One day, cultural historians will write volumes about the emergence of captioned cat pictures–or “lolcats” as they are known in the vernacular–and deconstruct at length their significance, especially with respect to the gentrification of leet-speak, and muse upon their sublime…
Month: March 2007
“It’s Raining 300 Men”
I love video mash-ups. Speaking of 300, over at Kung Fu Monkey, screenwriter John Rogers has an interesting perspective on the arguably “anti-American” sentiments that keep popping up in the movie–the relevant post is subtitled “Why does King Leonidas hate…
Use(less) Tax
As Wikipedia tells us, “use tax is … assessed upon ‘tax free’ tangible personal property purchased by a resident of the assessing state for use, storage or consumption of goods in that state (not for resale), regardless of where the…
Render Unto Caesar
D and I did our income taxes today, and it turns out we owe Uncle Sam about a third less than we thought we were going to. Woo hoo! The bad news is, because we paid so much tax for…
Oh, so NOW you want Linux?
Blogged today on CNET: “According to Novell ads, Linux is a cute girl who needs a haircut.” Novell, which sells machines pre-installed with SUSE Linux, has created their own ads parodying Apple’s brilliant “Mac vs. PC” TV spots. The Novell…
How Buffy Changed My Life
I just entered Dark Horse Comics’ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer is My Life” essay contest, and I don’t expect to win, because my 215 words aren’t really on-topic. But it’s what I felt at the time, so here’s my entry,…