Jan 21
According to Wikipedia my generation, Generation X, is the one that reverses the trend, the generation that does worse (by 12%) than the one preceding it.
I’d feel badly about this, except I never truly gave a fuck about the almighty dollar. Yeah, the fact that my 12 year old retirement account has nearly exactly [...]
Jan 19
Looks like Conan will get paid
Okay, I know what with the earthquake in Haiti, and any number of pressing humanitarian tragedies going on right now, a white guy getting paid 40 million dollars to quit his job is well, kinda insignificant. But I think Conan is funny. And I also think he’s getting [...]
Jan 14
59 years old, left too soon. I drive by the spot where his Rolls Royce crashed on Lincoln Drive here in Philly from time to time. It always made me a little sad when I wasn’t white-knuckled on the wheel (it’s a truly horrible and dangerous road) but now it will feel even [...]
Jan 6
I love that my favorite band has a section on their web site to request a song at the concert you are attending. Maybe they are just acknowledging that some of us don’t have the pipes to shout out “Freebird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” from the back row anymore. Or maybe they actually want to hear what [...]
This article gives a pretty damning list of the “costs” of a cheap cotton t-shirt. The scariest part of the entire article? Walmart and Kmart account for 25% of all clothing sold in the US. It’s not scary because of the market power they wield, it’s scary because of what it says [...]
Dec 14
see more Epic Fails
I’m absolutely certain this is “completely legit”
Oct 13
“Hi, this is Marcy from Comcast Cable. I’m calling with a great new offer. . .”
“Um, is Comcast still evil?”
“I’m sorry sir, I didn’t catch that - is Comcast still . . .”
“Evil. Is Comcast still evil? Or did they give that up?”
“Um, I, um . . . I’m not sure what [...]
Sometimes I’m not too proud to be a Philadelphian. CIGNA CEO Edward Hanway made $78,000,000 - yes, that’s 78 million dollars - in salary and bonus over the last 5 years. What did he do to earn all that dough? Let people die. Deny coverage to people like Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17 year old in [...]
Oct 8
I’m not sure if this is a Google Fail or Win? But it’s really pretty funny.
I read an article on The Lazarus IDE in this months Linux Journal and I’m now transported back 20 years. Pascal! I can’t remember the last time I looked at or wrote Pascal.
I don’t have anything particularly burning that I feel like writing, especially GUI-wise, but I’ve been fiddling with it here on [...]
