pact. Given the fact that their munitions stand a 25% chance of not exploding when they're used, but rather stay on the ground waiting for some kid to get himself killed or maimed when he picks it up thinking it's a toy, can there be a civilized excuse for
- [O King George we beseech that you and your pretorian guards protect us from these n******!](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/o-king-george-we-beseech-that-you-and-your-pretorian-guards-protect-us-from-these-n/) - Vote Republican or black men will rape your white women! It doesn't say that in words -- a picture is much more powerful. And repugnant. In a move that makes you smell their desperation all the way from Canada the GOP appeals to the white supremacist vote in New York state, but you know, somehow
- [The worst part is, he's said to be 'still growing'.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/the-worst-part-is-hes-said-to-be-still-growing/) - World's tallest man is a 8'4" Ukrainian veterinarian. He'd 33, 440 pounds, but looks like a man of average build -- just scaled up by about 33%.
- ['While Jesus was appallingly lax in neglecting to mention His disgust with homosexuality, He did take Republicans (for some reason, called Pharisees back then) to task for being hypocrites'](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/while-jesus-was-appallingly-lax-in-neglecting-to-mention-his-disgust-with-homosexuality-he-did-take-republicans-for-some-reason-called-pharisees-back-then-to-task-for-being-hypocrites/) - Betty Bowers of Landover Baptist takes on the Ted Haggard sex scandal. If "the only difference between [Haggard] and George Bush is that Bush drives a Ford and [Haggard] drive[s] a Chevy"... well, never mind, I don't want to know.
- [Tony's Track of the Day -- 11/04/06](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/tonys-track-of-the-day-110406/) - Gone Daddy Gone by Gnarls Barkley. Clever video!
- ['I am X, and I approve this message.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/i-am-x-and-i-approve-this-message/) - Political ads in 2006, according to Mark Fiore. You have to admit, he's got a point.
- ["From you, all right? I learned it by watching you!"](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/from-you-all-right-i-learned-it-by-watching-you/) - The US government deliberately publicly posted documents showing how to make a nuclear device. So, if Iran does come up with the bomb, it's most likely to be based on the information contained in those documents. In the 1980s the US and other countries sold Saddam the means to build the WMDs it later used
- [Against all odds Microsoft starts listening to its customers.](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/against-all-odds-microsoft-starts-listening-to-its-customers/) - Windows backs down on draconian new Vista transfer limitations. I think this might be related to a few stories floating about stating that nearly 30% of tech-savvy XP users would consider switching to Linux instead of Vista as XP support for new features begins to fade, largely due to Vista's very stringent license limitations. Mind
- [Tony's Track of the day -- 11/01/06](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/tonys-track-of-the-day-110106/) - Reason is Treason by Kasabian. I love the video for this one.
- ['Not everyone appearing in this column is a deranged cross-dressing sociopath. Let me know if you find one and I'll strangle him with my bra. Man, 56.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/11/not-everyone-appearing-in-this-column-is-a-deranged-cross-dressing-sociopath-let-me-know-if-you-find-one-and-ill-strangle-him-with-my-bra-man-56/) - Eccentric singles ads from the London Review of Books. Some of these are quite witty!
- [If you've ever criticized George W. Bush in any way, his former speechwriter would like you to know that he 'hates your lying guts'.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/if-youve-ever-criticized-george-w-bush-in-any-way-his-former-speechwriter-would-like-you-to-know-that-he-hates-your-lying-guts/) - Paul Burgess goes stark raving mad with right-wing fury and ejaculates this incoherent editorial in a Virginia paper. I'm surprised that such a hackish berk could even get a job as a speech-writer for a dog-catcher, but then in the Bush Administration standards have terribly fallen.
- [Alienware reviewers: your review better be fawning, or else...](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/alienware-reviewers-your-review-better-be-fawning-or-else/) - Alienware threatens to cut off hardware trials if your review of their products isn't positive enough. You know, when Dell bought Alienware people were a little skeptical of whether AW would truly remain a premium, high-performance brand or just fade into the "slightly better than usual" pool of vendors. Well evidently if you have to
- [It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/its-not-who-votes-that-counts-its-who-counts-the-votes/) - A famous quote by Joseph Stalin, who reminds us that the Soviet Union had elections too! Enjoy these anti-Diebold posters, even as Florida voting machines have already started doing their darndest to turn votes for Democrats into votes for Republicans.
- [Kids first... adults for dessert.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/kids-first-adults-for-dessert/) - Actual, real Virginia CTHLHU license plate. You can pray to be eaten first, but clearly unless you're a kid you're just gonna have to wait. I think H.P. Lovecraft would probably be amused.
- [Ebay: the magic money machine.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/ebay-the-magic-money-machine/) - Man turns $1 bill into over $11 on Ebay. Literally. I'm guessing that the buyer of said dollar bill isn't a member of mensa.
- [Could this be the 'mother of Rover'?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/could-this-be-the-mother-of-rover/) - Strange gelatinous ball found in the sea off the Norwegian coast. Apparently The Village might be located in a nearby fjord after all...
- [Ever wonder how porn actresses remember their lines?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/ever-wonder-how-porn-actresses-remember-their-lines/) - Porn dialogue cue cards (YouTube, with porn-y sounds). Really, it's too much dialogue to just keep in memory.
- [Let the dismantling of everything that made YouTube fun continue.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/let-the-dismantling-of-everything-that-made-youtube-fun-continue/) - YouTube yanks Daily Show, Colbert clips. In a couple of years you won't find anything of interest there -- just a bunch of insipid videocasts by bored, angsty 14-year-olds (not that there's anything wrong with that; whatever floats your boat). if I were a Google investor I'd be very pissed at the directors for having
- [Maybe she contracted a case of, oh, what's the name of that disease, the one Reagan got...](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/maybe-she-contracted-a-case-of-oh-whats-the-name-of-that-disease-the-one-reagan-got/) - When appearing as a memory expert in court, you might want to remember whether or not you've met the prosecutor before, and things you wrote in published books and papers. Otherwise you look like a bloody idiot in court, and risk damaging your own reputation as a memory expert.
- [Security by deniability: impressions of Vista security](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/security-by-deniability-impressions-of-vista-security/) - Ryan S. at 37signals put it best when it comes to Windows Vista: "windows in general has been like a confused and slow person. vista is like a person who lost their meds and is trying their best to ignore the voices" There's a lot of brouhaha out there about how Vista is "the most
- [Secret CIA torture flights: their existence is only the tip of the iceberg.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/secret-cia-torture-flights-their-existence-is-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/) - CIA tried to silence the EU on torture flights since 2002 (and succeeded, if partially). If you ever got the impression that heads of states play with people's lives like they were pawn on a chessboard, well, it looks like you're right pretty much universally. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark world, apparently.
- [The beatings will continue until morale improves.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/the-beatings-will-continue-until-morale-improves/) - Russians scientists discover a cure for depression: whipping. Applied to the buttocks. Preferably by a member of the opposite sex. Call me a skeptic, but I get the idea that this guy's "research" included a happy ending, if you get my drift... still, who am I to judge?
- [How self-conflicted are you?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/how-self-conflicted-are-you/) - The Philosophical Health Check from The Philosopher's Magazine. An interesting, short quiz that checks up on inconsistencies (or "tensions") in one's beliefs. It's non-sectarian, and admittedly in a couple of instances it fails to distinguish between the taker's opinion and his/her view of objective truth, but it's otherwise pretty neat.
- [But what if they'd built a wooden badger?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/but-what-if-theyd-built-a-wooden-badger/) - Deploying a Trojan Horse today. Those wacky Aussies!
- [That MySpace sh*t is getting ridiculous.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/that-myspace-sht-is-getting-ridiculous/) - Man beats, bites and chokes ex-girlfriend after she de-friends him in MySpace. With picture of said "God's gift to women" as a bonus. Oh well, who knew that a Fox property could do so much damage? On second thought, never mind.
- [Man bites dog, car drives you, and... this?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/man-bites-dog-car-drives-you-and-this/) - Towel Incident at the Westin Tokyo. An exceedingly bizarre tale of travellers who had their personal towels taken (one assumes, inadvertently) by Tokyo hotel staff, and the hilarity that ensues.
- [So, you think YOUR password is hard to crack?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/so-you-think-your-password-is-hard-to-crack/) - MIT Realm Kerberos accounts require a 18770-character password, apparently. If you're afraid you'll forget it, just pick a novel and make the whole thing -- not just the title -- your login. Then retype the entire thing in the password field when you want to log in!
- [A special comment from the man with the biggest balls in the American news industry.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/a-special-comment-from-the-man-with-the-biggest-balls-on-american-television/) - Tonight's special comment by Keith Olbermann. Other newsmen may be thinking the very same thing, but none of them will have the courage to say it.
- [Warner Brothers: today's worst persons in the world.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/warner-brothers-todays-worst-persons-in-the-world/) - Warner Brothers promises, then reneges on, prosthetics for amputees who agree to be extras in film. What scum sucking pigs. Typical fucking Hollywood studios. If a movie ever warranted a complete and utter boycott, this is it.
- [Why you should think twice before uploading anything to YouTube.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/why-you-should-think-twice-before-uploading-anything-to-youtube/) - YouTube narc'ed to Paramount lawyers. The internet is not your friend (or a truck).
- [Funny fact of the day](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/funny-fact-of-the-day/) - There is such a thing as a proper Cleveland Steamer. Jokers and Urban Dictionary aficionados please take note.
- [YouTube: let the sucking begin.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/youtube-let-the-sucking-begin/) - YouTube nixes 30,000 Japanese videos in the start of what is sure to be referred to as their post-buyout "blows chunks" period.
- [You're not allowed to try and figure out what's wrong with Vista, according to the EULA.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/youre-not-allowed-to-try-and-figure-out-whats-wrong-with-vista-according-to-the-eula/) - Microsoft's new war against problem-solving. Observe article 4 of the Microsoft End-User License Agreement for Windows Vista... it effectively prohibits you from trying to find out how to live with the software's assuredly many bugs, which may actually be intentionally placed there by Microsoft as "digital rights management". It's frankly sad and pathetic. Why would
- [Drogba for the win... again!](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/drogba-for-the-win-again/) - Hilario-ity ensues as the Chelsea third-string goalkeeper hands Barcelona a clean sheet. They are now solidly in command of Group A and eager to meet Barcelona again on the 31st. Go Blues!!
- [Tony's track of the day for October 17 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-october-17-2006/) - So What by Miles Davis & John Coltrane. Smokin' hot jazz for a cold-ish day.
- [You wouldn't put up with that crap in real life. Why would it be different for entertainment media?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/you-wouldnt-put-up-with-that-crap-in-real-life-why-would-it-be-different-for-entertainment-media/) - A real-world DRM. Just say no to crippleware like Windows Media Player.
- [Tony's track of the day for Friday 13th October 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-friday-13th-october-2006/) - Hobo humpin' slobo babe by Whale. A Swedish rock piece from the mid-90s today. Enjoy it while it's still on YouTube, because that may not last...
- [Next time, he'll try it adding another 10 people in tow blowing air horns.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/next-time-hell-try-it-adding-another-10-people-in-tow-blowing-air-horns/) - Man crosses from Mexico into Texas unsupervised... with three elephants and a mariachi band in tow. Perhaps the US border really IS as porous as everyone says it is.
- [She's going to need a tiny little saddle and perhaps a small monkey rider.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/shes-going-to-need-a-tiny-little-saddle-and-perhaps-a-small-monkey-rider/) - Here's the world's smallest horse. Posed here for a photo that's nothing short of brilliant...
- [Google CodeSearch: a cracking tool?](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/google-codesearch-a-cracking-tool/) - Here's a Google CodeSearch for a common file used on thousands of blogs and which contains extremely sensitive information. This file defines the database credentials for a Wordpress blog -- information that definitely should never EVER be made public. Didn't the people behind codesearch think about these things before the release?
- [48. I may not use public masturbation as a tool to demonstrate a flaw in a command decision.](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/48-i-may-not-use-public-masturbation-as-a-tool-to-demonstrate-a-flaw-in-a-command-decision/) - 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The US Army. Well, Skippy and everyone else in uniform, and it probably shouldn't be assumed that these things were OK before...
- [Tony's Track of the Day for October 2nd 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/10/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-october-2nd-2006/) - Sly by Massive Attack. A great lounge-y track from the Bristol band.
- [Tony's track of the day for September 28, 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-september-28-2006/) - Flashdance by Deep Dish. Yeah, it looks kinda odd -- two tracks from the same album, in a row. Still, George is On is a very good album, and the tune itself is really catchy.
- [Tony's track of the day for September 26, 2006](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/tonys-track-of-the-day-for-september-26-2006/) - Sacramento by Deep Dish. I've been using my Rio Karma more since I started bussing to work, I have 20 gig of music on shuffle and sometimes I hear a groovy tune that makes my day. Today, this was the tune.
- [Here lies a true victim of God's sadistic streak.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/here-lies-a-true-victim-of-gods-sadistic-streak/) - Thomas L. Cook, 1952-2006. Think your life was tough? Just be thankful you weren't that guy, whose life was so beset with misfortune as to be funny in a pathetic way.
- [It was a bit windy around Montreal today...](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/it-was-a-bit-windy-around-montreal-today/) - Today I decided to walk around the Plateau Mont-Royal area with my camera, looking for photo material. It was windy, though, very windy indeed. How windy was it? Well, if you own a copper Toyota with the license 554 CRN and you were parked near Mount-Royal, you just had a very bad day indeed (shocking
- [Using Windows Media Player? You are sooooooo screwed!](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/using-windows-media-player-you-are-sooooooo-screwed/) - Microsoft Media Player shreds your rights. You can't transfer your content licenses from one device to another anymore, you can't play TiVo content more than 3 days old, you can't even play music you ripped from your own CDs anymore. Let's face it, Micro$haft has officially become the thug that's there to enforce the rights
- [You can almost hear the Empire theme, but done on a children's xylophone.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/you-can-almost-hear-the-empire-theme-but-done-on-a-childrens-xylophone/) - Behold the Death Star of the Hello Kitty empire! Chapman-san brings you the scoop, and a couple of links to HK stuff you might not have heard about yet. And puns.
- [System Administrator Observations](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/system-administrator-observations/) - The downside of running very effective spam controls on one's own mail server is the realization of how little email you receive is actually real and addressed to you...
- [You don't have to be Caucasian to make racist statements.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/you-dont-have-to-be-caucasian-to-make-racist-statements/) - Here is Jan Wong's controversial editorial that earned her rebukes ranging from the St-Jean-Baptiste Society to the Conservative Government. Indeed her anti-Quebec tirade is crass, self-serving, ill-placed, and frankly serves no purpose but to advance a -- let's face it -- racist agenda, and she should be shamed for it, perhaps just like the Chinese
- ['If you are a 13-year-old girl, do not expect that the bad publicity in the past has made us hesitant to sue little girls—it has only made us hate you even more.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/if-you-are-a-13-year-old-girl-do-not-expect-that-the-bad-publicity-in-the-past-has-made-us-hesitant-to-sue-little-girls-it-has-only-made-us-hate-you-even-more/) - A typical RIAA threat letter. The real ones don't actually use those words, but the meaning is unmistakeable!
- [Obviously a man on a murder-suicide spree is going to be straightened out by 'tougher laws'.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/obviously-a-man-on-a-murder-suicide-spree-is-going-to-be-straightened-out-by-tougher-laws/) - PM Harper to take a look at unspecified 'tougher laws' in wake of shooting. What laws? he doesn't know. Of course that doesn't prevent him from rehashing the old right-wing claptrap about "being tough" when he clearly doesn't have much of a grasp of the situation he's trying to address. You know, at least under
- [The Opposite of Usability.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/the-opposite-of-usability/) - I am having the most aggravating time dealing with Videotron right now. Videotron is the television cable monopoly provider here in Montreal, for those who don't know; and really, for people like me who don't have either a private home or an apartment with a balcony facing South, they are the entertainment monopoly that has
- [A more direct link to the Reuters pic...](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/a-more-direct-link-to-the-reuters-pic/) - Steppin' out. Whoever is in charge of handling Bush's public demeanor is obviously out to lunch these days, or just plain on drugs. You'd think Laura would know better than to join him in this faux-pas, but you'd be wrong.
- [Once again President Bush sends a clear and unambiguous message.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/the-president-in-a-rare-moment-of-candor/)
- [If you had the maid coming in tomorrow, better cancel and have her come Wednesday instead.](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/if-you-had-the-maid-coming-in-tomorrow-better-cancel-and-have-her-come-wednesday-instead/) - The world will end because of nuclear war starting on Tuesday 9/12/06! Sure, doomsday rants have been said before, but then Yisrayl Hawkins is apparently not your average crackpot (which, I guess, makes him a special crackpot!). Not everyone agrees of course. Some people poo-poo the whole thing and say it's merely a diversion to
- ['Well, I guess Gary Condit's relieved...'](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/well-i-guess-gary-condits-relieved/) - No matter how overwhelming an event is it will always be discussed by individuals with their own point of view that may tend towards making fun of tragedy ('gallows humor') or simply refuse to let outside events take precedence over their own personal concerns. On September 7th, 2002 Salon.com ran a featured called Forbidden Thoughts
- [So you're saying that 12 x 0 equals less than 1 x 1? How revolutionary!](https://clevershark.com/2006/09/so-youre-saying-that-12-x-0-equals-less-than-1-x-1-how-revolutionary/) - The Idiocy of Crowds. It turns out that collaboration and groupthink have no inherent efficiency and that a single competent individual produces better work than a stable-full of people with less knowledge... a development that many are calling "obvious". Hell, anyone who's ever been to a meeting populated by yes-men and time-wasting boardroom jockeys already
- [So, like, did we travel back in time to 1986?!?](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/so-like-did-we-travel-back-in-time-to-1986/) - Despite claims to the contrary the US negociated with and surrendered to the demands of Middle-East kidnappers who took two journalists hostage. Normally the hostages would have been left to rot, but this Administration pulls out all stops for the employees of its unofficial propaganda arm, a.k.a. Fox News Channel. I wonder if Shrub will
- ['And on our next programme, we'll be looking at Italians.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/and-on-our-next-programme-well-be-looking-at-italians/) - Look Around You. A brilliant multi-episode parody of English pop-science shows from the 60s and 70s, made by the BBC, which is probably also responsible for a lot of the shows that are parodied.
- [I hear these guys are now working on a 'watching paint dry' site, too.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/i-hear-these-guys-are-now-working-on-a-watching-paint-dry-site-too/) - Watching Grass Grow. No, not even *that* kind of grass, just the stuff on a lawn. May be good viewing if you've had too much coffee this morning.
- [Should I drop BBC Canada?](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/should-i-drop-bbc-canada/) - I've had BBC Canada in my channel lineup for the past year, but it may be time for it to go. The problem is the reason why I signed up for the channel in the first place, Top Gear. Don't get me wrong, it's a very good car show and great fun to watch, but
- [That's a whole 'nother kind of 'snake on a plane'.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/thats-a-whole-nother-kind-of-snake-on-a-plane/) - You can now take up to 4 ounces of KY Jelly on American airliners again. It appears the terrorists haven't completely won after all!
- [On the plus side, this means less demand for air conditioning.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/on-the-plus-side-this-means-less-demand-for-air-conditioning/) - You gotta hand it to Ryan Air -- they have a sense of humor about the new UK security measures. Now you can clearly see who's "first class" and who's "coach", if you know what I mean.
- [Filthy book-on-book action!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/filthy-book-on-book-action/) - Hot Library Smut! for the bibliophile in you. I'm glad to see that my particular favorite (Trinity College, Dublin) is there. Not that there isn't already plenty of book porn on the internet! Just look at all these books living in sin on that bookshelf, some of them without as much as a dustcover! Some
- ['The clue is in the title. It's not that difficult.'](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/the-clue-is-in-the-title-its-not-that-difficult/) - John Cleese on real football vs. American football. Brought to you by the letter 'C'... for creativity!
- [Now I can generate that 21st-century mission statement I've always wanted!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/now-i-can-generate-that-21st-century-mission-statement-ive-always-wanted/) - The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator. Dazzle the VCs with incomprehensible gobbledigook littered all over your business plan!
- [If you like 'em long in the tooth, these bawdy girls deliver!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/if-you-like-em-long-in-the-tooth-these-bawdy-girls-deliver/) - Golden Girls Gone Wild! From the puppet animation show The Wrong Coast.
- [Finally, a site that performs this essential service.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/finally-a-site-that-performs-this-essential-service/) - Is it Friday? A web site that delivers exactly what it promises.
- [64-bit Linux Answers to Adobe Foot-Dragging.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/64-bit-linux-answers-to-adobe-foot-dragging/) - Tired of being shut out of discussion about the YouTube or Google video flavor of the week because Adobe won't get off its butt and release a 64-bit Flash player? Despair not! for there are in fact solutions to your dilemma. I will show you how to access those those videos without having to drop
- [Ubuntu Linux on an HP zv6100 Laptop](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/ubuntu-linux-on-an-hp-zv6100-laptop/) - Every couple of years I like to get myself a new laptop. This helps me stay on top of new developments in that area, and of course it's usually much better-performing and feature-packed than the old one. This time is no exception. The Hardware I was looking around for a long time before I settled
- [If you don't pay they send Badz-Maru around to break your legs.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/if-you-dont-pay-they-send-badz-maru-around-to-break-your-legs/) - There's a Hello Kitty platinum credit card now. You can buy lots of cute stuff and get into cute debt with it!
- [What terror alert?](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/what-terror-alert/) - Foiled plot not getting in the way of Blair vacation. Don't you find it interesting that a terror super-plot claimed to be "imminent" in the press isn't even considered grounds for the British PM to cut short his vacation and return home? Is Tony blair taking vacation tips from George W. Bush now?
- [That is what happens when the tail wags the dog.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/that-is-what-happens-when-the-tail-wags-the-dog/) - There's a whole lot less to last week's terror arrests than most media reports would lead you to believe. There is in fact no evidence that an attack was imminent; there had been no purchase of plane tickets, and many in the group didn't even have passports. British authorities were confident that what was needed
- ['Say, John, while you're here, can I pop by your office around five-ish to kiss your ass until it's soda-cracker white?'](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/say-john-while-youre-here-can-i-pop-by-your-office-around-five-ish-to-kiss-your-ass-until-its-soda-cracker-white/) - Truth in Advertising. They say things in a much prettier way, but deep down inside you know that's what they really mean... and it's not just in the advertising world either.
- [Oh my Lord Allelujah!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/oh-my-lord-allelujah/) - Woman busted smuggling cocaine into prison stashed in Bibles. As it turns out she was very familiar with the heretofore-unknown "Book of Pablo".
- [Snakes!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/snakes/) - All your snakes are belong to us. A new twist on an old internet meme.
- [The antitrust fight of the century?](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/the-antitrust-fight-of-the-century/) - The fight for processor dominance enters the courtroom. Well, not literally, not for another 18 months, but it'll be interesting to see how this lawsuit will change the way business is done in the IT industry.
- [Canonigos greens: now with extra protein!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/canonigos-greens-now-with-extra-protein/) - Real or Photoshopped? These delicious vegetables look a little less appetizing than the company intended.
- [So cute!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/so-cute/) - Photos of tiny animals on fingers. A Flickr photo-set, via Boingboing.
- [I need to add a 'this is pretty fucking sad' category for things like this.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/i-need-to-add-a-this-is-pretty-fucking-sad-category-for-things-like-this/) - Almost a third of Americans don't remember what year 9/11 happened in. This just leaves me speechless.
- [All your cars are belong to us.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/all-your-cars-are-belong-to-us/) - Hoboken robotic garage holding cars hostages. That's what happens when you f*ck with the IT staff...
- [And to think, it's still a minor for three more years.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/and-to-think-its-still-a-minor-for-three-more-years/) - The web turns 15 today. Precocious little scamp, isn't it?
- [No one ever suspects the butterfly (larvae).](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/no-one-ever-suspects-the-butterfly-larvae/) - Parts of Sweden are overrun with caterpillars. Warning: a little gross. I used to see something like this when living on the South Shore of Montreal -- every year in May the building I lived in would be swarmed by unidentified flying insects. I guess I should count myself lucky that they didn't spin cocoons
- [Only in Japan...](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/only-in-japan/) - Introducing the Mitsubishi i Hello Kitty edition. Not for the subtle. It's been reported that simply climbing in this car will kill all the testosterone in your body.
- [Who says shopping has to be a tedious experience?](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/who-says-shopping-has-to-be-a-tedious-experience/) - Amusing things to do in big-box stores. Never be bored shopping again!
- [419 great information resources :o)](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/419-great-information-resources-o/) - A wealth of resources on the various permutations of the 419 scam. Remember, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and no one will give you millions of dollars just for the use of your bank account. Don't be a sucker.
- [A new twist on the "419" scam idea.](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/a-new-twist-on-the-419-scam-idea/) - I received this in my inbox today. I have fairly strict spam checking, so I was surprised that this fell through the filters. Anyway, it's basically a 419 scam, where someone is promised a certain amount of money for helping someone else retrieve a larger amount of money. For those who are wondering why it's
- [Hare-raising graphics!](https://clevershark.com/2006/08/hare-raising-graphics/) - The essence of rabbit. No, it's not a flavoring for soup, but a surprisingly large mandala made out of bunny cartoons.
- [And by 'unsubstantiated' we literally mean that there is no substance there. Really.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/and-by-unsubstantiated-we-literally-mean-that-there-is-no-substance-there-really/) - There's much less to the UK's recent terror trials than the prosecution cares to admit. From the fictitious "red mercury" to the non-existent ricin behind the "ricin plot" of a couple of years ago, it seems that anti-terror busts in the UK are just as, well, "substantial" as the ones held in the US.
- [Nowadays the trains just zoom through 'em.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/nowadays-the-trains-just-zoom-through-em/) - Disused stations of the London Underground. Which, as we all know from "A fish called Wanda", is not a terrorist organization.
- [The "no such thing as bad publicity" dynamic might be at play here.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/the-no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity-dynamic-might-be-at-play-here/) - The Conservative Party of Canada is under fire for its (non-) position on the war in Lebanon, so what's a party to do? Ask their contributors to send in more money, of course!
- [And you thought North American political campaigns were nasty.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/and-you-thought-north-american-political-campaigns-were-nasty/) - Congo politicians denies charges of cannibalism. He also promises to devour defeat political opponents at the polls.
- [This has to be the biggest collection of Darwin Award candidate photos yet!](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/this-has-to-be-the-biggest-collection-of-darwin-award-candidate-photos-yet/) - The US Naval Safety Center's safety photo collection. You have got to check these out... and wonder how some of the dumbasses in these pictures actually survived, perhaps to breed incredible stupidity into a whole new generation of humans.
- [I don't have a joke for this, frankly.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/i-dont-have-a-joke-for-this-frankly/) - Here's a graphical representation of the body count for the current conflict in the Lebanon. Hopefully this will stop before they run out of people to kill.
- [Someone clogged his inbox.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/someone-clogged-his-inbox/) - A Russian spammer gets his due. Maybe I should send a link to this story to people who send me spam.
- [Map to the famous "crossroads" not included.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/map-to-the-famous-crossroads-not-included/)
- [Sure, if "neutral" means "openly one-sided".](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/sure-if-neutral-means-openly-one-sided/) - MacKay: Canada has not abandoned its traditional role as a mediator and neutral voice in foreign affairs. He also stated that PM Harper has taken "a very independent sovereign decision" to completely agree with whatever George Bush said.
- [Still, the service is, er, "highly personalized".](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/still-the-service-is-er-highly-personalized/) - Air Torture. No fares, no paperwork, no one's any the wiser.
- [On the other hand it does lead to late-night snacking and TV watching.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/on-the-other-hand-it-does-lead-to-late-night-snacking-and-tv-watching/) - Scientific studies indicate that marijuana is not a so-called "gateway drug", nor will it by itself lead to lung cancer. Another blow to the failed, faith-based drug policies of nearly all the world (except Holland).
- [Does this mean that just anyone can use the courts to implement their own extortion schemes?](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/does-this-mean-that-just-anyone-can-use-the-courts-to-implement-their-own-extortion-schemes/) - EFF counsel explains the RIAA's legal strategy. Remember, every penny you spend on big-label CDs helps these assholes, so let them know you won't stand for their bullying tactics by not buying their crap.
- [It does in fact take over 35 Starbucks Grandes, or over 246 cans of Jolt Cola.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/it-does-in-fact-take-over-35-starbucks-grandes/) - Death by Caffeine. Find out how many of your favorite caffeinated drink it would take before you died of coffee poisoning. Brought to you by people who probably have too much time on their hands.
- [Much-needed good news for the diabetic.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/much-needed-good-news-for-the-diabetic/) - Calgary firm makes insulin out of GM safflower oil. One acre of the safflower could be used to treat 2500 people for a whole year! This is great news in North America, where late-onset diabetes is expected to rise dramatically due to obesity.
- [So, what does my 3-venti-a-day habit really mean?](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/so-what-does-my-3-venti-a-day-habit-really-mean/) - How much caffeine is in your drink? Don't waste money on those Vivarin pills, just go to Starbucks...
- ["Suffer the children" doesn't mean what these people think it means.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/suffer-the-children-doesnt-mean-what-these-people-think-it-means/) - New Zealand "Christian" group publishes pamphlet instructing parents to beat their children. I wonder if the group also proposes a similar manual for men whose wives are "getting all uppity" and "forgetting their place".
- [Always look on the bright side of life!](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life/) - Profiting from 9/11. I guess God never closes a door without opening a window.
- [The German newspaper actually calls it a "love attack".](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/the-german-newspaper-actually-calls-it-a-love-attack/) - US President Bush puts the moves on German Chancellor Angela Merkl. With bonus "WTF" expression on Merkl's face.
- [Everyone's going to laugh until they come up with a Cialis ice cream that stays hard all weekend.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/everyones-going-to-laugh-until-they-come-up-with-a-cialis-ice-cream-that-stays-hard-all-weekend/) - They have strange ice cream flavors in Hungary. Obviously the blue ice cream is not available as, er, soft serve.
- [I don't really understand the thing with the underwear though.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/i-dont-really-understand-the-thing-with-the-underwear-though/) - A scene from the Warsaw Fashion Week. I don't know what she's selling, but I have this irresistible urge to buy it.
- [And that's how the Experts Exchange people got flooded with questions about hormones.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/and-thats-how-the-experts-exchange-people-got-flooded-with-questions-about-hormones/) - The top 10 worst company domain names. You've probably seen those before -- and most of them aren't reachable anymore -- but they're still good for a laugh. Especially that Pen Island one.
- [Japan photos part 2 & move](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/japan-photos-part-2-move/) - The second set of Japan photos has been put online. These photos were taken during a trip to the island of Miyajima (near Hiroshima) in May 2006. I've also moved the files for the first collection (Kyoto and Nara) to Flickr, which really is much better than Picasa Web at this point, so you'll want
- [Honestly, didn't anyone think that a book titled "My big book of pretty pussies" could be mistaken for something else?](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/honestly-didnt-anyone-think-that-a-book-titled-the-big-book-of-pretty-pussies-could-be-mistaken-for-something-else/) - Found Porn. None of the things shown here is porn in any way... but they look like it could be.
- [Juggalos gone wild.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/juggalos-gone-wild/) - Clown-faced robbers rampage in Seattle. Whoever thought that fans of a band called the Insane Clown Posse could possibly be violent and unreasonable?
- [Moving to Wordpress...](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/moving-to-wordpress/) - You may have noticed a few subtle changes in the site already. Well, these are due to my putting aside my own blog software and switching to Wordpress for my main blog. There are a number of reasons why I did, but mostly it had to do with having a user registration system as well
- [Communism makes it funny!](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/communism-makes-it-funny/) - Laughing Under the Covers, a collection of Soviet-era Russian (mostly) jokes.
- [I wonder if the people on the tour got refunds.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/whale-watchers-in-norway-get-more-than-they-bargained-for/) - Whale-watchers in Norway get more than they bargained for. I can just imagine the look on the tourists' faces when the whalers started hauling the catch on board...
- [Exclusive World Cup footage!](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/the-italian-team-prepares-for-todays-match/) - The Italian team prepares for today's match. Gotta love that hidden camera footage :-)
- [If your staff is sending you a whole internet, don't be surprised if it takes a while to get there.](https://clevershark.com/2006/07/why-sen-ted-stevens-r-ak-is-against-net-neutrality/) - Why Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) is against net neutrality. This beggars belief. Is Stevens suffering from senile dementia, or is he just a complete moron? You decide.
- [Médecins sans éthiques.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/do-no-harm/) - Do no harm? How US military medics are facilitating torture and worse.
- [Still, it's not as good as Bonsai Kitty.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/bored-today-watch-this-must-see-video-of-a-cat-climbing-into-and-out-of-a-glass-bottle/) - Bored today? Watch this must-see video of a cat climbing into and out of a glass bottle. Cats: not just evil but crafty as well!
- [Japan photos: first set.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/so-where-are-all-the-photos/) - So, where are all the photos? I've actually been back 3 weeks since my trip in Asia and I hadn't yet uploaded the photos to my photo site... that's mostly because the application I wrote to upload photos to it is broken these days (I changed web hosts and changed the structure of my site).
- [Today they'll annex the doghouse; tomorrow, the world!](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/hitler-cats/) - Hitler cats. A site featuring pictures of cats that look like Adolf Hitler. I guess they have web sites for everything these days.
- [Good news, everyone!](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/good-news-everyone/) - Futurama is coming back in 2008! This time it's for real.
- [Makes sense to me.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/microsoft-workers-prefer-google/) - Microsoft workers prefer... Google. Can you trust a salesman who won't eat his own dog food?
- [It's like asking a car salesman if you should buy that new coupe.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/the-dark-and-questionable-world-of-computer-malware-research/) - The dark and questionable world of computer malware research. When one thinks about it, does it really make any sense to completely trust information on malware that's published solely by companies that know they can make a buck by selling you the cure to the problems they discover? Wouldn't it make perfect business sense to
- ['Creativity' is not a trait I particularly want to see in an elections officer.](https://clevershark.com/2006/06/ohio-was-as-dirty-an-election-as-america-has-ever-seen/) - 'Ohio was as dirty an election as America has ever seen.' How George W. Bush stole the White House in 2004.
- [Amir Tofangsazan's unintentional blog.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/if-youre-going-to-rip-someone-off-on-ebay-by-selling-them-a-broken-laptop-make-sure-you-wipe-the-hard-disk/) - If you're going to rip someone off on eBay by selling them a broken laptop, make sure you wipe the hard disk. Ah, the common con artist held to ridicule... a classic web story.
- [The Saddest Museum in the World](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/the-saddest-museum-in-the-world/) - I know I mentioned as recently as yesterday that I wouldn't be writing anything here, but something has happened since to make me rethink that idea. I think of myself as a fairly tough guy; I keep a lot of things to myself without showing much emotion at all. Yet sometimes even people like me
- [You can almost see the tumbleweeds going by...](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/you-can-almost-see-the-tumbleweeds-going-by/) - Indeed not much has been going on here recently... the reason is that I'm on vacation in Asia. So far I'm really enjoying Japan generally and Kyoto in particular; tomorrow it's Hiroshima, then Tokyo for four days, then the Taiwanese capital Taipei. Let's face it, I'd rather go sight-seeing and picture-taking than staying in my
- [That cough is merely your body's way of saying "hey, this smog is good for me".](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/oil-industry-think-tank-puts-out-pro-co2-tv-ad/) - Oil industry think-tank puts out pro-CO2 TV ad. Don't miss their next ad: "Cyanide: tastier than you think".
- [5 years later...](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/5-years-later/) - I was thinking about this last night: the first PHP version of this site appeared just about 5 years ago. I'd been laid off by my former employer about a month previously, and had decided to use my free time for something constructive (for a change). That's when I got into PHP, a hobby that
- [Cognitive dissonance at its very best.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/is-karl-rove-smoking-crack/) - Is Karl Rove smoking crack? Maybe not, but anyone who actually believes his bullshit certainly is.
- [Reach out and wiretap someone.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/the-us-national-security-agency-has-a-database-listing-all-phone-calls-made-since-late-2001/) - The US National Security Agency has a database listing all phone calls made since late 2001. And guess who was in charge of that program -- the man picked by George W. Bush to be CIA director. If you think the warrantless eavesdropping thing was a big deal, the Bush Administration wants to tell you
- [Nice company you have here! It'd be a shame if anything happened to it...](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/finding-it-harder-to-flog-their-wares-microsoft-turns-to-intimidation-and-coercion-to-force-companies-into-signing-long-term-open-ended-consulting-contracts/) - Finding it harder to flog their wares, Microsoft turns to intimidation and coercion to force companies into signing long-term open-ended consulting contracts. It's apparently all part of a grand strategy too... as an open-source kind of guy I'm always amazed at the amount of crap companies will put up with from Microsoft. And for what,
- [A free surprise inside every barrel!](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/whats-worse-than-finding-a-worm-in-an-apple-drinking-a-barrel-of-rum-with-your-buddies-and-finding-a-corpse-at-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/) - What's worse than finding a worm in an apple? Drinking a barrel of rum with your buddies and finding a corpse at the bottom of the barrel. I'll bet the rum had a certain je ne sais quoi extra compared to the stuff you buy in bottles!
- [Free NSA case file with every census questionnaire filed online.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/count-me-out/) - Count me out. So, why is it that Canada's census operations have been outsourced to an American merchant of death? Is there any way to ensure that data entered on census forms won't be making its way straight to US government databases? There are just too many questions without answers.
- [And they say videogames never hurt anyone!](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/man-killed-by-friend-over-the-use-of-his-playstation-console/) - Man killed by friend over the use of his Playstation console. I've heard about fanboys, but that's just ridiculous!
- [Winamp 5.2: a huge leap backwards](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/winamp-52-a-huge-leap-backwards/) - I've been using Winamp for years; ever since I started using Windows-based PCs regularly in fact. I've always liked its interface, which provided the inspiration for its open-software cousin XMMS, and more recently was bowled over by the Media Library browser. It was absolutely brilliant! It was responsive and quick, offered effective search, and basically
- [The post-coital cigarettes alone will kill you.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/new-disease-discovered-that-causes-some-women-to-experience-hundreds-of-orgasms-per-day/) - New disease discovered that causes some women to experience hundreds of orgasms per day. Apparently it's not all it's cracked up to be.
- [Businesspeople lying? What's next, politicians?](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/the-5-most-common-lies-in-business/) - The 5 most common lies in business. Learn to see through the marketing-speak, and don't get fooled again.
- [UPS strikes out again... and for the last time.](https://clevershark.com/2006/05/ups-strikes-out-again-and-for-the-last-time/) - Some people say that my writing here is generally of a negative nature. I have to agree with that. Contentment is a very poor motivator for writing, in that it provides neither a compelling reason to write nor a lot to say. I like strawberries, and I was quite happy that up until a couple
- [That's why journalists should wait for confirmed reports.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/theres-a-whole-lot-less-to-that-rolling-stones-vs-george-w-bush-thing-than-youd-think/) - There's a whole lot less to that 'Rolling Stones vs. George W. Bush' thing than you'd think. The funny thing is, even Penn Jillette (the guy who does the "Bullshit!" show on Showtime) fell for that urban myth hook, line and sinker. His bullshit meter must have been in the shop that day! Check your
- [Dude, I'm healthy as a... er... man, I could eat a horse right about now.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/marijuana-is-medically-useful-whether-politicians-like-it-or-not/) - Marijuana is medically useful, whether politicians like it or not A rare sensible look at the issue of medical cannabis by a source that can hardly be described as "a bunch of hysterical lefties"...
- [Some anti-war tract, surely written by some lefty hippie.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/war-is-a-racket/) - War is a racket. A good piece, especially keeping in mind that it was written in 1935 by the then most-decorated Marine in USMC history.
- [I'm on 'Seen on Slash'!](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/im-on-seen-on-slash/) - A comment of mine has made it to "Seen on Slash", also known as the "Best of Slashdot". Yay!
- [He should have spent a little extra for the car alarm option instead.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/beckam-keeps-getting-his-hundred-thousand-pounds-bulletproof-x5s-stolen/) - Beckam keeps getting his hundred-thousand-pounds bulletproof X5s stolen. Maybe switching to an Audi Q7 will help him keep possession of his vehicle?
- [Cue project mayhem...](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/geeks-beat-suits/) - Geeks beat suits. Don't f*ck with the people who run your mail server. You never know what they could be doing back there.
- [Next on the list, a tooth fairy memorial.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/stupid-dino-tricks/) - Stupid dino tricks. You mean that a creationism museum would be little but nonsensical proselytizing and kid-catching gimmicks? Say it isn't so!
- [Sometimes more security = less security.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/security-myths-and-passwords/) - Security Myths and Passwords. This should be a must-read for all IT managers... that "change your password every 30 days" policy could well lead to less secure passwords and more time spent resetting lost ones -- so why do it?
- [They weren't slaves, they just didn't have the balls to walk out.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/the-weirdest-news-story-of-april-3-north-carolina-men-arrested-for-running-a-slaves-dungeon-and-performing-castrations/) - The weirdest news story of April: 3 North Carolina men arrested for running a slaves dungeon and performing castrations. Apparently it was all consensual too. Ever get that "now I've seen everything" feeling?
- [They must have been downloading the tunes straight to their telephones?!](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/the-riaas-latest-brilliant-move-suing-a-family-that-doesnt-even-own-a-pc/) - The RIAA's latest brilliant move: suing a family that doesn't even own a PC. Sometimes it just seems that the record industry cartel wants to take the "world's biggest asshole" award away from Mr. Goatse.
- [Another story involving the Rectal Itch Attorneys of America (RIAA).](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/riaa-extortion-attempt-foiled-by-attentive-judge/) - RIAA extortion attempt foiled by attentive judge. The RIAA really are the scum of the earth, aren't they.
- [They should change the agency's name to "CYA".](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/cia-agent-fired-for-leaking-info-about-us-gulags-abroad-that-probably-violate-international-law/) - CIA agent fired for leaking info about US gulags abroad that probably violate international law. However, members of the Executive Branch who leak personal info outing an agent and her cover agency, potentially endangering her life and that of all her colleagues, will continue not being fired or having any disciplinary action taken against them.
- [The Dalai Lama wishes he were as patient as that guy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/things-my-girlfriend-and-i-have-argued-about/) - Things my girlfriend and I have argued about. That's the name of the site, and has nothing to do with me personally, except that I think it's hilarious... and am quite grateful I'm not the one dating this Margaret woman.
- [Are you sure there should be that many zeros before the decimal?](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/you-think-you-have-it-tough-at-tax-time-at-least-youre-not-symantec/) - You think you have it tough at tax time? At least you're not Symantec. Being told you owe your local tax authority A BILLION DOLLARS is bound to be at least a bit shocking.
- [Clearly fertility clinics aren't part of my future.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/coffee-and-porn-in-moderation-boost-fertility-in-men/) - Coffee and porn, in moderation, boost fertility in men. If that's true, I don't think that declining fertility will continue being a factor for much longer.
- [Cilantro must die! mango salsa, you're next.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/support-the-fight-against-cilantro/) - Support the fight against cilantro! At least I see I'm not the only one who hates that stuff!
- [Britney is said to be upset at hearing that she'll have competition.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/worlds-best-known-ad-firm-creates-a-girl-band-with-the-specific-and-only-intent-to-associate-it-to-marketing-campaigns/) - World's best-known ad firm creates a girl band with the specific and only intent to associate it to marketing campaigns. Is the world running so short on real bands that companies feel the need to invent new fake ones?
- [It sure beats actually developing something useful.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/how-ntp-magically-turned-20k-into-600m/) - How NTP magically turned $20k into $600m. Hire the guy who has information that could invalidate your highly questionable patent with the specification that he's legally bound not to reveal that information. ... Profit!
- [Some people would actually be better off having no style at all.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/street-style/) - Street Style. As you gaze upon these asinine and ridiculous outfits just keep in mind that somewhere in the US someone is actually wearing those clothes, in public even.
- [Cue the "12-inch ruler" jokes.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/in-case-you-were-wondering-theres-now-an-established-mathematical-formula-for-establishing-the-superiority-of-a-posterior/) - In case you were wondering, there's now an established mathematical formula for establishing the superiority of a posterior. At last! I was so tired of evaluating women's bottoms according to my own subjective standards!
- [On getting old...](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/on-getting-old/) - Last Saturday was my 35th birthday. Personally I'm not known to be one who regards this sort of thing very much; in recent years I would much rather have ignored it than anything else. I'd probably feel different if I felt I had accomplished more in my life, but that's the way it goes. This
- [Alas Sylvio, we hardly knew ye.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/berlusconi-beaten-in-italian-elections/) - Berlusconi beaten in Italian elections. Who's the coglione now, Sylvio?
- [So this is what happens when phallic enhancement surgery come up short.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/if-youre-unsatisfied-by-the-results-of-your-£5000-penis-enlargement-operation-the-next-logical-step-is-to-send-a-mail-bomb-to-your-surgeon/) - If you're unsatisfied by the results of your £5000 penis-enlargement operation, the next logical step is to send a mail bomb to your surgeon. Well done Brett Steidler! Now you're going to jail, and EVERYONE knows you have a small penis (as well as self-esteem issues).
- [Laugh if you will, but this guy fit The Right Profile.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/the-current-climate-of-paranoia-about-terrorism-will-protect-you-from-people-singing-along-to-clash-songs/) - The current climate of paranoia about terrorism will protect you!.. from people singing along to Clash songs. Mind you the world would be better off if listening to, say, Britney Spears could lead to your getting interrogated. Maybe someone should look into that.
- [Apparently "Godfather 4" will feature a Steve Ballmer look-alike, making it eligible for the "horror" section.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/microsoft-you-sell-naked-pcs-expect-a-little-visit/) - Microsoft: you sell 'naked' PCs? Expect a little visit. Redmond's goon squad strikes again... aren't there racketeering laws that are supposed to prevent this sort of behavior?
- [Listening to his master's voice.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/in-a-move-that-surprises-no-one-pm-harper-bends-once-again-to-his-american-master-and-calls-off-pot-reform/) - In a move that surprises no one, PM Harper bends once again to his American master and calls off pot reform. I guess Quebec separatists really are the only political group in Canada genuinely interested in issues of sovereignty... generally.
- [Screwed.](https://clevershark.com/2006/04/screwed/) - One thing I've always wondered is why I kept seeing, practically every day, a motorist getting pulled over by a cop literally within a stone's throw of the intersection near my highway exit. It was, as I said, almost a daily sight on my commute home. I postulated then that either I was witnessing an
- [Towards a PHP proficiency testing methodology](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/towards-a-php-proficiency-testing-methodology/) - With the rise of PHP for rapid intranet development, one sees more and more adverts recruiting PHP developers for serious development/consulting positions. One of the issues which are raised by this is that of testing. How exactly do you go about testing someone's proficiency in PHP? It's not as though PHP is taught at the
- [This story is just an excuse to get a bunch of bad puns off my chest.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/sagging-profit-margins-means-hooters-air-officially-went-tits-up-today/) - Sagging profit margins means Hooters Air officially went tits up today. Who would have thought that such a perky airline would be unable to keep things up in the air and end up going bust?
- [Going about things the wrong way.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/morissey-to-boycott-canada-over-seal-hunt/) - Morissey to boycott Canada over seal hunt. That's tragic now. Dozens of emo kids may never recover from this shock. Will he also boycott his own native UK over its involvement in the war in Iraq?..
- [Because "human coat rack" isn't in the official list of prison jobs.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/novel-reasons-to-stay-out-of-jail-unrelenting-priapism/) - Novel reasons to stay out of jail: unrelenting priapism. Well that would cause a bit of embarassment at shower time, wouldn't it.
- [All your face are belong to us.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/mpaa-opposes-bill-extending-copyright-to-individuals-who-wish-to-protect-their-own-image/) - MPAA opposes bill extending copyright to individuals who wish to protect their own image. Kinda ironic, isn't it? The movie cartel believes in copyright, except in cases where THEY are not the direct beneficiary of it. The sheer hypocrisy of it is palpable.
- [...and the Redmond trifecta is complete.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/turns-out-microsoft-office-2007-isnt-ready-either/) - Turns out Microsoft Office 2007 isn't ready either. It's a trifecta! Rough week for Steve Ballmer.
- [Things just keep getting better and better, don't they.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/microsoft-vista-just-plain-not-ready/) - Microsoft Vista just plain not ready. I'm shocked... well, you know the rest.
- [That there Vista thing doesn't look too good.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/microsoft-vista-not-people-ready/) - Microsoft Vista 'not people ready'. I'm sure that lots of people are shocked, SHOCKED! to see delays taking place there.
- [World's richest man not impressed by gadget intended for the world's poorest, wipes tears of laughter from his eyes with $100 bills.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/bill-gates-mocks-mits-100-laptop/) - Bill Gates mocks MIT's $100 laptop. I guess it goes to show you can't spell 'class' without 'ass'. Perhaps someone should inform him that not everyone lives in $20M homes with multiple T3 connections.
- [PSA: the Starforce shit list.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/do-you-want-to-keep-your-pcs-secure-dont-buy-any-of-the-products-on-this-list/) - Software you shouldn't buy. All the games listed on this page contain DRM software by a company called Starforce. This evil piece of junk continually monitors your system for "suspicious behavior" and causes your computer to be rebooted spontaneously when it thinks it has detected an attempt to bypass the game's copy control, even when
- [All hail Mullah David Alexander!](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/texans-arrested-for-being-drunk-in-a-bar/) - Texans arrested... for being drunk... in a bar. Dumbass quote of the year: '"Going to a bar is not an opportunity to go get drunk," TABC Capt. David Alexander said. "It's to have a good time but not to get drunk."' Has the Taliban merely moved from Afghanistan to Texas?..
- [Plus ça change, plus c'est pareil.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/afghan-man-to-be-executed-for-adopting-christianity-with-bonus-ironic-photo/) - Afghan man to be executed for adopting Christianity (with bonus ironic photo). Good thing the Taliban is no longer in power there. *They* would have executed him twice!
- [Sadly this is what happens when you start distributing "The Fast and the Furious" internationally.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/see-a-huge-collection-of-the-most-ridiculously-riced-up-cars-in-britain/) - See a huge collection of the most ridiculously riced-up cars in Britain. Except of course that over there they don't say "riced up", they say "chavved up", after the people who dress up, speak and think like Ali G... only for real, not for a comedy show.
- [Copyright cartel: copyright more important than human life.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/copyright-cartel-copyright-more-important-than-human-life/) - Copyright cartel: copyright more important than human life. Evidently the BSA, MPAA and RIAA have combined into a sort of federation of evil. All the more reason to buy nothing from music labels, movie studios or software companies that are part of the BSA, such as Microsoft and Adobe. Clearly they think nothing of risking
- [How many roads must a delivery man walk down...](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/how-many-roads-must-a-delivery-man-walk-down/) - I must live in the twilight zone! I seem to have no end of problems getting things delivered to my residential address in downtown Montreal. At first I thought it was just UPS drivers doing a poor job, but I just learned that an Amazon package shipped via Canada Post has been returned as "undeliverable"
- [Getting more than was promised, part 2.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/another-risk-of-clinical-drug-trials-you-could-catch-tb-from-your-fellow-participants/) - Another risk of clinical drug trials: you could catch TB from your fellow participants. This is pretty creepy too. Makes you wonder how they evaluate one's fitness to participate in said trials, doesn't it.
- [New LED bras lift, separate your message to the world.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/new-led-bras-lift-separate-your-message-to-the-world/) - New LED bras lift, separate your message to the world. She may say "my eyes are up here" but the shiny red lights say "hey, don't stop paying attention to me!"
- [What can happen during those clinical drug tests people can sign up for?](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/what-can-happen-during-those-clinical-drug-tests-people-can-sign-up-for/) - What can happen during those clinical drug tests people can sign up for? You could be critically ill and at death's door with a grotesquely-swollen body within hours. It's definitely food for thought.
- [In related news, the makers of Dave's Insanity announced that they're now a pharmaceutical firm.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/capsaicin-may-play-a-role-in-fighting-prostate-cancer/) - Capsaicin may play a role in fighting prostate cancer. Capsaicin, for those who don't know, is the ingredient in hot peppers that make them hot. So apparently the best way to ward off prostate cancer is to eat everything with hot sauce and choke the chicken regularly. Looks like my generation will be making prostate
- [He's been a very baaaaaaaad boy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/arizona-man-arrested-for-attempted-sheep-shagging/) - Arizona man arrested for attempted sheep-shagging. Some people say he was stressed out from his job as a fire official, but I say he's just a baaaaad man desperate to get closer to ewe. Don't let anyone pull the wool over your eyes, I say.
- [That sound you hear is Joseph Heller spinning in his grave.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/gonzales-we-dont-torture-which-is-to-say-that-weve-defined-torture-as-whatever-it-is-we-dont-do/) - Gonzales: we don't torture. Which is to say that we've defined 'torture' as whatever it is we don't do. I think he's lying to the world just like the rest of the gang of thugs in the Bush administration, but I think the only way to prove this would be to waterboard him and deprive
- [Comme un Robin des Bois moderne, sauf qu'ils prennent des gens et donnent aux corporations.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/pensez-vous-que-vous-payez-de-plus-en-plus-de-taxes-alors-que-les-entreprises-en-paient-de-moins-en-moins/) - Pensez-vous que vous payez de plus en plus de taxes alors que les entreprises en paient de moins en moins? Eh bien vous avez entièrement raison.
- [Living within one's means is apparently un-American.](https://clevershark.com/2006/03/in-the-us-if-you-pay-down-too-much-of-your-credit-card-balance-youll-raise-the-attention-of-the-department-of-homeland-security/) - In the US, if you pay down 'too much' of your credit card balance you'll raise the attention of the Department of Homeland Security. I guess patriotic Americans are expected to pile up more debts instead?
- [Cue invasion forces... er, never mind.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/america-finds-a-biological-weapon-also-known-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-wmd/) - America finds a biological weapon, also known as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). The twist? they found it in America. In Texas, to be precise.
- [There really is no accounting for tastes.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/beijing-has-a-restaurant-with-a-unique-specialty-penis/) - Beijing has a restaurant with a unique specialty: penis. I guess that would be the other other other white meat.
- [Paging Ted Baxter... Ted Baxter, please pick up the white courtesy phone.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/fox-news-resident-whiny-bitch-and-douchebag-emeritus-bill-oreilly-circulating-a-petition-to-get-msnbc-rival-keith-olbermann-taken-off-the-air/) - Fox News resident whiny bitch and douchebag emeritus Bill O'Reilly circulating a petition to get MSNBC rival Keith Olbermann taken off the air. He must be counting on the troglodytes who can actually stand to hear his drivel to drive up the petition numbers... or at least he thinks enough of them can read and
- [La misère dans laquelle vivent les directeurs de la SAQ...](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/les-dirigeants-de-la-saq-savent-vraiment-se-servir-dun-compte-de-depenses/) - Les dirigeants de la SAQ savent vraiment se servir d'un compte de dépenses! Je voudrais bien être président de la SAQ, moi... $240,000 de salaire, $15,000 de prime, et plus de $105,000 de dépenses. Faut admettre que ça a bien l'air d'être plaisant. Ca serait pas mal plus intéressant pour le Québécois moyen s'il ne
- [Thanks, but I'm not that thirsty after all.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/thirsty-why-not-have-a-cool-refreshing-bong-water/) - Parched? Why not have a cool, refreshing Bong Water! I really wonder what target demographic this product speaks to.
- [In the same issue, NS reporters also report their breakthrough findings that water is "wet".](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/new-scientist-sex-with-a-partner-is-400-better/) - New Scientist: Sex with a partner is 400% better! Well duh. Apparently New Scientist readers would not otherwise know the difference?
- [La SAQ est une société très innovatrice... au chagrin de monsieur tout-le-monde.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/alcool-la-saq-continue-ses-deboires/) - Alcool: la SAQ continue ses déboires. Ils se font encore prendre à forcer une hausse artificielle des prix. Il est vraiment temps de reconsidérer s'il y a vraiment une raison d'être à la SAQ -- nous payons pour l'alcool des prix plus élevés que dans les autres provinces, la sélection des boissons est franchement piteuse
- [But clearly cartoons are more important than internal political repression!](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/the-religious-policeman-isnt-too-impressed-with-the-situation-in-the-middle-east-right-now/) - The Religious Policeman isn't too impressed with the situation in the Middle East right now. He's often controversial, always interesting.
- [The Goons: not just for the web anymore.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/gbstv/) - GBStv. Eclectic videos and short films from around the world... well worth a look (hey, it's free).
- [And Sam Raimi never got hired to shoot another safety video again.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/this-is-possibly-the-funniest-workplace-safety-video-ever/) - This is possibly the funniest 'workplace safety' video ever! It's priceless... but also quite gory in a cartoonish way, so be warned.
- [They're such doubting Thomases!](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/activists-reject-chinas-denial-of-internet-censorship/) - Activists reject China's denial of Internet censorship. Well duh. Did China actually think that anyone would believe that bullshit?
- [Somewhere along the way the spirit of the message was lost forever.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/to-show-how-islam-shouldnt-be-associated-with-violence-peshawar-residents-put-a-1-million-bounty-on-the-head-of-the-danish-cartoonist-who-drew-the-infamous-mohammed-cartoon/) - To show how Islam shouldn't be associated with violence, Peshawar residents put a $1 million bounty on the head of the Danish cartoonist who drew the infamous Mohammed cartoon. Nothing says "we're peaceful" like a well-funded assassination contract. Evidently things like irony are unknown in that particular area of Pakistan.
- [So this is why the French are news junkies!](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/french-newsanchor-and-web-cult-celebrity-melissa-theuriau/) - French newsanchor and web cult celebrity Mélissa Theuriau. Unfortunately she's on the one French channel we *don't* get in Montreal! It's just not fair, I tell ya.
- [In related news the US denies ever invading Iraq.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/china-denies-internet-restrictions/) - China denies internet restrictions. But seriously folks... the most ironic part of this story is that there's a good likelihood that people accessing the internet in China will probably not get a chance to see it. I'll file this one under "bullshit."
- [It just goes to show that record company execs are too fucking dumb to learn anything.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/if-you-think-that-sony-bmg-understands-that-it-shouldnt-screw-with-their-customers-pcs-youd-be-wrong/) - If you think that Sony BMG understands that it shouldn't screw with their customers' PCs, you'd be wrong. I can safely say that it'll be a cold day in hell before I buy anything with the Sony name on it, whether for myself or anyone else. Evidently the only lesson they learned from the earlier
- [You shoot one of your friends in the face and all of a sudden people think they can make jokes about you...](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/dick-cheneys-poor-gun-handling-continues-to-make-him-the-butt-of-jokes-and-criticism/) - Dick Cheney's poor gun-handling continues to make him the butt of jokes and criticism. All the attention has got the Vice-President sweating like, er, a guest in his own shooting party.
- [On the positive side there's no evidence that this caused the Dickster to spill his drink.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/stand-up-take-responsibility-be-a-man-you-shot-a-guy/) - 'Stand up. Take responsibility. Be a man. You shot a guy.' Fallout arising from last weekend's hunting incident where Dick Cheney a member of his own party in the face keeps mounting.
- [Later said MPs apologized, explaining that they were so used to doing it when Emerson used to be on the other side of the floor.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/some-tories-are-now-turning-on-floor-crossing-mp-david-emerson/) - Some Tories are now turning on floor-crossing MP David Emerson. Stephen Harper's cabinet appears to be in a spot of trouble even before its first day in Parliament.
- [Sure it was spontaneous... if "spontaneous" means "carefully planned over several months by religious zealots".](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/some-interesting-background-info-on-the-anti-cartoon-rioting-thats-been-happening-recently/) - Some interesting background info on the anti-cartoon rioting that's been happening recently. There's a lot more at play there than what you've seen on television.
- [Actually there is such a thing as trusting too much.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/if-you-use-google-desktop-the-bush-administration-could-soon-have-access-to-all-your-data/) - If you use Google Desktop, the Bush Administration could soon have access to all your data. Be wary of any company that asks you to trust it, even when they say they're 'not evil'.
- [He may not be too good at book-learnin', but he sure gets the message from lawyers' TV spots.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/what-do-you-do-if-youre-a-californian-who-hasnt-managed-to-pass-the-high-school-exit-exam/) - What do you do if you're a Californian who hasn't managed to pass the high school exit exam? The answer to this, as with many other things in America, is sue, sue, SUE!
- [On dirait presque qu'Emerson a planifié tout ça des mois à l'avance!](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/la-defection-de-david-emerson-fait-bien-des-mecontents/) - La défection de David Emerson fait bien des mécontents. Bien qu'on sache que les politiciens s'attachent au pouvoir à tout prix, la défection est perçue comme étant particulièrement cynique, au point où les Libéraux exigent qu'Emerson leur rembourse les couts de son élection.
- [They had to cancel the conference after the innkeeper double-booked the place. The earlier-starting Bar Mitzvah had priority, you know.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/schedule-for-the-iranian-conference-on-the-holocaust/) - Schedule for the Iranian conference on the Holocaust. Only one question -- will the lunch be Kosher?
- [Also noted, a surprising number of pizza parlors will try and deliver to someone naming himself "I.P. Freely".](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/what-the-nsa-learned-using-the-warrantless-wiretap-program/) - What the NSA learned using the warrantless wiretap program. Hey, they never said the information they heard was pertinent, did they.
- [Jews... is there anything they can't do?](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/iran-denounces-mohammed-cartoons-as-an-israeli-conspiracy/) - Iran denounces Mohammed cartoons as an 'Israeli conspiracy'. In the Middle East nothing bad ever happens without Iran blaming the Jews, apparently. Is there lead in the drinking water over there?
- [The only thing missing is a Christian Scientist as Health Minister.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/stephen-harper-provided-a-lot-of-things-with-his-new-cabinet-yesterday-but-leadership-wasnt-one-of-them/) - Stephen Harper provided a lot of things with his new Cabinet yesterday, but leadership wasn't one of them. I like the extra-cynical touch evident in two things: first, picking an unelected -- and therefore unquestionable in the House of Commons -- Montrealer as Public Works minister, and topping it all with naming a unilingual anglophone
- [To live and die in the USA.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/the-us-seems-headed-down-the-slippery-slope-to-a-police-state-with-a-twist/) - The US seems headed down the slippery slope to a police state -- with a twist. It's not about the executive branch seizing power arbitrarily -- although there's been plenty of that recently -- rather it's about the increasing tendency for police departments all over the US to use SWAT teams for everything, including the
- [Naughty, naughty nature!](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/hot-ebay-item-of-the-week-the-anatomical-carrot/) - Hot ebay item of the week: the anatomical carrot. You have to admit, it is exceptionally detailed!
- [The investor in a chain of blackberry addiction recovery centers is said to have been disappointed by the ruling.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/rim-wins-key-patent-battle/) - RIM wins key patent battle. Gentlemen, start your CrackBlackberries... again.
- [Apparently he had his fingers crossed behind his back the whole time.](https://clevershark.com/2006/02/theres-a-lot-less-to-bushs-end-of-middle-east-oil-dependence-plan-than-mondays-speech-would-have-you-believe/) - There's a lot less to Bush's end-of-Middle-East-oil-dependence plan than Monday's speech would have you believe. It took less than a day for the Administration to back off that commitment... I'm sure they're planning to stick by the loony animal-human hybrid nonsense though.
- [People should decide their own fate, except when we disagree with them, in which case they need to be liberated.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/bush-lobbying-hard-to-isolate-palestines-new-government/) - Bush lobbying hard to isolate Palestine's new government. I guess this "drive to bring democracy to the Middle East" has reached its limit when the US finds that people are voting for people who don't fit the American agenda.
- [Roses are red, violets are blue, you're gonna die, sucks to be you.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/the-worst-100-ways-to-deliver-bad-news/) - The Worst 100 Ways to Deliver Bad News. ...give or take 20, but who's counting?
- [Your search - "don't be evil" - did not match any policy.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/google-goes-from-do-no-evil-to-see-no-evil/) - Google goes from 'do no evil' to 'see no evil'. Money is evidently stronger than memory. Is the Chinese market really worth one's soul?
- [Say it with roses instead.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/10-reasons-you-should-never-accept-a-diamond/) - 10 reasons you should never accept a diamond. Nothing says love like slave labour!
- [Full of tentacle-y goodness!](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/deep-end-dinings-review-of-the-live-octopus-tentacles-at-an-la-restaurant/) - Deep End Dining's review of... the live octopus tentacles at an LA restaurant. Apparently you can in fact eat something that's alive. It must be a Los Angeles thing...
- [SUVs are actually less safe than cars for occupants, do not provide any increased protection at all.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/suvs-are-actually-less-safe-than-cars-for-occupants-do-not-provide-any-increased-protection-at-all/) - SUVs are actually less safe than cars for occupants, do not provide any increased protection at all. Just because you've fooled yourself into "feeling safe" doesn't mean you are safe.
- [Where do you want to go today? Nowhere if you criticize the Chinese mainland government.](https://clevershark.com/2006/01/where-do-you-want-to-go-today-nowhere-if-you-criticize-the-chinese-mainland-government/) - Where do you want to go today? Nowhere if you criticize the Chinese mainland government. Put Microsoft down as the latest company to embrace being a tool to a repressive political regime. Is it any wonder that more and more people simply don't believe that Redmond can provide truly "Trustworthy Computing"?
- [New RIAA hotness: coaching witnesses to lie in court.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/new-riaa-hotness-coaching-witnesses-to-lie-in-court/) - New RIAA hotness: coaching witnesses to lie in court. They just keep stooping lower and lower, don't they.
- [Stunning animal photography by German photographer Tanja Askani.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/stunning-animal-photography-by-german-photographer-tanja-askani/) - Stunning animal photography by German photographer Tanja Askani. She has to be the most talented wildlife photographer I've yet seen.
- [The trouble with Uzbekistan.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/the-trouble-with-uzbekistan/) - The trouble with Uzbekistan. It's the little things, like the way they allegedly boil political prisoners to death.
- [The twelve days of Ebay.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/the-twelve-days-of-ebay/) - The twelve days of Ebay. A carol for our times.
- [Bee Dogs.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/bee-dogs/) - Bee Dogs. It's a site about dogs wearing bee costumes. I couldn't make up this stuff if I tried.
- [The O'Reilly Open Book project.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/the-oreilly-open-book-project/) - The O'Reilly Open Book project. It's a fantastic document source for tech geeks such as myself.
- [A Matrix Christmas.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/a-matrix-christmas/) - A Matrix Christmas. Brought to you by the goons over at Something Awful. Good stuff!
- [In marketing, the new trend is assvertising.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/in-marketing-the-new-trend-is-assvertising/) - In marketing, the new trend is assvertising. It sure got my attention! Perhaps the companies that make Imodium and Preparation H could use this method.
- [All spam email is to end in two weeks!](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/all-spam-email-is-to-end-in-two-weeks/) - All spam email is to end in two weeks! Hey, if Bill Gates said it in early 2004, it must be true! Seriously, if you believe this, perhaps there are some stock tips I can send you... or great offers on Viagra... or ads for penis enlargement solutions... or cheap refinancing...
- [Latvian man killed when he was hit by a car had twice the lethal limit of alcohol in his body at the time.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/latvian-man-killed-when-he-was-hit-by-a-car-had-twice-the-lethal-limit-of-alcohol-in-his-body-at-the-time/) - Latvian man killed when he was hit by a car had twice the lethal limit of alcohol in his body at the time. Yes, that's LETHAL. Fortunately one can only surmise that he didn't suffer. In fact he probably never had the faintest idea what was happening during the incident. Heck, he probably thought he
- [I used to think that the British added funny flavors to food.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/i-used-to-think-that-the-british-added-funny-flavors-to-food/) - I used to think that the British added funny flavors to food. Evidently "honey glazed ham" flavored crisps are positively normal when compared to this find. I wonder if demand for this product holds firmit's very popular.
- [Why does George W. Bush hate freedom?](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/why-does-george-w-bush-hate-freedom/) - Why does George W. Bush hate freedom? Man, 2005 for this guy has been a close succession of swinging from one low point to the next.
- [Watch out for terrorist babies!](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/watch-out-for-terrorist-babies/) - Watch out for terrorist babies! When will the world be safe from newborn jihadists? Oh, the humanity!
- [Cute Overload.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/cute-overload/) - Cute Overload. A web site featuring all things cute. Now everybody go "awwww"...
- [Confuse the RIAA and MPAA spy bots!](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/confuse-the-riaa-and-mpaa-spy-bots/) - Confuse the RIAA and MPAA spy bots! Tired of being treated like a criminal by some Hollywood cartel? Take revenge by messing with their systems.
- [BMW's revolutionary innovation for the automobile: steam power?](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/bmws-revolutionary-innovation-for-the-automobile-steam-power/) - BMW's revolutionary innovation for the automobile: steam power? It's one of those "back to the future" things I'm sure.
- [Jenna Bush: like father like daughter?](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/jenna-bush-like-father-like-daughter/) - Jenna Bush: like father like daughter? “If a coke dealer has your ID it doesn’t look so good...� indeed!
- [Ahmadinejad: l'holocauste est 'un mythe'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/ahmadinejad-lholocauste-est-un-mythe/) - Ahmadinejad: l'holocauste est 'un mythe'. Il y a là de quoi croire que même aussi loin que l'Iran il existe des ignorants 'rednecks'... et qu'il y a plus qu'un Président de république au monde qui soit pas mal fou et obsédé par le mélange nocif de la religion avec la politique.
- [Démontrant l'approche à la diplomacie de son 'boss' Condi Rice, l'ambassadeur Américain au Canada chiale contre les politiciens Canadiens en public.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/damontrant-lapproche-a-la-diplomacie-de-son-boss-condi-rice-lambassadeur-amaricain-au-canada-chiale-contre-les-politiciens-canadiens-en-public/) - Démontrant l'approche à la diplomacie de son 'boss' Condi Rice, l'ambassadeur Américain au Canada chiale contre les politiciens Canadiens en public. Remarquez bien que, étant donné que les rangs des ambassadeurs Américains sont carrément pleins soit de vieux amis, soit de baise-culs de George W. Bush, c'est pas étonnant qu'ils se trouvent à être si
- [Le Bloque Québécois!](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/le-bloque-quabacois/) - Le Bloque Québécois! Parodie du site du Bloc Québécois... assez bien fait d'ailleurs.
- [Taking a page from the Condi Rice book of non-diplomacy, the US Ambassador to Canada has taken to publicly whining about Canadian politicians.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/taking-a-page-from-the-condi-rice-book-of-non-diplomacy-the-us-ambassador-to-canada-has-taken-to-publicly-whining-about-canadian-politicians/) - Taking a page from the Condi Rice book of non-diplomacy, the US Ambassador to Canada has taken to publicly whining about Canadian politicians. Evidently it's not just the President of the United States that needs to be talked down and put in his place, it's his Ambassadorial staff as well... little surprise though, as it
- [Selling Xbox 360s on eBay: old and busted. Selling information on Microsoft security flaws: new hotness.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/selling-xbox-360s-on-ebay-old-and-busted-selling-information-on-microsoft-security-flaws-new-hotness/) - Selling Xbox 360s on eBay: old and busted. Selling information on Microsoft security flaws: new hotness. Hey, if Microsoft is going to treat its users as paying beta testers, some of those users will want to cash in on the experience...
- [Riots erupt in Pakistan after a ban is decreed on kite-flying.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/riots-erupt-in-pakistan-after-a-ban-is-decreed-on-kite-flying/) - Riots erupt in Pakistan after a ban is decreed on kite-flying. The lesson here? Don't fuck with Pakistanis' kites. They're really into that.
- [US, Canada to crack down on polygamy.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/us-canada-to-crack-down-on-polygamy/) - US, Canada to crack down on polygamy. Personally I don't get polygamy. Are those men really this keen to be thrice-nagged?
- [Sony CDs have once again been found to contain software which leaves users vulnerable to attack.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/sony-cds-have-once-again-been-found-to-contain-software-which-leaves-users-vulnerable-to-attack/) - Sony CDs have once again been found to contain software which leaves users vulnerable to attack. They just don't get it do they? Yet another reason not to buy any Sony products...
- [Too busy for the web?](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/too-busy-for-the-web/) - Too busy for the web? Stay, er, on top of things with the RSStroom Reader.
- [Osama's class reunion.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/osamas-class-reunion/) - Osama's class reunion. An interesting quasi-biography of the world's most wanted man; this examines quite a few rumors that have been regarded as fact for years now.
- [The first 100 dotcom registrations.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/the-first-100-dotcom-registrations/) - The first 100 dotcom registrations. Pretty impressive -- if you think you know what the first one was, well, think again. Most surprising is the absense of sex.com from this list.
- [Condoleeza Rice still refuses to answer questions on secret CIA prisons in Europe.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/condoleeza-rice-still-refuses-to-answer-questions-on-secret-cia-prisons-in-europe/) - Condoleeza Rice still refuses to answer questions on secret CIA prisons in Europe. Clearly Ms. Rice and the rest of the Bush administration needs to be told in no uncertain terms that international law applies to everyone, and makes no exceptions for Americans.
- [Big Brother devient loi en Europe.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/big-brother-devient-loi-en-europe/) - Big Brother devient loi en Europe. L'Europe devient de plus en plus comme les États-Unis tous les jours, non? Quand la Turquie deviendra membre elle pourra utiliser cette information pour continuer la persécution des Kurdes, ça n'a aucun doute.
- [Galumpia Adult!](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/galumpia-adult/) - Galumpia Adult! With a title like that, you know you want to have a look. It's the winner of the "funniest thing I've seen all day" award for today.
- [What does human flesh taste like?](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/what-does-human-flesh-taste-like/) - What does human flesh taste like? No, the answer is not "it varies from person to person"...
- [The Taipei 101 Tower may be causing geological instability in Taiwan.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/the-taipei-101-tower-may-be-causing-geological-instability-in-taiwan/) - The Taipei 101 Tower may be causing geological instability in Taiwan. Apparently its sheer weight might have caused a stable fault line to open up again.
- [Conventional wisdom would indicate that in order to use the internet to pirate and share music, you need a computer.](https://clevershark.com/2005/12/conventional-wisdom-would-indicate-that-in-order-to-use-the-internet-to-pirate-and-share-music-you-need-a-computer/) - Conventional wisdom would indicate that in order to use the internet to pirate and share music, you need a computer. Apparently to the RIAA that's not true -- they're now suing a woman who didn't have a working computer at the time the torts were alleged to have occurred. Maybe the RIAA is telepathic and
- [SomaFM](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/somafm/) - SomaFM It's a very good internet radio station based in San Francisco. Well worth a listen.
- [Things get worse and worse for Sony-BMG as New York AG Eliot Spitzer starts to take an interest in the rootkit case.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/things-get-worse-and-worse-for-sony-bmg-as-new-york-ag-eliot-spitzer-starts-to-take-an-interest-in-the-rootkit-case/) - Things get worse and worse for Sony-BMG as New York AG Eliot Spitzer starts to take an interest in the rootkit case. This could be the company's Waterloo. Let that be a warning to media companies that are a little too keen to f*ck with people's PCs.
- [What is 'cyber Monday'?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/what-is-cyber-monday/) - What is 'cyber Monday'? It's a load of old nonsense, that's what...
- [Introverts think more.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/introverts-think-more/) - Introverts think more. 'Nuff said.
- [US delegate: we'll do what we can to scuttle any measure that come out of the UNESCO Climate Conference.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/us-delegate-well-do-what-we-can-to-scuttle-any-measure-that-come-out-of-the-unesco-climate-conference/) - US delegate: we'll do what we can to scuttle any measure that come out of the UNESCO Climate Conference. Not surprising, really. The surprising thing is that they're there at all. Why don't they just pack up and leave the stage to people who *are* willing to do something? Clearly the US doesn't want to
- [Xbox box sold on ebay for over $800.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/xbox-box-sold-on-ebay-for-over-800/) - Xbox box sold on ebay for over $800. For those of you wondering, yes, that's an empty box that once contained an Xbox 360. People apparently aren't getting less stupid with the passage of time.
- [Chinese official: a recent toxic spill could be 'very harmful to the environment'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/chinese-official-a-recent-toxic-spill-could-be-very-harmful-to-the-environment/) - Chinese official: a recent toxic spill could be 'very harmful to the environment'. Thank you Captain Obvious! Once again a government official has shown a keen grasp for the blindingly obvious.
- [Having bombed al-Jazeera in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US was apparently ready to bomb al-Jazeera in Qatar too.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/having-bombed-al-jazeera-in-afghanistan-and-iraq-the-us-was-apparently-ready-to-bomb-al-jazeera-in-qatar-too/) - Having bombed al-Jazeera in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US was apparently ready to bomb al-Jazeera in Qatar too. Qatar is, of course, the main staging area for US forces, and America's strongest ally, in the area. Apparently Bush was talked out of it by Tony Blair, which may be the one and only time Blair
- [When is 'open standard' neither open nor really the standard?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/when-is-open-standard-neither-open-nor-really-the-standard/) - When is 'open standard' neither open nor really the standard? When Microsoft uses the phrase, that's when.
- [How do you know you have a really bad B.O. problem?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/how-do-you-know-you-have-a-really-bad-b-o-problem/) - How do you know you have a really bad B.O. problem? If they have to stop a trial because you as a juror are stinking up the joint, it's time for a scrub. Possibly with steel wool.
- [Drinking decaf might kill you!](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/drinking-decaf-might-kill-you/) - Drinking decaf might kill you! Apparently decaffeinated coffee raises your (harmful) LDL levels.
- [How much did Bavarian police know about the new variants of the Sober virus, and when did they know it?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/how-much-did-bavarian-police-know-about-the-new-variants-of-the-sober-virus-and-when-did-they-know-it/) - How much did Bavarian police know about the new variants of the Sober virus, and when did they know it? Do Munich cops have a man on the inside?
- [When you're working on a case that has no merit, the first step to take is ask for evidence that doesn't exist.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/when-youre-working-on-a-case-that-has-no-merit-the-first-step-to-take-is-ask-for-evidence-that-doesnt-exist/) - When you're working on a case that has no merit, the first step to take is ask for evidence that doesn't exist. And the SCO crackfest continues...
- [What was on Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's mind about 10 years ago?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/what-was-on-lewis-scooter-libbys-mind-about-10-years-ago/) - What was on Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's mind about 10 years ago? According to this book he wrote, it was a putrid mishmash of sex slavery, rape, pedophilia, bestiality, scatology and incest. I honestly had no idea that this is what they meant by "family values"! Seriously though, you have to feel bad for the guy.
- [The Sony CD rootkit saga continues.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/the-sony-cd-rootkit-saga-continues/) - The Sony CD rootkit saga continues. To recap -- Sony has so far hacked your computer and made it insecure as soon as you inserted one of their "copy-protected" CDs in your computer. So you want to remove that software and repair the security breach, right? Sony says, "not so fast" -- and comes up
- [The 10 worst computer bugs in history.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/the-10-worst-computer-bugs-in-history/) - The 10 worst computer bugs in history. Some of them even killed people!
- [A liar's history of the war in Iraq.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/a-liars-history-of-the-war-in-iraq/) - A liar's history of the war in Iraq. The war as it was told at the time by George W. Bush. For an amusing game, have a shot of tequila every time you read a lie... but then you run the risk of waking up tomorrow in a pool of your own vomit with the
- [The FBI may well already know that you're reading this.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/the-fbi-may-well-already-know-that-youre-reading-this/) - The FBI may well already know that you're reading this. Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out to get you. Official oversight is soooooo twentieth-century...
- [The Decision](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/the-decision/) - Mark felt the little wind, slightly oil-tinged, which signalled the impending arrival of the train in the station. This could be important. It was a big decision to take: to be or not to be. Literally. Exactly as the famous speech goes in fact. At this point it was a mere leap of faith, no,
- [Ever get the feeling that you just dont see as many Hummers as you used to on the road?](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/ever-get-the-feeling-that-you-just-dont-see-as-many-hummers-as-you-used-to-on-the-road/) - Ever get the feeling that you just dont see as many Hummers as you used to on the road? You might just be right (in SoCal at least). Of course that particular situation might be a little more extreme than others, but if it comes out that this is occurring in more places in America
- [David Blunkett resigns from Tony Blair's government over an abuse of power scandal... again.](https://clevershark.com/2005/11/david-blunkett-resigns-from-tony-blairs-government-over-an-abuse-of-power-scandal-again/) - David Blunkett resigns from Tony Blair's government over an abuse of power scandal... again. I must admit I was rather shocked to see that he had been brought back into government, especially since it was clear that he had shown such poor personal judgement in the decisions that led to the previous scandal. Still, with
- [It's a game of 'got your nose' gone horribly, horribly wrong.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/its-a-game-of-got-your-nose-gone-horribly-horribly-wrong/) - It's a game of 'got your nose' gone horribly, horribly wrong. Sometimes animals that look cute enough can act pretty nasty!
- [Sony 'copy-protected' CDs essentially install a rootkit onto your Windows system.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/sony-copy-protected-cds-essentially-install-a-rootkit-onto-your-windows-system/) - Sony 'copy-protected' CDs essentially install a rootkit onto your Windows system. For those of you who don't know what a "rootkit" it -- it's a malicious piece of software (like a virus, worm or trojan horse) that enables other people to seize control of your computer remotely. Installing such software without the computer owner's knowledge
- [Well, I guess I'm 0-and-1 for SCOTUS predictions.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/well-i-guess-im-0-and-1-for-scotus-predictions/) - Well, I guess I'm 0-and-1 for SCOTUS predictions. Still, if this one also fails...
- [Why does God hate amputees?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/why-does-god-hate-amputees/) - Why does God hate amputees? A thorough intellectual questioning on the subject of the existence of God. It's well worth a read.
- [Working with IBM Websphere...](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/working-with-ibm-websphere/) - Need I say more?
- [The SCOTUS rumor mill is on.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/the-scotus-rumor-mill-is-on/) - The next nomination for SCOTUS by George W. Bush will be Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Why Hatch? He's been on the Judiciary Committee forever, and as such would have little trouble garnering its support; politically he's also everything that Bush can look for in a SCOTUS candidate --
- [Cheney, Libby prevented relevant documents from being used in Congressional investigations into the Iraq 'intelligence failure'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/cheney-libby-prevented-relevant-documents-from-being-used-in-congressional-investigations-into-the-iraq-intelligence-failure/) - Cheney, Libby prevented relevant documents from being used in Congressional investigations into the Iraq 'intelligence failure'. It's amazing that Americans tolerate such traitors at the very top of their government. Evidently all you have to do to sneak such scumbags into the higher echelons of power there is to claim that your electoral opponent is
- [What if Fox News had been around at other times in world history?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/what-if-fox-news-had-been-around-at-other-times-in-world-history/) - What if Fox News had been around at other times in world history? I'm sure they would have steered people towards the "right" path...
- [A history of the codpiece.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/a-history-of-the-codpiece/) - A history of the codpiece. It may be very well documented, but I still say it's a load of bollocks.
- [Was Cheney directly involved in leaking a covert CIA agent's name?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/was-cheney-directly-involved-in-leaking-a-covert-cia-agents-name/) - Was Cheney directly involved in leaking a covert CIA agent's name? The New York Times says so, and actually reputable news organizations do too (harharhar). When it comes to "high crimes and misdemeanors" this scores *way* higher than getting a blowjob, I think you will agree. Via Metafilter.
- [In a sure sign of its abandoning any hope of being taken seriously by anyone ever again, the White House decides to go after satirical site The Onion for using the Presidential Seal.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/in-a-sure-sign-of-its-abandoning-any-hope-of-being-taken-seriously-by-anyone-ever-again-the-white-house-decides-to-go-after-satirical-site-the-onion-for-using-the-presidential-seal/) - In a sure sign of its abandoning any hope of being taken seriously by anyone ever again, the White House decides to go after satirical site The Onion for using the Presidential Seal. This is the sort of rank, head-up-your-own-ass stupidity that you'd expect would be a joke on The Onion's site, but it is
- [The strange saga of the UPS shipment](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/the-strange-saga-of-the-ups-shipment/) - I am not happy with UPS these days. Not happy at all in fact. A few weeks ago I ordered a RAID card through eBay from a company in the US. The price was reasonable (roughly $120) and the shipping not *too* expensive, so I decided to go ahead and do it as it is
- [Katrina update: nearly 100% of the reconstruction money has been awarded to firms located outside the affected area.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/katrina-update-nearly-100-of-the-reconstruction-money-has-been-awarded-to-firms-located-outside-the-affected-area/) - Katrina update: nearly 100% of the reconstruction money has been awarded to firms located outside the affected area. This of course means that ultimately the reconstruction money will end up in the hands of firms who have little or no local presence in Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana. This is doubly true when one considers that
- [Animal-rights people are upset that Kiwi exec accused of sex with rabbits and at least one guinea pig is out on bail.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/animal-rights-people-are-upset-that-kiwi-exec-accused-of-sex-with-rabbits-and-at-least-one-guinea-pig-is-out-on-bail/) - Animal-rights people are upset that Kiwi exec accused of sex with rabbits and at least one guinea pig is out on bail. He may be free to walk the streets, but one could argue that his good name has been, well, rather tainted by all this. Imagine trying to live your life while all around
- [Dubya in a freefall.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/dubya-in-a-freefall/) - Dubya in a freefall. See George. See George fall.
- [Taiwan parliament erupts in violence over media bill.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/taiwan-parliament-erupts-in-violence-over-media-bill/) - Taiwan parliament erupts in violence over media bill. I guess they'll be referring to mobile phones as "weapons" now!
- [It's pee-in-your-pants fun!](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/its-pee-in-your-pants-fun/) - The cover says "uncensored, pee-in-your-pants fun." Well, it's not uncensored by default (you have to select that in the audio options) and I didn't actualy pee my pants, but Family Guy presents Stewie Griffin: the Untold Story is the funniest thing I have seen in years. I watched it together with a buddy and, without
- [Ever thought you were having a bad day?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/ever-thought-you-were-having-a-bad-day/) - Ever thought you were having a bad day? Relax, it could be worse.
- [CronyJobs.com](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/cronyjobs-com/) - CronyJobs.com The place to go for those plush $100K+ US federal appointment jobs... lack of qualifications are never a problem at CronyJobs.com!
- [Welcome to the hackocracy.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/welcome-to-the-hackocracy/) - Welcome to the hackocracy. Who *are* those people who run the Bush administration? The New Republic introduces you to the top 15, from "Altoid boy" to, well, the Supreme Court nominee with no experience on the bench. (registration required, or go to bugmenot.com)
- [Introducing Google Reader.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/introducing-google-reader/) - Introducing Google Reader. This looks to be the "killer app" for RSS feeds -- neat interface (although internationalization apparently needs a bit more work), integrated search, etc. It's like Bloglines on steroids.
- [The New York Times may no longer be the American 'paper of record'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/the-new-york-times-may-no-longer-be-the-american-paper-of-record/) - The New York Times may no longer be the American 'paper of record'. There's more than one reason for that, but let's face it Judith Miller is a huge factor. Whether it's her gullible bullshit on Iraqi WMDs or her largely-histrionic, deeply intellectually dishonest, for-the-publicity jail stint, she's really ending up accomplishing the dream that
- [Al Qaeda now posting 'help wanted' ads on the internet.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/al-qaeda-now-posting-help-wanted-ads-on-the-internet/) - Al Qaeda now posting 'help wanted' ads on the internet. Apparently you get Ramadan off and 70 virgins if you make it past the probationary period, but it's a bit of a tough sell.
- [Bush: 'God told me to invade Iraq.'](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq/) - Bush: 'God told me to invade Iraq.' When ordinary people commit acts based on what the little voices in their heads tell them to do, we call them insane. If those acts lead to harm or death, we call them criminally insane.
- [The Safety Smock could prevent prisoner suicides.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/the-safety-smock-could-prevent-prisoner-suicides/) - The Safety Smock could prevent prisoner suicides. I think it works on the principle of embarassing the prisoner to death before he has a chance to take his own life. Via everlastingblort.
- [RoadRunner ISP: censorship for the masses.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/roadrunner-isp-censorship-for-the-masses/) - RoadRunner ISP: censorship for the masses. Road Runner subscribers, now's the time to switch to an ISP that lets you see the whole internet, not some sort of weak-ass corporate-approved subsection thereof. Note that if you're stuck with that crappy ISP you won't be able to see the linked site. If that's the case, perhaps
- [How low will online marketing go?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/how-low-will-online-marketing-go/) - How low will online marketing go? Consider the case of Cillit Bang and ask yourself, is the scum that came up with that sort of sick marketing campaign really human?
- [Boeing makes getting connected while aloft a reality, but finds it's a tough sell.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/boeing-makes-getting-connected-while-aloft-a-reality-but-finds-its-a-tough-sell/) - Boeing makes getting connected while aloft a reality, but finds it's a tough sell. It's kinda sad how American carriers seem to have forgotten the meaning of "competitive advantage"... eventually they might all nickel-and-dime their way into bankruptcy.
- [Newest Dutch invention: the house that swims.](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/newest-dutch-invention-the-house-that-swims/) - Newest Dutch invention: the house that swims. This is very cool! and certainly well-suited to the Netherlands' quandary as a nation which lives (to a great extent) below sea level. They should consider building at least a few of these as a pilot project in New Orleans.
- [Thinking a calling a US drug snitch line?](https://clevershark.com/2005/10/thinking-a-calling-a-us-drug-snitch-line/) - Thinking a calling a US drug snitch line? Don't be too quick to think that the so-called "good guys" actually have any intention of paying those rewards they like to advertise... in fact those programs seem more designed to get the caller arrested as well.
- [How many heads of important federal offices are in fact Bush lickspittles with no relevant experience?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/how-many-heads-of-important-federal-offices-are-in-fact-bush-lickspittles-with-no-relevant-experience/) - How many heads of important federal offices are in fact Bush lickspittles with no relevant experience? Let me count the disasters just waiting to happen...
- [Project for the Old American Century.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/project-for-the-old-american-century/) - Project for the Old American Century. Brought to you by the people who are pretty f*cking sick and tired of the imperialist bullshit inspired by the Project for the New American Century.
- [United Ripoff Service](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/united-ripoff-service/) - Here's a hint for all Canadians who order stuff from the US: make sure you choose Fedex, DHL or the US Postal Service to deliver your package. I went with the shipping company associated with the color brown (I shan't name it here, because I've decided to shun it) and have been truly ripped off
- [Websudoku!](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/websudoku/) - Websudoku! It's the numbers game that's taking the internet by storm...
- [9/11 at 4.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/9-11-at-4/) - 9/11 at 4. Tristan Louis reflects on the American situation 4 years after 9/11. Obviously this was written a couple of weeks ago, but then whoever said that rememberance and analysis should be restricted to the one day?
- [Octopus arms have minds of their own.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/octopus-arms-have-minds-of-their-own/) - Octopus arms have minds of their own. I'll bet you didn't know that! Chalk up another one to my second (naturally!) favorite creature of the sea.
- [Four years after 9/11 Anthony Gregory asks, where's Osama?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/four-years-after-9-11-anthony-gregory-asks-wheres-osama/) - Four years after 9/11 Anthony Gregory asks, where's Osama? And, for that matter, where's George, or more exactly where and what are George's achievements?
- [It's Banned Books Week in the USA, so what better way for parents to celebrate than by having a book banned from their children's curriculum?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/its-banned-books-week-in-the-usa-so-what-better-way-for-parents-to-celebrate-than-by-having-a-book-banned-from-their-childrens-curriculum/) - It's Banned Books Week in the USA, so what better way for parents to celebrate than by having a book banned from their children's curriculum? Sometimes I think that one day America will implode under the comedic irony of its own actions.
- [The Worm Within.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/the-worm-within/) - The Worm Within. An oldie but a goodie -- this is an internet classic! Read all about the story of a man's short but poignant relationship with his tapeworm.
- [The top 10 worst tech products of all time.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/the-top-10-worst-tech-products-of-all-time/) - The top 10 worst tech products of all time. I agree with the list compilers, although I think that all these "worst technologies" list exist solely so that Microsoft Bob can be #1 at something.
- [Failure Magazine.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/failure-magazine/) - Failure Magazine. For those tired of seeing nothing but wimpy, boring good news in the mainstream media...
- [Barbara Bush's Guide to Houston for the under-privileged.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/barbara-bushs-guide-to-houston-for-the-under-privileged/) - Barbara Bush's Guide to Houston for the under-privileged. Advice to evacuees from the woman who said of them "so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."
- [Here's another site featuring Japanese vending machines -- including a lobster machine?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/heres-another-site-featuring-japanese-vending-machines-including-a-lobster-machine/) - Here's another site featuring Japanese vending machines -- including a lobster machine? This one also features other non-vending-machine items of interest in Japan.
- [Vending machines of Japan.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/vending-machines-of-japan/) - Vending machines of Japan. They have a machine for everything over there!
- [The Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents, from Reporters Sans frontières.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/the-handbook-for-bloggers-and-cyber-dissidents-from-reporters-sans-frontia¨res/) - The Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents, from Reporters Sans frontières. For those stuck in less-than-free countries, this is how you do it. Of course you'd imagine that places like China and Saudi Arabia would already have blocked access to sites like Reporters Sans Frontières, but that's another matter entirely.
- [Remember those Diebold voting machines that several (including I) denounced as unstable and insecure?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/remember-those-diebold-voting-machines-that-several-including-i-denounced-as-unstable-and-insecure/) - Remember those Diebold voting machines that several (including I) denounced as unstable and insecure? As it turns out, they ARE as unstable and insecure as we said. I wonder how many "back door" votes were needed to reelect the President...
- [Putin pulls strings, has Khodorkovsky's lawyer expelled from Russia.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/putin-pulls-strings-has-khodorkovskys-lawyer-expelled-from-russia/) - Putin pulls strings, has Khodorkovsky's lawyer expelled from Russia. Russia should just drop the flimsy pretext that they have rule of law and name Putin Czar Vladimir already. It wouldn't improve things, but at least it would project a more honest image to the world -- that the country is an absolutist state ruled by
- [Katrina: the Gathering.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/katrina-the-gathering/) - Katrina: the Gathering. It's a good starter deck, but what about expansion packs?
- [Does the President need a bathroom break? He seems unsure.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/does-the-president-need-a-bathroom-break-he-seems-unsure/) - Does the President need a bathroom break? He seems unsure. As bizarre as this note seems, it's been verified via photos taken by other photographers.
- [Food porn!](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/food-porn/) - Food porn! Have no fears, it's quite safe for work. Unless you work in a restaurant, I guess?!?
- [20 things *they* don't want you to know.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/20-things-they-dont-want-you-to-know/) - 20 things *they* don't want you to know. That should be required reading for everyone who buys computers and consumer electronics...
- [Now *there*'s a brilliant way to advertise this service!](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/now-theres-a-brilliant-way-to-advertise-this-service/) - Now *there*'s a brilliant way to advertise this service! I don't know how useful it can be, though, because if this clinic delivers there really shouldn't be any repeat customers!
- [Trusted Computing.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/trusted-computing/) - Trusted Computing. It's one of those terms that sounds great until you realize the true nature of the so-called "trusted computing" technology.
- [Five ways to love a cockroach.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/five-ways-to-love-a-cockroach/) - Five ways to love a cockroach. What, only five?
- [America as a battered wife.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/america-as-a-battered-wife/) - America as a battered wife. "You deserve a person that treats you with respect, cares about your welfare, and your children’s welfare, but that’s not George and it never will be."
- [Sky News spells out what many have now been saying for years!](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/sky-news-spells-out-what-many-have-now-been-saying-for-years/) - Sky News spells out what many have now been saying for years!
- [Whoopsi Gras: a carnival of ineptitude.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/whoopsi-gras-a-carnival-of-ineptitude/) - Whoopsi Gras: a carnival of ineptitude. Stick around for the parade!
- [FEMA's poor performance can be explained by the people who run it.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/femas-poor-performance-can-be-explained-by-the-people-who-run-it/) - FEMA's poor performance can be explained by the people who run it. In particular, it can be explained by pointing out that the people who run it are purely bagmen for W who have no emergency management experience whatsoever.
- [Perhaps the problem with the federal response to the New Orleans disaster begin with the DHS chief thinking that Louisiana is a city.](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/perhaps-the-problem-with-the-federal-response-to-the-new-orleans-disaster-begin-with-the-dhs-chief-thinking-that-louisiana-is-a-city/) - Perhaps the problem with the federal response to the New Orleans disaster begin with the DHS chief thinking that Louisiana is a city. Sometimes there's incompetence to such a staggering degree that it looks like malice. Sometimes malice disguises itself as incompetence to escape blame. It's so hard to tell these days.
- [Was federal help deliberately withheld from the stranded in New Orleans?](https://clevershark.com/2005/09/was-federal-help-deliberately-withheld-from-the-stranded-in-new-orleans/) - Was federal help deliberately withheld from the stranded in New Orleans? It's an explosive allegation, but it does cite The Washington Post as a major source.
- [Cats in sinks.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/cats-in-sinks/) - Cats in sinks. As its name indicates, this site features picture of cats. In sinks.
- [I haven't written much lately, but neither has Shakespeare.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/i-havent-written-much-lately-but-neither-has-shakespeare/) - I know, I know; there's been a relative dearth of activity on the site recently. Actually there are a few reasons for this. The first is that I'm currently moving, and that I'm actually moving everything myself, save for my couch and bed; this is mostly due to my being cheap (not enough people clicking
- [Wal-Mart may be known for its low prices, but they have some pretty expensive shit. Literally.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/wal-mart-may-be-known-for-its-low-prices-but-they-have-some-pretty-expensive-shit-literally/) - Wal-Mart may be known for its low prices, but they have some pretty expensive shit. Literally. Yet another article linking manure with the legal system. You can't make this, er, stuff up.
- [A celebration of crap from The Idler.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/a-celebration-of-crap-from-the-idler/) - A celebration of crap from The Idler. (via Metafilter) I must say that I agree with their choices of crap towns, except for Glasgow and Edinburgh which I thought were great...
- [The end of the line is nigh for Vladimir Putin.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/the-end-of-the-line-is-nigh-for-vladimir-putin/) - The end of the line is nigh for Vladimir Putin. Policy failures, paranoia, concentration of power into one man's hands... one has to wonder whether Russian politics haven't turned back the clock about 20 years.
- [Here's something you should probably read before getting on your next flight that passes through the US.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/heres-something-you-should-probably-read-before-getting-on-your-next-flight-that-passes-through-the-us/) - Here's something you should probably read before getting on your next flight that passes through the US. Basically, with the powers the Bush Administration has decided to appropriate to itself, you really have no rights while on US soil... legally you are even declared to be "not within US territory." As such the US government
- [Gig is up for polygamist whose three -- yes, three! -- wives show up to wish him well after surgery.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/gig-is-up-for-polygamist-whose-three-yes-three-wives-show-up-to-wish-him-well-after-surgery/) - Gig is up for polygamist whose three -- yes, three! -- wives show up to wish him well after surgery. Now there's one guy who likes getting married! As for me personally I prefer to disappoint one woman at a time.
- [The great American jobs scam.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/the-great-american-jobs-scam/) - The great American jobs scam. Despite its title, one easily finds that it's easy for companies not just in the US but in Canada and elsewhere to squeeze subsidies and other concessions out of gullible governments, only to then fail to live up to their promises.
- [The US state of Kansas has taken the lead in announcing to the world, 'we're morons'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/the-us-state-of-kansas-has-taken-the-lead-in-announcing-to-the-world-were-morons/) - The US state of Kansas has taken the lead in announcing to the world, 'we're morons'. I'm sure they'll try repealing the law of gravity and lowering the boiling point of water next.
- [The egg song!](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/the-egg-song/) - The egg song! (Warning: flash with, well, a song) Whoever wrote this really loves his eggs.
- [DEA capo admits that Emery arrest was political.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/dea-capo-admits-that-emery-arrest-was-political/) - DEA capo admits that Emery arrest was political. I'd feel a hell of a lot better if yanks stayed the f*ck out of our politics. Using law enforcement for political ends is something Americans can't get enough of, but Canadians, not so much. I also think Canadian authorities should develop a backbone and say no
- [Here's a web site that'll redirect you to a random web site!](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/heres-a-web-site-thatll-redirect-you-to-a-random-web-site/) - Here's a web site that'll redirect you to a random web site! Just the thing for those times when you want to surf the web, but aren't sure what sites you want to go to. A wonderful time waster.
- [Unfortunate childrens' books.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/unfortunate-childrens-books/) - Unfortunate childrens' books. A Flickr photoset that ranges from the just boring (The First Book of Salt) to the unintentionally hilarious (The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay).
- [Fun with Ad Council's public service announcements.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/fun-with-ad-councils-public-service-announcements/) - Fun with Ad Council's public service announcements. It's another Photoshop Phriday from Something Awful!
- [Tony Blair makes it easier to deport foreign-born would-be terrorists.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/tony-blair-makes-it-easier-to-deport-foreign-born-would-be-terrorists/) - Tony Blair makes it easier to deport foreign-born would-be terrorists. However, with the recent news that the 7/7 terrorists were mostly British-born, is he not setting himself up for a cynical response?
- [Ever wonder about that device that Scientologists use to test people?](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/ever-wonder-about-that-device-that-scientologists-use-to-test-people/) - Ever wonder about that device that Scientologists use to test people? It's called an "e-meter", and Gizmodo has the skinny on it. I must admit I'm a little surprised at the claims of their being periodically available on eBay.
- [Firefox users: wondering how to get rid of the flash popups that have been showing up recently?](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/firefox-users-wondering-how-to-get-rid-of-the-flash-popups-that-have-been-showing-up-recently/) - Firefox users: wondering how to get rid of the flash popups that have been showing up recently? As it turns out Flash and other plugins can override Firefox's popup-blocking settings. Here's how to get rid of the annoying things.
- [Ugliest. Dog. EVAR.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/ugliest-dog-evar/) - Ugliest. Dog. EVAR. (via Metafilter) It looks like some sort of prop for a Stephen King movie, but it's all too real.
- [The launch of Sony's Playstation 3 could be pushed back to 2007.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/the-launch-of-sonys-playstation-3-could-be-pushed-back-to-2007/) - The launch of Sony's Playstation 3 could be pushed back to 2007. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
- [Les Américains se demandent parfois pourquoi ils sont si gras...](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/les-amaricains-se-demandent-parfois-pourquoi-ils-sont-si-gras/) - Les Américains se demandent parfois pourquoi ils sont si gras... Parfois les raisons sont subtiles, et à d'autres moments elles le sont moins!
- [What do you do if your candidate for UN ambassador us too extreme to get confirmed by the Senate?](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/what-do-you-do-if-your-candidate-for-un-ambassador-us-too-extreme-to-get-confirmed-by-the-senate/) - What do you do if your candidate for UN ambassador us too extreme to get confirmed by the Senate? If you're George W. Bush, you wait until Senate is no longer in session, and you appoint your candidate in their absence. Evidently the Senate's role is no longer "advise and consent", but simply "rubber stamp
- [Something Awful looks at the International Male catalog.](https://clevershark.com/2005/08/something-awful-looks-at-the-international-male-catalog/) - Something Awful looks at the International Male catalog. If you think that's funny, remember that there are evidently lots of people willing to pay good money for those outfits. Now THAT's hilarious!
- [Vancouver protests greet the US-orchestrated arrests and seizures related to Marc Emery.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/vancouver-protests-greet-the-us-orchestrated-arrests-and-seizures-related-to-marc-emery/) - Vancouver protests greet the US-orchestrated arrests and seizures related to Marc Emery. If Canadian cops don't want to be seen as no longer serving the interests of Canadians, they really need to stop prostituting themselves to US authorities. These are dark days for Canada when the country simply gives up its sovereignty to an irrational,
- [Apparently Canada has become little but a tool in the failed drug policies of the USA.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/apparently-canada-has-become-little-but-a-tool-in-the-failed-drug-policies-of-the-usa/) - Apparently Canada has become little but a tool in the failed drug policies of the USA. Today's medals at the Aquatic World Championships had me cheering for my country; this story makes me ashamed of it.
- [Glasgow's Celtic FC humiliated by 5-nil loss in Bratislava.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/glasgows-celtic-fc-humiliated-by-5-nil-loss-in-bratislava/) - Glasgow's Celtic FC humiliated by 5-nil loss in Bratislava. The club's Champions League chances are all but faded away... you just can't treat a CL qualifying match like a friendly. Has their last-minute SPL loss to rivals Rangers taught them nothing?
- [Les problèmes règnent à  la Grande Bibliothèque.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/les-probla¨mes-ra¨gnent-a-la-grande-bibliotha¨que/) - Les problèmes règnent à la Grande Bibliothèque. J'y vais plusieurs fois par semaine, et je me demandais bien pourquoi les responsables ont érigé des clotures longeant tout l'édifice -- j'en étais même à me faire des blagues selon lesquelles l'édifice tombe en morceaux, et voilà que oui, c'est effectivement ce qui se passe! J'espère qu'ils
- [Nouveau problème potentiel du Viagra et autres médicaments semblables: la cécité.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/nouveau-probla¨me-potentiel-du-viagra-et-autres-madicaments-semblables-la-cacita/) - Nouveau problème potentiel du Viagra et autres médicaments semblables: la cécité. Est-ce que le jeu en vaut vraiment la, er, chandelle? crises cardiaques, dommages causés par les érections durant plus de quatre heures (ouch!), cécité... la prochaine chose qu'on saura, c'est que ça cause le poil dans les paumes!
- [L'affaire Shana Poissant: Kurt Lauder et ses parents inculpés.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/laffaire-shana-poissant-kurt-lauder-et-ses-parents-inculpas/) - L'affaire Shana Poissant: Kurt Lauder et ses parents inculpés. C'est bien pour dire que parfois les impressions initiales sont les bonnes.
- [7 shootings in 24 hours have Toronto officials worried.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/7-shootings-in-24-hours-have-toronto-officials-worried/) - 7 shootings in 24 hours have Toronto officials worried. Perhaps the time has come to pay closer scrutiny to people who come from the US to Canada by car.
- [Health Canada investigating reports that Viagra may make some blind.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/health-canada-investigating-reports-that-viagra-may-make-some-blind/) - Health Canada investigating reports that Viagra may make some blind. Does it also give you hairy palms, I wonder?
- [Study: Microsoft's monopoly deals cost the IT industry $10 billion/year.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/study-microsofts-monopoly-deals-cost-the-it-industry-10-billion-year/) - Study: Microsoft's monopoly deals cost the IT industry $10 billion/year. That's what happens when "innovation" comes to mean "keeping the other players from being able to play the game."
- [Say W.O.T.?](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/say-w-o-t/) - Say W.O.T.? The War on Terror is dead. Long live the long-term-ideological-struggle-on-terror. Is this more than a mere attempt at keeping up the impression that something is being done?
- [Phone company Telus's 'friendly future' apparently includes censorship, on their own networks and on the networks unfortunately enough to use them as an uplink.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/phone-company-teluss-friendly-future-apparently-includes-censorship-on-their-own-networks-and-on-the-networks-unfortunately-enough-to-use-them-as-an-uplink/) - Phone company Telus's 'friendly future' apparently includes censorship, on their own networks and on the networks unfortunately enough to use them as an uplink. Who the hell would want to deal with a communications company so keen on not letting the message out?
- [GP d'Allemagne: Alonso remporte sa 6ème course de l'année.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/gp-dallemagne-alonso-remporte-sa-6a¨me-course-de-lannae/) - GP d'Allemagne: Alonso remporte sa 6ème course de l'année. Ça en vient presqu'aussi monotone que d'entendre défiler les victoires de Michael Schumacher dans les années passées! Alonso est vraiment l'homme du moment en Formule 1.
- [Tony Blair's makeup bill runs almost 2000 pounds so far.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/tony-blairs-makeup-bill-runs-almost-2000-pounds-so-far/) - Tony Blair's makeup bill runs almost 2000 pounds so far. Maybe it has to do with that whole 'metrosexual' thing.
- [Inter's England trip back on after all.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/inters-england-trip-back-on-after-all/) - Inter's England trip back on after all. Pressure by the British Sports Minister might have had something to do with it.
- [Inter Milan goes chicken, cancels English trip.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/inter-milan-goes-chicken-cancels-english-trip/) - Inter Milan goes chicken, cancels English trip. If Inter is going to see its fans throw fuses and other objects at opposing players, it's going to be at their own stadium.
- [Apparently Yahoo has no policy preventing the disclosure of information to repressive governments for use in political crimes trials.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/apparently-yahoo-has-no-policy-preventing-the-disclosure-of-information-to-repressive-governments-for-use-in-political-crimes-trials/) - Apparently Yahoo has no policy preventing the disclosure of information to repressive governments for use in political crimes trials. There's another firm that'll go to no length to protect its users against persecution and possibly death. More background on the case here. Fuck Yahoo. I will no longer use their services, and would urge anyone
- [Alberta Premier Ralph Klein calls same-sex marriage legalization 'a sad day'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/alberta-premier-ralph-klein-calls-same-sex-marriage-legalization-a-sad-day/) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein calls same-sex marriage legalization 'a sad day'. That's quite all right. A number of others have, for a while, take to referring to Mr. Klein as 'a drunk', based on his long-standing history of alcohol abuse and erratic behaviour while on the sauce.
- [US Drug Czar 'obsessed with marijuana'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/us-drug-czar-obsessed-with-marijuana/) - US Drug Czar 'obsessed with marijuana'. John Walters' irrational obsession leads to less resources to fight drugs which are actually dangerous, like metamphetamine and cocaine.
- [L'Impact blanchit les Lynx 1-0 pour rester invaincu en 2005!](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/limpact-blanchit-les-lynx-1-0-pour-rester-invaincu-en-2005/) - L'Impact blanchit les Lynx 1-0 pour rester invaincu en 2005! Bien que le Lynx ne fasse pas vraiment fière allure cette année, c'est toujours quelque chose d'exceptionnel.
- [Gilbert Rozon nous montre qu'il n'est pas immun à la bêtise en simulant un appel à la bombe 'juste pour rire'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/gilbert-rozon-nous-montre-quil-nest-pas-immun-a-la-baatise-en-simulant-un-appel-a-la-bombe-juste-pour-rire/) - Gilbert Rozon nous montre qu'il n'est pas immun à la bêtise en simulant un appel à la bombe 'juste pour rire'. Il a bien beau dire qu'il ne savait pas ce qui s'était passé plus tôt dans la journée de jeudi, mais ça reste surtout les attentats du 7 juillet qui font de cette "farce"
- [Iraq: plunging into Islamic fundamentalism?](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/iraq-plunging-into-islamic-fundamentalism/) - Iraq: plunging into Islamic fundamentalism? You have to admit that some of these items sound fairly ominous.
- [Certifiable (yet again!)](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/certifiable-yet-again/) - I'm very happy to announce that I just passed the MySQL Professional certification earlier today. This is the "maximum" current level of certification for the popular open-source RDBMS, and according to the MySQL web site I am only the 49th person to have obtained it -- although to be fair their cert program is only
- [North Carolina wants a Dell plant so bad they're paying the computer giant almost $300m to set up shop there.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/north-carolina-wants-a-dell-plant-so-bad-theyre-paying-the-computer-giant-almost-300m-to-set-up-shop-there/) - North Carolina wants a Dell plant so bad they're paying the computer giant almost $300m to set up shop there. How much PC equipment would Dell have to sell to pay enough taxes to make NC's investment profitable?
- [Man shot multiple times by plainclothes police on the London Underground.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/man-shot-multiple-times-by-plainclothes-police-on-the-london-underground/) - Man shot multiple times by plainclothes police on the London Underground. The obvious inference is that this is related to yesterday's attempted terrorist attack.
- [Nette augmentation des décès sur les routes Québécoises comparé à  l'an dernier.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/nette-augmentation-des-daca¨s-sur-les-routes-quabacoises-compara-a-lan-dernier/) - Nette augmentation des décès sur les routes Québécoises comparé à l'an dernier. L'augmentation est de près de 50% pour les quatre premiers mois de 2005. Il est possible que la température particulièrement froide eût été en cause.
- [Invaincus jusqu'à maintenant, l'Impact vise à atteindre la mi-saison sans défaite.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/invaincus-jusqua-maintenant-limpact-vise-a-atteindre-la-mi-saison-sans-dafaite/) - Invaincus jusqu'à maintenant, l'Impact vise à atteindre la mi-saison sans défaite. Ils restent même la seule équipe à n'avoir pas perdu de partie jusq'à date. On espère que cela se poursuivra vendredi alors qu'il feront face aux Lynx de Toronto, qui figurent présentement à l'avant-dernier rang de la première division de la USL.
- [Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has rating changed from M (Mature) to AO (Adults Only).](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-has-rating-changed-from-m-mature-to-ao-adults-only/) - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has rating changed from M (Mature) to AO (Adults Only). And Rockstar would like to thank politicians for the free publicity!
- [Two weeks after 7/7, four blasts hit London's transit system again.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/two-weeks-after-7-7-four-blasts-hit-londons-transit-system-again/) - Two weeks after 7/7, four blasts hit London's transit system again. The blasts were very much smaller, didn't kill anyone and only injured one, but they're being taken extremely seriously, especially considering the parallels between this incident and the one on July 7th.
- [Wives can determine husbands' pot use, but not the reverse.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/wives-can-determine-husbands-pot-use-but-not-the-reverse/) - Wives can determine husbands' pot use, but not the reverse. I guess the message is that if you enjoy smoking weed, don't marry a prude...
- [Émilie Heymans rate le quatrième plongeon de sa finale et le podium au 10m.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/a‰milie-heymans-rate-le-quatria¨me-plongeon-de-sa-finale-et-le-podium-au-10m/) - Émilie Heymans rate le quatrième plongeon de sa finale et le podium au 10m. J'étais là ... c'était vraiment très dommage, car si elle l'avait réussi elle aurait terminé la quatrième ronde en première place. Il faut également dire que les juges semblaient porter des jugements très inconsistents d'un plongeon à l'autre, et que la
- [The boy who cried 'wolf' -- a political fable.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-boy-who-cried-wolf-a-political-fable/) - The boy who cried 'wolf' -- a political fable. What do you know, fables do indeed have something to teach us about our modern lives.
- [In the 'Pot Suckers' debate, candy isn't the only sucker involved.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/in-the-pot-suckers-debate-candy-isnt-the-only-sucker-involved/) - In the 'Pot Suckers' debate, candy isn't the only sucker involved. Drug hysteria is always good to buy some votes South of the border. It is, however, beyond me why someone would want candy that tastes like pot... now, if someone came up with pot that tasted like candy, *that* would be something a great
- [Separated at birth? #1](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/separated-at-birth-1/) - US Attorney General and PATRIOT cheerleader John Ashcroft (picture from Yahoo! News) and Big Brother from the 1984 movie. The resemblance is scary, striking, and surprisingly fitting.
- [Public Safety Minister Ann McLellan hits the panic switch on terrorism.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/public-safety-minister-ann-mclellan-hits-the-panic-switch-on-terrorism/) - Public Safety Minister Ann McLellan hits the panic switch on terrorism. That being said, is there a 'there' there?
- [Tony Blair dément toujours que l'attaque du 7 juillet sur Londres ait quoi que ce soit à faire avec la guerre en Iraq.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/tony-blair-dament-toujours-que-lattaque-du-7-juillet-sur-londres-ait-quoi-que-ce-soit-a-faire-avec-la-guerre-en-iraq/) - Tony Blair dément toujours que l'attaque du 7 juillet sur Londres ait quoi que ce soit à faire avec la guerre en Iraq. Le plus on regarde le Premier Ministre Brittanique, le plus on voit un somnambuliste déambulant sur la route, ses bras étendus devant lui et les yeux grand fermés. Monsieur Blair, vous pouvez
- [Google Earth has you unimpressed? How about Google Moon?](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/google-earth-has-you-unimpressed-how-about-google-moon/) - Google Earth has you unimpressed? How about Google Moon? It's not quite as extensive of course.
- [Même les Américains n'ont plus confiance en George W. Bush.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/maame-les-amaricains-nont-plus-confiance-en-george-w-bush/) - Même les Américains n'ont plus confiance en George W. Bush. Si l'on étend le sondage aux citoyens du reste du monde, les nombres sont encore bien moins positifs...
- [L'enquète sur l'assassinat de Rafiq Hariri révèlerait un complôt, selon le Figaro.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/lenqua¨te-sur-lassassinat-de-rafiq-hariri-rava¨lerait-un-complat-selon-le-figaro/) - L'enquète sur l'assassinat de Rafiq Hariri révèlerait un complôt, selon le Figaro. Le nettoyage de la scène du crime, la confusion sur le nombre d'explosions qui ont pris place, une possible connection Palestinienne... tout cela est bien compliqué et porte à croire qu'il y a peut-être plus que simplement "les Syriens" derrière tout ça.
- [Speed cameras increase the number of road deaths, at least in some areas of England.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/speed-cameras-increase-the-number-of-road-deaths-at-least-in-some-areas-of-england/) - Speed cameras increase the number of road deaths, at least in some areas of England. It remains to be seen whether this is considered more important then the 'revenue' aspect of the cams.
- [Only squirrels can stop forest fires.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/only-squirrels-can-stop-forest-fires/) - Only squirrels can stop forest fires. Damn kamikaze rodents!
- [Alexandre Despatie remporte le titre mondial du tremplin de 3m.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/alexandre-despatie-remporte-le-titre-mondial-du-tremplin-de-3m/) - Alexandre Despatie remporte le titre mondial du tremplin de 3m. Assez impressionante cette victoire. Despatie établit un nouveau record de points (813.60) et a surpassé le médaillé d'argent de plus de 60 points.
- [The federal Liberal party is finding it difficult to raise money.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-federal-liberal-party-is-finding-it-difficult-to-raise-money/) - The federal Liberal party is finding it difficult to raise money. It's hard to know if this should be attributed to "Adscam", or to their own success... since they're still a shoo-in to win the next election there's really not much incentive for individuals or organizations to donate, now, is there?
- [Bush now apparently not so sure he'll fire 'anyone involved' in the Plame outing.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/bush-now-apparently-not-so-sure-hell-fire-anyone-involved-in-the-plame-outing/) - Bush now apparently not so sure he'll fire 'anyone involved' in the Plame outing. Now it's "anyone who has committed a crime" in connection with the name-dropping. Get ready for 3 more years of hedging, lying, posturing, and endless debate on the definition of the word "is"... only this time it ain't about a blowjob.
- [Al-Qaeda menace l'Europe.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/al-qaeda-menace-leurope/) - Al-Qaeda menace l'Europe. Si ces pauvres imbéciles sont si intéressés à revenger les morts Musulmans, pourquoi est-ce qu'ils en tuent tant en Iraq? La plupart des victimes d'Abou Moussab Al-Zarkawi sont des Irakiens, pas des Américains.
- [Bernard Landry refuse de penser à un retour en politique.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/bernard-landry-refuse-de-penser-a-un-retour-en-politique/) - Bernard Landry refuse de penser à un retour en politique. Je reconnais bien que M. Landry a fait bien des choses pour le Québec, mais il faut tout de même admettre que ses talents ne se traduisaient pas vraiment bien alors qu'il était chef de parti. Il a pris sa décision, maintenant il est temps
- [If you're in Amsterdam and the cops are running after you, trying to swim to freedom in the city's canals really isn't the best thing you can do.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/if-youre-in-amsterdam-and-the-cops-are-running-after-you-trying-to-swim-to-freedom-in-the-citys-canals-really-isnt-the-best-thing-you-can-do/) - If you're in Amsterdam and the cops are running after you, trying to swim to freedom in the city's canals really isn't the best thing you can do. I'm a fairly fast swimmer, and I don't cover 2 miles in an hour, so you do the math...
- [La pluie offre un répit aux pompiers qui opèrent en Abitibi.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/la-pluie-offre-un-rapit-aux-pompiers-qui-opa¨rent-en-abitibi/) - La pluie offre un répit aux pompiers qui opèrent en Abitibi. La situation est bien difficile dans la région depuis le printemps; le temps est très aride et la chaleur reigne, poussant le mercure jusqu'au dessus du 35 degrés assez régulièrement, du jamais vu en Abitibi.
- [Première médaille d'or Canadienne dans les Mondiaux Aquatiques à  Montréal.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/premia¨re-madaille-dor-canadienne-dans-les-mondiaux-aquatiques-a-montraal/) - Première médaille d'or Canadienne dans les Mondiaux Aquatiques à Montréal. Blythe Hartley de Vancouver a en effet remporté l'or sur le tremplin de 1 mètre, et sera également en compétition sur le tremplin de 3m vendredi.
- [Have a blog but nothing to put in it? Click here!](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/have-a-blog-but-nothing-to-put-in-it-click-here/) - Have a blog but nothing to put in it? Click here! The Apathetic Online Journal Entry Generator can make you sound, well, like a lot of bloggers out there...
- [Here's the Gorillaz video for 'Feelgood, inc.'](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/heres-the-gorillaz-video-for-feelgood-inc/) - Here's the Gorillaz video for 'Feelgood, inc.' It's not exactly new, but it's a kick-ass song and I quite like the video also.
- [Tannés d'oublier les combinaisons de touches pour votre jeu favori sur ordinateur? essayez le clavier Optimus.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/tannas-doublier-les-combinaisons-de-touches-pour-votre-jeu-favori-sur-ordinateur-essayez-le-clavier-optimus/) - Tannés d'oublier les combinaisons de touches pour votre jeu favori sur ordinateur? essayez le clavier Optimus. Ou, du moins, attendez sa sortie dans les magasins, qui est attendue en 2006. Au lieu d'avoir les lettres imprimees sur les touches, chaque touche contient un mini-écran OLED qui montrera soit la lettre correspondante à la touche, un
- [Ayant visité le Taiwan, le typhon Haitang se dirige maintenant vers la Chine.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/ayant-visita-le-taiwan-le-typhon-haitang-se-dirige-maintenant-vers-la-chine/) - Ayant visité le Taiwan, le typhon Haitang se dirige maintenant vers la Chine. Mon frère, qui reste présentement à Taiwan, me dit que c'est assez impressionant à voir. C'est son premier typhon, car il ne demeure là que depuis le début de l'année.
- [S'ils veulent avoir plus de quarts de travail, les agent surnuméraires devraient aller](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/sils-veulent-avoir-plus-de-quarts-de-travail-les-agent-surnumaraires-devraient-aller/) - S'ils veulent avoir plus de quarts de travail, les agent surnuméraires devraient aller Ironiquement, au cours de la même réunion à laquelle il a tenu ces propos il a aussi insisté pour dire que les agents devraient "faire bien attention à qui ils parlent". Il serait possible que la prochaine chose que M. Bélair remplira
- [Comme à  tous les ans, l'exode annuelle vers les États-Unis c'est passée cette fin de semaine.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/comme-a-tous-les-ans-lexode-annuelle-vers-les-a‰tats-unis-cest-passae-cette-fin-de-semaine/) - Comme à tous les ans, l'exode annuelle vers les États-Unis c'est passée cette fin de semaine. Encore une fois il a fallu que les vacanciers bravent les files d'attente durant environ 3 heures à certain temps samedi et dimanche... franchement moi je dis que si les Américains ne sont pas plus intéressés à faire entrer
- [Most Canadians say that same-sex marriage is here to stay.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/most-canadians-say-that-same-sex-marriage-is-here-to-stay/) - Most Canadians say that same-sex marriage is here to stay. Satisfyingly enough, there seems to be nothing that Catholics or Conservatives can say that will change the national climate of tolerance.
- [Saudi, Israeli studies: Iraq created a whole new generation of Muslim extremist fighters.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/saudi-israeli-studies-iraq-created-a-whole-new-generation-of-muslim-extremist-fighters/) - Saudi, Israeli studies: Iraq created a whole new generation of Muslim extremist fighters. It's not too often that Saudis and Israelis agree, and even rarer that they both independently end up being critical of US policy.
- [Cooper: Cheney chief of staff 'Scooter' Libby also involved in CIA agent name leak.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/cooper-cheney-chief-of-staff-scooter-libby-also-involved-in-cia-agent-name-leak/) - Cooper: Cheney chief of staff 'Scooter' Libby also involved in CIA agent name leak. You know what they say... a fish always rots from the head down. Wilson has been saying for a while that he suspected Libby's involvement in his wife's "outing", and it looks like his sources were pretty damn reliable.
- [Almost 60% of Canadians want Stephen Harper to be replaced, including a third of Conservatives.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/almost-60-of-canadians-want-stephen-harper-to-be-replaced-including-a-third-of-conservatives/) - Almost 60% of Canadians want Stephen Harper to be replaced, including a third of Conservatives. Well, I told you he wasn't likeable, didn't I?
- [There is a building complex in San Diego shaped like a swastika.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/there-is-a-building-complex-in-san-diego-shaped-like-a-swastika/) - There is a building complex in San Diego shaped like a swastika. Strange but true... didn't anyone notice when they were looking at the architectural drawings?!?
- [Osama's worst nightmare -- a liberated Muslim woman speaks out against extremist and radical imams.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/osamas-worst-nightmare-a-liberated-muslim-woman-speaks-out-against-extremist-and-radical-imams/) - Osama's worst nightmare -- a liberated Muslim woman speaks out against extremist and radical imams. Another Canadian connection (that's two today)! The world could do a lot worse than listen to what Irshad Manji has to say on the subject of Islam and the direction in which it appears to be headed.
- [Possible Canadian link to the 7/7 terrorist attack under investigation.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/possible-canadian-link-to-the-7-7-terrorist-attack-under-investigation/) - Possible Canadian link to the 7/7 terrorist attack under investigation. Momin Khawaja is already under investigation for conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks in the UK in 2004, and his name is associated with that of the bombers.
- [Scandal continues to dog SCO's attempt to blackmail linux-using companies.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/scandal-continues-to-dog-scos-attempt-to-blackmail-linux-using-companies/) - Scandal continues to dog SCO's attempt to blackmail linux-using companies. When your own analyst writes emails stating "At the end, we had found absolutely nothing ie (sic) no evidence of any copyright infringement whatsoever", it's hard to keep people thinking that SCO's various legal shenanigans are anything but a cheap attempt at making money off
- [UK Police: 19-year-old Jamaican-born Jermaine Lindsay was the ringleader of London bombings; knew Richard Reid.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/uk-police-19-year-old-jamaican-born-jermaine-lindsay-was-the-ringleader-of-london-bombings-knew-richard-reid/) - UK Police: 19-year-old Jamaican-born Jermaine Lindsay was the ringleader of London bombings; knew Richard Reid. This conclusion seems based on his parked car containing several more bombs, and the selection of Luton as a "rendezvous point" for the bombers. He reportedly worshipped at the same Brixton mosque as Richard Reid during the same period.
- [Senior Canadian Cardinal calls for political action against tolerance.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/senior-canadian-cardinal-calls-for-political-action-against-tolerance/) - Senior Canadian Cardinal calls for political action against tolerance. Marc Ouellet, Cardinal and Archbishop for Quebec City, endorses petty discirimination against politicians who are taking a stand in favor of same-sex marriage. Perhaps the Cardinal should consider shutting the hell up, or risk watching the tax-exempt status of his organization vanish. I for one have
- [The bomb-maker behind the 7/7 attack may have been arrested.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-bomb-maker-behind-the-7-7-attack-may-have-been-arrested/) - The bomb-maker behind the 7/7 attack may have been arrested. British- and American-educated Magdy El-Nashar is being detained in Egypt in connection with the terrorist attacks. Police are still looking for yet another man who was seen greeting the bombers just before the attack, but who hasn't yet been identified.
- [Understanding Joshua: more pics](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/understanding-joshua-more-pics/) - I'm actually quite creeped out by this "Understanding Joshua" project, but it also fascinates me, and since it's still relatively recent (2002) I figured I'd try and gather as much of the pics in that project as I can find out there, as my previous link only featured 4 of them. Yes, I've been looking
- [It's nice to see that the US Patent Office has solved all its existing problems with bogus software patents.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/its-nice-to-see-that-the-us-patent-office-has-solved-all-its-existing-problems-with-bogus-software-patents/) - It's nice to see that the US Patent Office has solved all its existing problems with bogus software patents. After all, if they hadn't fixed those problems, why in the world would they now bother to spend time and money objecting to a trademark for a group that calls *itself* "Dykes on Bikes"?
- [If you think you might be arrested later in the day, be careful what you wear.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/if-you-think-you-might-be-arrested-later-in-the-day-be-careful-what-you-wear/) - If you think you might be arrested later in the day, be careful what you wear. At least he wasn't wearing a "I love Karl Rove" t-shirt.
- [Grand Sex Auto?](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/grand-sex-auto/) - Grand Sex Auto? Americans will never fail to amuse me. This is a game where your character HAS to kill a number of other characters, and where getting away with killing a police officer is as easy as pulling into the nearest Pay'n'Spray, and Senator Clinton wants to investigate... a sex mini-game that can't be
- [Four London terrorists identified, confirmed as suicide bombers.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/four-london-terrorists-identified-confirmed-as-suicide-bombers/) - Four London terrorists identified, confirmed as suicide bombers. Three of the four were British-born, and the other was from Jamaica. It's very impressive that British police were able to gather sufficient evidence to make this declaration.
- [The trouble with Stephen Harper: it's your party](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-trouble-with-stephen-harper-its-your-party/) - After his failure last week to unseat Paul Martin's minority Liberal government, Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper had a few words for Québec, mostly about a purported disappointment that of all Québec MPs only the separatists voted against the government. None of this was much of a surprise, even though his attempt to topple Martin
- [Understanding Joshua.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/understanding-joshua/) - Understanding Joshua. This is the creepiest art project I've ever seen. Have a look and see if you don't agree with me on that.
- [Hitler drawings, Xmas wishes to be put on the auction block.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/hitler-drawings-xmas-wishes-to-be-put-on-the-auction-block/) - Hitler drawings, Xmas wishes to be put on the auction block. Just the thing for the person in your life who has everything except a sense of history.
- [Rove's lawyer admits his client was one the one leaked the identity of CIA agent Plame.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/roves-lawyer-admits-his-client-was-one-the-one-leaked-the-identity-of-cia-agent-plame/) - Rove's lawyer admits his client was one the one leaked the identity of CIA agent Plame. The perjury rap would seem to be a pretty 'open-and-close' case then (the article states he denied having any such conversation), but what about the main charge of disclosing the identity of an undercover CIA agent?
- [Faced with actual complaints from customers, Dell shuts down its customer service forum.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/faced-with-actual-complaints-from-customers-dell-shuts-down-its-customer-service-forum/) - Faced with actual complaints from customers, Dell shuts down its customer service forum. This reminds me of an old joke by Monty Python -- "I hate to see a grown man cry, so shove off would you?"
- [The trouble with Stephen Harper, part 2: personality disorder](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-trouble-with-stephen-harper-part-2-personality-disorder/) - Stephen Harper just isn't a very likeable guy. It's true. Much as he would rework his image into that of a personable and in-charge statesman, Stephen Harper comes across to the general population as a conniving, shake-your-hand-with-his-right-hand-while-stabbing-you-with-his-left kind of politician. The guy has a charisma deficit, and in that he seems to have inherited some
- [Here's your chance to preview the next version of the clevershark.com web site.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/heres-your-chance-to-preview-the-next-version-of-the-clevershark-com-web-site/) - Here's your chance to preview the next version of the clevershark.com/ web site. I'll try and keep the content reasonably synchronized (it's on different databases). This is in testing until I work out the backward-compatibility aspect of it.
- [A French bus operator is taking a bunch of cleaning ladies to court for carpooling.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/a-french-bus-operator-is-taking-a-bunch-of-cleaning-ladies-to-court-for-carpooling/) - A French bus operator is taking a bunch of cleaning ladies to court for carpooling. Evidently "Transports Schiocchet Excursions" specializes in bullying the little guy. According to the Guardian article their service is pretty shite as well. Those arses deserve a right kicking -- if you live in an area served by Transports Schiocchet Excursions
- [2005-07-11 13:31:20](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/2005-07-11-133120/) - Up until today I was running this site on MySQL 5.0.4, but it suddenly and unexplainedly stopped working at some point today without my making any changes. This is very strange. Clearly my application isn't the problem, since I was able to just drop in the latest beta and get things going again right away.
- [The ennui of high scoring](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/the-ennui-of-high-scoring/) - Since I got settled here I've gotten used to one channel I could never get with Cablevision in Hoboken: Fox Sportsworld. That channel, I could swear, was started and run by Englishmen for Englishmen abroad, because the "sport" in "sportsworld" is inevitably football. Yup, you heard me correctly, football. As in, the game where you
- [On the verge of Premiership greatness, the Chelsea leopard changes its spots.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/on-the-verge-of-premiership-greatness-the-chelsea-leopard-changes-its-spots/) - On the verge of Premiership greatness, the Chelsea leopard changes its spots. This is quite surprising; even the team crest has changed! It's a good thing they kept the color. The upside is that I'll be able to say I own two "old school" jerseys...
- [It's a shocker in Istanbul as Liverpool overcome a 0-3 halftime deficit to win the Champions' League on penalties.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/its-a-shocker-in-istanbul-as-liverpool-overcome-a-0-3-halftime-deficit-to-win-the-champions-league-on-penalties/) - It's a shocker in Istanbul as Liverpool overcome a 0-3 halftime deficit to win the Champions' League on penalties. AC Milan will be kicking themselves tonight.
- [US Grand Prix: the FIA shoots itself in the foot](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/us-grand-prix-the-fia-shoots-itself-in-the-foot/) - The 2005 US Grand Prix is a race that is pretty much condemned to exist under a cloud of infamy and disgust. Rightly so. And the morons at the FIA must and will shoulder the blame for this disaster for years to come. Out of 10 teams, each fielding two drivers, only 3 actually participated
- [IHT: FIA needs to blame itself, not just the Michelin teams, for the USGP fiasco.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/iht-fia-needs-to-blame-itself-not-just-the-michelin-teams-for-the-usgp-fiasco/) - IHT: FIA needs to blame itself, not just the Michelin teams, for the USGP fiasco. Clearly I'm not the only one who feels that Max Mosley needs a good swift kick in the nads.
- [According to Minardi manager Paul Stoddard, Max Mosley is entirely responsible for the USGP debacle.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/according-to-minardi-manager-paul-stoddard-max-mosley-is-entirely-responsible-for-the-usgp-debacle/) - According to Minardi manager Paul Stoddard, Max Mosley is entirely responsible for the USGP debacle. It took quite a set of exceptional circumstances, but I think that in this case everyone can agree that Minardi comes out of this whole mess looking pretty good.
- [FIA boss Max Mosley made a 'threatening, inappropriate' phone call to Red Bull driver David Coulthardt regarding the USGP fiasco.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/fia-boss-max-mosley-made-a-threatening-inappropriate-phone-call-to-red-bull-driver-david-coulthardt-regarding-the-usgp-fiasco/) - FIA boss Max Mosley made a 'threatening, inappropriate' phone call to Red Bull driver David Coulthardt regarding the USGP fiasco. At some point one has to wonder whether Mosley is actually fit to lead the governing body. Certainly the fact that he wasn't even in Indianapolis two weeks ago should speak volumes about his dedication
- [Another Liverpool shocker -- feeling neglected, Steven Gerrard announces he wants to leave Liverpool.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/another-liverpool-shocker-feeling-neglected-steven-gerrard-announces-he-wants-to-leave-liverpool/) - Another Liverpool shocker -- feeling neglected, Steven Gerrard announces he wants to leave Liverpool. All this just a day after Rafael Benitez touted him as the center of the team and possible future coach... that's just embarassing, but then when a club won't commit it runs the risk of getting a bit of the old
- [A day after announcing he wanted to leave, Reds skipper Gerrard changes his mind.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/a-day-after-announcing-he-wanted-to-leave-reds-skipper-gerrard-changes-his-mind/) - A day after announcing he wanted to leave, Reds skipper Gerrard changes his mind. This is all starting to be a little confusing, isn't it...
- [Media cluelessness strikes again!](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/media-cluelessness-strikes-again/) - It's only normal for your average computer geek nowadays to be disappointed by what he (or she!) reads in the press these days, especially when it concerns computers. Typically the most infuriating examples of gross ignorance come from the mainstream press, but every once in a while the IT press itself comes out with a
- [Some don't feel that Tony Blair's advisor on anti-social behaviour really gets the nuances of her job.](https://clevershark.com/2005/07/some-dont-feel-that-tony-blairs-advisor-on-anti-social-behaviour-really-gets-the-nuances-of-her-job/) - Some don't feel that Tony Blair's advisor on anti-social behaviour really gets the nuances of her job. As it were there are people out there who think that binge drinking and engaging in vulgarity-laden rants are things an anti-social behaviour advisor *shouldn't* be doing. Then again, who's to say?
- [US acknowledges torture in Gitmo, Iraq, Afghanistan.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/us-acknowledges-torture-in-gitmo-iraq-afghanistan/) - US acknowledges torture in Gitmo, Iraq, Afghanistan. In related news, Satan reports that the weather in his neck of the woods is getting "a bit nippy".
- [Microsoft buys security software company, immediately axes all linux and UNIX product lines.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/microsoft-buys-security-software-company-immediately-axes-all-linux-and-unix-product-lines/) - Microsoft buys security software company, immediately axes all linux and UNIX product lines. If you can't beat them, leverage your monopoly-acquired money to sabotage them.
- [Having enjoyed Tony Blair's support on Iraq, George W. Bush now prepares to fuck his British counterpart over on the subject of the environment.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/having-enjoyed-tony-blairs-support-on-iraq-george-w-bush-now-prepares-to-fuck-his-british-counterpart-over-on-the-subject-of-the-environment/) - Having enjoyed Tony Blair's support on Iraq, George W. Bush now prepares to fuck his British counterpart over on the subject of the environment. Yet another great big "fuck you" from America to the world.
- [The IAEA exempts Saudi Arabia from nuclear inspections.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/the-iaea-exempts-saudi-arabia-from-nuclear-inspections/) - The IAEA exempts Saudi Arabia from nuclear inspections. It makes me feel so good to hear that the country which contributed 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers isn't going to be checked for a nuclear program! I can sleep better tonight, I'm sure.
- [Expert: Grewal tape was altered.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/expert-grewal-tape-was-altered/) - Expert: Grewal tape was altered. That story keeps getting more twists every day.
- [The US purchased Muslims fleeing Afghanistan from tribesmen and sent them to Gitmo.](https://clevershark.com/2005/06/the-us-purchased-muslims-fleeing-afghanistan-from-tribesmen-and-sent-them-to-gitmo/) - The US purchased Muslims fleeing Afghanistan from tribesmen and sent them to Gitmo. Just when you thought America's "war on terrah" couldn't get more interesting, something new comes up.
- [Enron, Global Crossing, Worldcom, and now AIG?](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/enron-global-crossing-worldcom-and-now-aig/) - Enron, Global Crossing, Worldcom, and now AIG? When you go around overestimating your net take to the tune of several BILLION dollars someone's bound to notice.
- [2005-05-30 11:05:42](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/2005-05-30-110542/) - A call for submission for Montreal ISPs that offer co-location services -- I am looking for a co-location host located in or around the city of Montreal. This would be for a minitower-type system which is expected to receive moderately light traffic. Send a note to the email address at the bottom of this page.
- [If nobody will pay, then there's no more handjobs.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/if-nobody-will-pay-then-theres-no-more-handjobs/) - If nobody will pay, then there's no more handjobs. Won't somebody please think of the fluffers? R4NT.com strikes back at the MPAA's self-serving pre-movie trailers... at least you won't be forced to watch these while waiting for your movie to start (although you should, they're hilarious). Via MetaFilter.
- [When a news magazine prints something which, though not refuted, has been retracted, it deserves a sermon from Don Rumsfeld. When the US goes to war over a pack of lies which result in 100,000 dead, it's no one's fault.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/when-a-news-magazine-prints-something-which-though-not-refuted-has-been-retracted-it-deserves-a-sermon-from-don-rumsfeld-when-the-us-goes-to-war-over-a-pack-of-lies-which-result-in-100000-dead-i/) - When a news magazine prints something which, though not refuted, has been retracted, it deserves a sermon from Don Rumsfeld. When the US goes to war over a pack of lies which result in 100,000 dead, it's no one's fault. That's America in 2005 for you. The sheer hypocrisy of it all pushes my disgust
- [Koran desecration update -- stories of the Koran-in-the-toilet shenanigans have been coming out frequently since 2002.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/koran-desecration-update-stories-of-the-koran-in-the-toilet-shenanigans-have-been-coming-out-frequently-since-2002/) - Koran desecration update -- stories of the Koran-in-the-toilet shenanigans have been coming out frequently since 2002. 'Newsweek lied'... my ass. The Administration was aware of the incidents all along too -- note how the Pentagon admits to having taken 'corrective measures' and implemented rules in January 2003; people don't implement new rules unless they feel
- [Here's an aspect of the whole Newsweek Qu'ran controversy you're not likely to hear from the sheepish American press.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/heres-an-aspect-of-the-whole-newsweek-quran-controversy-youre-not-likely-to-hear-from-the-sheepish-american-press/) - Here's an aspect of the whole Newsweek Qu'ran controversy you're not likely to hear from the sheepish American press. Once you get past the bullshit White House spin, then you can find the truth.
- [Trump: Freedom Tower 'disgusting', 'unacceptable'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/trump-freedom-tower-disgusting-unacceptable/) - Trump: Freedom Tower 'disgusting', 'unacceptable'. I don't know about "disgusting", but the idea of replacing the WTC with a structure which seems all show and no substance -- about half the bulding will be an empty spire-structure to artificially raise the Tower's height to a jingoistic 1776 feet -- does strike me as fairly insulting
- [The difference between Europe and America.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/the-difference-between-europe-and-america/) - The difference between Europe and America. Sadly, it's all too true...
- [Alberta family treated for hantavirus infection.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/alberta-family-treated-for-hantavirus-infection/) - Alberta family treated for hantavirus infection. Perhaps the greater crisis in Canada is not a political one...
- [2005-05-04 23:02:06](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/2005-05-04-230206/) - Just as the blog was migrated to MySQL 5 last week, this week it has now been migrated to PHP 5. It meant a surprising bit of work, but now that's all behind me. This was a prerequisite for major changes coming soon.
- [Bush and Blair were going to invade Irak, but they first had to come up with a reason.](https://clevershark.com/2005/05/bush-and-blair-were-going-to-invade-irak-but-they-first-had-to-come-up-with-a-reason/) - Bush and Blair were going to invade Irak, but they first had to come up with a reason. This disgusting mess reminds me of what Nietzsche said about philosophers -- "they pose as having discovered and attained their real opinions through the self-evolution of a cold, pure, divinely unperturbed dialectic: while what happens at bottom
- ['Steve Ballmer, I believe, is a liar.'](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/steve-ballmer-i-believe-is-a-liar/) - 'Steve Ballmer, I believe, is a liar.' You know you're having a bad day when you manage to piss off both gay-rights groups AND right-wing preachers at the same time. This is related to the previous posted link.
- [Microsoft is paying off Ralph Reed to the tune of $240k a year for 'consulting'.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/microsoft-is-paying-off-ralph-reed-to-the-tune-of-240k-a-year-for-consulting/) - Microsoft is paying off Ralph Reed to the tune of $240k a year for 'consulting'. What Mr. Reed, who is not a technologist, has to offer Microsoft is really uncertain. Mr. Reed is known as the leading bigoted and homophobic political organizer in the USA, and his being on Microsoft's payroll is rumored to be
- [2005-04-27 02:22:20](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/2005-04-27-022220/) - I've just switched the database engine on the backend to MySQL 5... what can I say, I'm just a "bleeding edge" kind of guy. The good news is that it seems to work pretty well so far, what with it being a beta and all. The best part of the operation was to find that
- [Adobe's Macromedia acquisition FAQ, translated from PR into English.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/adobes-macromedia-acquisition-faq-translated-from-pr-into-english/) - Adobe's Macromedia acquisition FAQ, translated from PR into English. It's a useful guide to cutting through the marketingSpeak(tm).
- [Questions people ask Snopes.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/questions-people-ask-snopes/) - Questions people ask Snopes. You have to wonder whether Snopes isn't pulling your leg with this one. Are there actually people who believe these stories?
- [2005-04-19 18:25:19](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/2005-04-19-182519/) - People in the US might have noticed that the latest issue of Time Magazine features Ann Coulter on its cover. One will also notice that today is the 11th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing which claimed 168 lives. What did Ann Coulter have to say about it? Here's the quote: "My only regret with
- [Rome's self-inflicted wound](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/romes-self-inflicted-wound/) - It's now official -- the Catholic Church has a new Pope. He is Germany's Joseph Ratzinger, erstwhile head theologian for the Vatican ("prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith"). As Pope he will be known as Benedict XVI. And if he is indeed unwavering in his principles, as his homily before the
- [Political web sites aren't for national politics alone!](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/political-web-sites-arent-for-national-politics-alone/) - Political web sites aren't for national politics alone! Unfortunately it's unlikely that any of the Cardinals at the Conclave would have seen this web site, except of course Archbishop Danneels himself.
- [Pictures of Walls.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/pictures-of-walls/) - Pictures of Walls. An interesting look at the writing on the wall... literally.
- [How much is the new Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie going to suck?](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/how-much-is-the-new-hitchikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-movie-going-to-suck/) - How much is the new Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie going to suck? According to that reviewer, quite a lot. There is some debate as to whether this is really representative, but frankly my money is on Disney having taken HHGG and turning it into unintelligent, trite crap suitable only for viewing by 'the
- [Florida Legislature passes 'Shoot First' law.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/florida-legislature-passes-shoot-first-law/) - Florida Legislature passes 'Shoot First' law. I don't know whether to file this one under "Scary" or under "Funny".
- [Get the latest up-to-the minute odds on who will be the next Pope.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/get-the-latest-up-to-the-minute-odds-on-who-will-be-the-next-pope/) - Get the latest up-to-the minute odds on who will be the next Pope. So far the smart money is on the Archbishop of Milan, but he's got some stiff competition from Nigeria's Francis Arinze, a convert to Catholicism who has been at the Vatican since 1984.
- [Google maps now features satellite pictures.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/google-maps-now-features-satellite-pictures/) - Google maps now features satellite pictures. This is pretty amazing -- select a location using the map, then click on the satellite link to see an overhead picture of the point you selected. It's surprisingly fast too.
- [America's brutal prisons.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/americas-brutal-prisons/) - America's brutal prisons. Stuff goes on everyday in the USA that makes Abu Ghraib look like harmless frat hazing.
- [Despite having tortured, raped and murdered a Canadian citizen, Iran is deemed worthy of help by Canada.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/despite-having-tortured-raped-and-murdered-a-canadian-citizen-iran-is-deemed-worthy-of-help-by-canada/) - Despite having tortured, raped and murdered a Canadian citizen, Iran is deemed worthy of help by Canada. This is fucking disgusting. My country should have nothing to do with Iran until they fully account for Zahra Kazemi's treatment at their hands, up to and including meting out genuine justice on all responsible for her horrible
- [Ever wonder about which brand gets mentioned most in hip-hop songs?](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/ever-wonder-about-which-brand-gets-mentioned-most-in-hip-hop-songs/) - Ever wonder about which brand gets mentioned most in hip-hop songs? Someone's done the hard work for you, fo'shizzle.
- [AP: child malnutrition has nearly doubled since the US invaded Iraq.](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/ap-child-malnutrition-has-nearly-doubled-since-the-us-invaded-iraq/) - AP: child malnutrition has nearly doubled since the US invaded Iraq. This is pretty shocking, considering that a lot of the child malnutrition used to be blamed on sanctions which are no longer enforced.
- [Why are the US Armed Forces deliberately weakening their own ability to fight the war on terror?](https://clevershark.com/2005/04/why-are-the-us-armed-forces-deliberately-weakening-their-own-ability-to-fight-the-war-on-terror/) - Why are the US Armed Forces deliberately weakening their own ability to fight the war on terror? I don't know how long the Pentagon can keep doing that sort of thing before people will clue as to its real significance -- that the Pentagon does, in fact, consider barring gays from the military to be
- [New York Press presents the 25 most loathsome New Yorkers.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/new-york-press-presents-the-25-most-loathsome-new-yorkers/) - New York Press presents the 25 most loathsome New Yorkers. It's not too surprising who ended up #1, or why...
- [James Gannon/Guckert pushes the envelope of fakeness once again.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/james-gannon-guckert-pushes-the-envelope-of-fakeness-once-again/) - James Gannon/Guckert pushes the envelope of fakeness once again. With all these revelations, I'm starting to think that there is no Gannon or Guckert, and that he's just a figment of the collective imagination that thought it would be amusing for a prostitute to be associated with the Bush White House.
- [Billmon: the key to success in the press these days is... anal sex.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/billmon-the-key-to-success-in-the-press-these-days-is-anal-sex/) - Billmon: the key to success in the press these days is... anal sex. Damn, I guess I'm never going to make it in the world of journalism!
- [Rev. Moon: world should abandon democracy, bow down to him.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/rev-moon-world-should-abandon-democracy-bow-down-to-him/) - Rev. Moon: world should abandon democracy, bow down to him. I was wondering just the other day whether Rev. Moon was as batshit-insane as everybody says... and it turns out that he is indeed.
- [Jerry Falwell is critically ill.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/jerry-falwell-is-critically-ill/) - Jerry Falwell is critically ill. I'm sure he's going to find some way to blame it on "gays and feminists."
- [When is a RFID chip not an RFID chip? when, by government fiat, it's been renamed a 'proximity' or 'contactless' chip.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/when-is-a-rfid-chip-not-an-rfid-chip-when-by-government-fiat-its-been-renamed-a-proximity-or-contactless-chip/) - When is a RFID chip not an RFID chip? when, by government fiat, it's been renamed a 'proximity' or 'contactless' chip. That deserves a new entry in the Doublespeak dictionary!
- [In a fit of irony that'll leave you dizzy, Tom DeLay agreed to not having doctors engage in extraordinary measures to keep his father alive 17 years ago.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/in-a-fit-of-irony-thatll-leave-you-dizzy-tom-delay-agreed-to-not-having-doctors-engage-in-extraordinary-measures-to-keep-his-father-alive-17-years-ago/) - In a fit of irony that'll leave you dizzy, Tom DeLay agreed to not having doctors engage in extraordinary measures to keep his father alive 17 years ago. Of course he won't talk about it because it's a "private matter".
- [Fans of techno music and CG will definitely want to see this new Chemical Brothers video.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/fans-of-techno-music-and-cg-will-definitely-want-to-see-this-new-chemical-brothers-video/) - Fans of techno music and CG will definitely want to see this new Chemical Brothers video. It's the classic mix of a good tune and a great video...
- [Did you know that there's a Squidblog?](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/did-you-know-that-theres-a-squidblog/) - Did you know that there's a Squidblog? They have sites for everything these days!
- [The only way to be sure evidence exists is to plant it, as Sweden's Anti-Piracy Bureau (APB) has recently found.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/the-only-way-to-be-sure-evidence-exists-is-to-plant-it-as-swedens-anti-piracy-bureau-apb-has-recently-found/) - The only way to be sure evidence exists is to plant it, as Sweden's Anti-Piracy Bureau (APB) has recently found. It's a bit like the allegations that Saddam had WMD's -- the US "knew" he did, because they were the ones who sold them to him...
- [What a difference six years make!](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/what-a-difference-six-years-make/) - If you've been watching the news channels at all recently you'll have noticed that since Sunday (March 20th) round-the-clock coverage has been given to the issue of whether a Florida woman named Terri Schiavo should be allowed to die, or kept alive through artificial means indefinitely. Indeed, like Elian Gonzales (what IS it with Florida
- [You know you're in bad shape when you get transferred from an old folks' home to the morgue by mistake.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/you-know-youre-in-bad-shape-when-you-get-transferred-from-an-old-folks-home-to-the-morgue-by-mistake/) - You know you're in bad shape when you get transferred from an old folks' home to the morgue by mistake. Talk about being proactive...
- [MSNBC shocker: cheap malt liquor mostly consumed by poor, unemployed minorities.](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/msnbc-shocker-cheap-malt-liquor-mostly-consumed-by-poor-unemployed-minorities/) - MSNBC shocker: cheap malt liquor mostly consumed by poor, unemployed minorities. Coming up next on MSNBC -- a revealing investigation into allegations that water is "wet".
- [2005-03-17 11:26:13](https://clevershark.com/2005/03/2005-03-17-112613/) - Do you know that if you do a search for "slaves" on Google one of the items on in the right-hand column of the results page is inevitably an ad for eBay entitled "Find it on eBay"?.. I just tought that was amusing.

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