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 the extreme-right-wing AEI, apparently, who have decided to put this raving insane fucking lunatic in charge of the dossier. After all the Institute’s “wisdom” is what got the US in Iraq in the first place…
Liar of 9/11.
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.
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 make you wonder about the issue of collusion and price-fixing, which would be easy strategies to pull off in a market where only 3 providers exist.
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!
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.
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
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 have to use Windows more often than I’d like. And unlike with Linux Windows bugs are very tough to identify and even harder to correct. Recently I had to deal with an internal Windows system called DirectShow that was downright broken. Continue reading A cure to Directshow weirdness
If that’s what the menus are like, no wonder tourists only eat at McDonald’s.
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.
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
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.