As a blind person, I don’t spend much time thinking about fonts. Maybe I should as a blind person with a website, but that’s another discussion for another time. Right now, though, I am thinking about fonts, and even as a blind person, I do feel as though I am qualified to offer a bit …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Some Custody Required
As we mention often, the importance of a getaway vehicle to a crime cannot be understated. But what happens when your crime is shoplifting and what you’re shoplifting *is* your getaway vehicle? Flagler County deputies said it was reported that a man exited a Target on State Road 100 with a stolen electric scooter. When …
Must Have Been Trash Day
This might be old news to some of you what with it having happened back in April of 2023, but if you, like me, don’t tend to follow the goings on in the Angels’ farm system generally or of the Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas specifically, it’s probably new to you. But hell, even if …
The Dow! The Dow Right Now!
This is disturbingly catchy, and almost certainly the most enjoyment I’ve ever gotten out of Pam Bondi talking. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before I catch myself yelling “The Dow! during some housework or other. Here are highlights (in the loosest sense of the word) of the meltdown in question should you …
Do Not Use This Service. But If You Must, Use It To Watch Kimmel
This is just silly. The Trump administration, the same one that strongarms talk shows off the air because it doesn’t like being made fun of and shakes down media companies for not praising it enough is apparently so concerned about free speech around the world that it’s reportedly launching a new website to help foreigners …
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What The Hilsa Matter With You!?
I went back and forth about whether or not I should bother posting this, but then it occurred to me that it’ll probably be the only time I’d ever be able to use this song for something. Carin will be so happy! A 60-year-old man was charged after allegedly using a frozen fish as a …
Reasons Not To Trust AI, Number…Never Mind. Numbers Are Kind Of The Problem Here
Raise your hand if you didn’t see this coming. Anybody? No one? Ok. Both The Washington Post and Digital Trends have spotted instances of scam support numbers showing up in Google AI Overviews, reports of which appeared on Facebook and Reddit respectively. Credit unions and banks are also warning their customers about these scams. Here’s …
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Cut Them Off, Even If They Get Snippy
I’m going to cut this lady a little slack because she’s 86, but if the rest of you fall for this I may arrange to have you destroyed. Police are searching for a suspect after an 86-year-old Guelph woman was scammed out of $5,900 by a person claiming to be a bank investigator. Guelph police …
Dear Mysterious Chinese Bots: Please Stop Slowing Down The Site And Making Me Think I Have Dementia
Mystery bot traffic from China floods websites, puzzling cybersecurity experts This has been happening to us on and off for months. Like the article says, it doesn’t seem to be malicious. None of our security systems has flagged anything, which I’m fairly certain would have happened by now were there anything to flag. It’s just …
I Might Be Able To Keep this Down If I Really Concentrate
You ever hear about something and all at once think “I sure am curious how that would taste” and “I do not want that thing in the same city as my mouth”? This is one of those moments for me. If you assumed the developers would’ve taken inspiration from fruity classics like Trix and Froot …
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