…James Taranto comes out of left field with one for the ages (from today’s BotW):
Someone Set Up Us the Bomb
“How are you gentlemen!! All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction. . . . You have no chance to survive make your time. Ha Ha Ha Ha . . [...]
…embedding the email address of the purchaser into the file format is NOT DRM.
Seriously folks, this caterwauling about jack-booted thugs stepping on the necks of consumers over every single anti-theft measure taken by copyright owners is getting very, very old. However, in Ars’ favor, they point out exactly why (some) people are screaming so loud:
But [...]
Proof yet again that Todd Stroger should never have been “elected” as Cook County Board President:
Breaking with his father’s avoidance of property tax increases and his own campaign promise not to impose them, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger made it clear over the weekend that he thinks a property tax hike is one way [...]
OK, I’ve been somewhat of a busy bee this past week with tarpify and all its subsidiary properties. Here’s what I’ve done:
Upgraded WordPress to version 2.2 (although Lorna claims that she’s able to get into my config)
Upgraded Gallery to 2.2.1
Made sure I had a backup of DBs and files
Tighten down a bunch of the crap [...]
Happy Birthday Two (Three) Buck Chuck!
(And I don’t care what anyone says, I think it’s incredibly drinkable…I mean it’s not Château Margau but then agan…what is?)
Woot! Useless polling now to be added to posts!
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Just upgraded to WordPress 2.2 and it seems to have gone well…wonder what the WP BSOD looks like…
Couple of thoughs:
I like that it auto-saves your current draft. As Borat would say: very nice.
I love the use of AJAX layers for pop-ups….that was always a major pain point before for me. Very nice.
And thank god it [...]
My favorite ex-EVP/Marketing is striking back; Julie Roehm is letting the world know that Wally World CEO Lee Scott’s house might not be so clean:
Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott violated the company’s ethics policy and accepted trips and received discounts on yachts and jewelry from a vendor, according to documents filed by a marketing executive [...]
So, this lovely little gem lead the Sun-Times this morning: CTA BUDGET WOES | New chief’s dire scenario: $3.25 rides and cuts in L, bus service.
Basically it boils down to “blah, blah, blah, if you don’t give us more money, we’re going to ax the Skokie Swift, kill the insanely popular Purple Line expresses to [...]
Tom Toles is not pulling any punches today: