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It’s something you can never admit, even to yourself
More often than not, though, gadgets don’t get better. They just get obsolete.
Big Spam dump!
Large collection of default spam-comments from a slimy SEO tool.
This morning, I woke up to find that someone who was new to the tool (or unclear on the concept) had left a spam with all of the default comment messages in it, dumping the full database of anodyne comments intended to fool both the spam-filter and the human operator into thinking that the sender had read the post and was replying to it.
This should be helpful in blocking future spam.
Please make this happen
A 12pt Font Should Be The Same Size Everywhere: Time to Get Serious About Resolution Independence.
I thought I was missing something fundamental in my computer experience. Turns out I am missing it not because of a lack of knowledge on my part, but rather because no one thought to solve it once and for all.
I’m looking at you, Apple. Make this happen. Please.
You know you’ve made it when…
Gay? Murderer? The Telenovela Life of Mexican President-Elect Enrique Peña Nieto.
If Peña Nieto’s past is any indication of what the next six years of his presidency will be like, we better start popping the popcorn now. And maybe take a second look at our romantic Mexico weekend getaway plans. Surely there’s a safer place to go, like Syria.
Strains adapt, and seek to spread
Substitute “South” with “Peninsular” and “Yankee” with “Criollo”, and you get the battle — which has raged since the Mexican War for Independence — for the soul of Mexico in terms any American can understand.
I wanna move to Europe now
Europe Court Says Ill Workers Can Retake Vacations – NYTimes.com.
With much of Europe mired in recession, governments struggling to reduce budget deficits and officials trying to combat high unemployment, the ruling is a reminder of just how hard it is to shake up long-established and legally protected labor practices that make it hard to put more people to work and revive sinking economies.
If you look at it from an American point of view then yes, the ruling is a mistake. As for myself, I think adding additional available sick days would do the job and it’d be a nice compromise between the employer and the employees.
(via The Daily What)
Oh, GNOME
» Squib of the Day: Show size during resizing …for the adult in you.
This is why these guys ended up with the mess that is GNOME 3.
Foodgasm Tijuana
Watch Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Season 8, Episode 7 – Baja Online | Tv Show | Delishows.
This makes me miss Tijuana all the more.
Immovable object, meet unstoppable force
Illegal File-Sharing Chips Away At North Korean Propaganda | TorrentFreak.
I’d like to see the equivalent of RIAA and the MPAA in South Korea go after North Korea for the widespread piracy of music, movies and TV shows.
Better yet, let’s have the the UN or the WTO enforce copyright and patent law. That’s all they seem to be good for these days.
They can’t avoid Death, but they’ll damn well try to avoid taxes
“If you have already got 96 percent of what you want,” Ferguson told Salon, “why not take the remaining 4? That’s where the culture of American finance is right now, and I think it’s really dangerous for the country.”
Corporate criminals gone wild – Wall Street – Salon.com. (via BoingBoing)
Someone take me to California
Adventures at In-N-Out: We Make a Shooter’s Sandwich with 16 Burger Patties | A Hamburger Today.
Even if I go to California once, I am so doing this