Avoiding Blindspots. You’re Doing It Right
Great tip on how to adjust your sideview mirrors so you see OTHER cars, not your own.
Beat Box Basics
When I learn even a little bit about new things I am always amazed by how much effort goes into even the most mundane task. When I learn about things I find fascinating, that’s even more true. So it is with this tutorial on beat boxing.
Time to Get Weepy
The Olympics are only a month away, so that must mean it’s time for giant companies to use inspirational athletes to make you tear up over things like detergent and toothpaste.
"Around here, however, we don’t look back for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. "
- A favorite quote from Walt Disney
Politics
Time to Focus on the Economy Again… For Like a Week…
With news that unemployment is stalled despite job gains, Obama has decided to focus on the economy now.
With several controversies fading and a period of intense foreign travel over, President Obama is narrowing his focus this summer to two issues, immigration and the economy, that could help determine the success or failure of his
Gaming
Thanks a F**k-ton, Ubisoft
So Ubisoft requires a UPlay account for multiplayer on their games, and then this happened.
[W]e learned that data were illegally accessed from our account database, including user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. … Unfortunately, no company or organization is completely immune to these kinds of criminal attacks.
That’s certainly true, but when you
Politics
The Path to Legal Hell is Paved by the Left
Two days ago, Wendy Kaminer over at the Atlantic penned a piece looking at the ACLU’s lawsuit against the NSA and the idea of corporate personhood. The ACLU, it seems, is concerned about the idea that its phone call metadata is being snarfed up by the spooks and could be used to see who
Television
Cable’s Defiant Note?
Cable kicks off their annual Cable Show in Washington, DC today. The opening general session was kicked off by MC Hammer performing his hit 2 Legit 2 Quit.
It’s an interesting choice given the lyrics of the song.
Competitors who think they’re makin’ up all the rules, fools. In the game lame and insane. It’s a
Stuck On Stupid
Al Roker’s Fundamental Misunderstanding of Business and Economics
Watching a segment on the Today Show about the number of trailers you’re asked to sit though before a movie, the jovial weatherman turned dark. In a brief rant he sad, essentially:
What really bugs me is buying a full-price ticket to a movie, and then being forced to watch commercials. If you want to give
Politics
Perspective on the Growth of the Federal Government in Four Simple Charts
A friend on Facebook today noted an article by Kristen Powers that once again tries to argue that government has not grown under Obama.
It so happens that the claim that government is bigger under President Obama than any time in history — an oft-repeated trope — is actually not even true. Not counting the