Saturday, July 30th, 2005
New Yorkers get even more stupid
by Warren
Apparently the nose-in-the-air New York types who head to the Hamptons in the summer are wont to display their neighbourhood affiliations on cheeseball bumper stickers. Lame.
Apparently the nose-in-the-air New York types who head to the Hamptons in the summer are wont to display their neighbourhood affiliations on cheeseball bumper stickers. Lame.
I’m visiting Edmonton for the next few days. So email me, Edmonton homies, if you want to get together in the real world instead of this passel of pixels.
Well, not exactly. But it appears the technology game ain’t quite what it used to be, at least for Silicon Valley moneybags financiers.
One day, Google will run everything. On that day, my site will look like this.
If you want to create your own Google-esque sites, go here. And post links to your creations in the comments section!
Noted curmudgeon John C. Dvorak used to like nothing better than to taunt Apple for real or perceived flaws in the hardware, software, or unhinged management style of Steve Jobs. But he’s done an about-face, and is calling the newest Windows a snooze-fest, while praising OS X and the move to Intel processors. Not only is it weird to see this sea change, it’ll be fun to watch the brainwashed Appleheads who all flipped their lids when Jobs made the switch from Motorola chips to Intel try to wrap their heads around this one.
…but to hell with all you Who haters. 🙂
Elizabeth Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith, is going to appear in the new season of Dr. Who, along (presumably) with K-9. The Beeb also trotted out David Tennant’s costume, which is still pretty sedate compared to the excesses of the old show, but a little more “who-ish” than Eccleston’s get-up.
Telus continues its long tradition of villainy
Telus, currently in the throes of a strike, has blocked access to the union website through their network. Just when you think they can’t get any more evil….
But all is not lost, Telus haters! You can complain to the CRTC about Telus here, and you can et around the site blocking if you’re on Telus by going here. The sites being blocked are here and here.
One of Alan Moore’s best funnybooks is being made into a film. I have very serious doubts they’ll do anything but screw it up; after all, it’s the story of a fascist Britain being set upon by a terrorist in a Guy Fawkes mask who blows up national monuments, tortures his apprentice, and never reveals his face. And he’s the good guy! Hollywood can’t help but ruin it. Still, here’s the trailer, and I have to admit it doesn’t look terrible.
Leaders have asserted their dominance over lesser mortals throughout the ages, not just through accumulated wealth and gangs of armed and indentured thugs, but also through elaborate finery. “Dressed to Rule,” a new book reviewed in Washington Monthly, details how different leaders sashayed around in elaborate puffery to show they were the boss. Louis XIV stands out as the Fop of all Fops; apparently he wore red high heels that every other member of European nobility coveted, and took an average of 90 minutes to get dressed, with high officials jockeying for position to help him don his coat and settle his periwig. Suddenly wearing a simple business suit doesn’t seem quite so bad.