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…
Year: 2007
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,…
” ‘sweetcheeks’ was somehow not in my spellcheck’s dictionary. YOU BEST BELIEVE I HELLA FIXED THAT “
I love Dinosaur Comics. In case you’re wondering, the title of this blog post is the title used in the RSS feed for yesterday’s comic. One of the many great things about Dinosaur Comics is how much extra content comes…
Hot Under the Collar
Since jra doesn’t allow comments on his blog, I’m using this post to respond to his “Another theory of climate change” post. Blogwar! Actually, this is not so much a rebuttal as an encouragement to read the original Intergovernmental Panel…
United States Patent Application: 0060259306
It’s titled “Business method protecting jokes” and was granted on November 16, 2006. Bonus meta points for repeatedly using “homoproprietary” to describe itself. Do you really need further proof that the U.S. patent system is broken?