Oh boy. Remember that guy who claimed his cat bought child porn? Now, people have gone to the news saying their dog bought 5000 Microsoft points through the guy’s Xbox while they slept. He says his banking info was stored on the Xbox, and the dog pulled down the controler, managed to turn the machine …
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My Ruined Life Is A Series Of Beeps
I’ve gotten a few errant text messages from time to time, but never have I decided that I should meet the wrong number-texter and fight. But that’s what Scott Allen Elder and Brian Matison decided to do. They met in a parking lot and Elder, who actually is the younger of the two men, shot …
Your Chance To Buy The Best Chair Ever
Would you like to own Dennis Anderson’s motorized La-Z-Boy? If you answered yes to this question, then boy do I have some good news for you. According to this item on Engadget, the police are going to be auctioning it off and it’s expected to hit eBay sometime this week. Good luck.
Just Because It’s Not A Car Doesn’t Mean You Get Off Easy
And here I thought motorized La-Z-Boys, beer coolers and barstools were pretty awesome. I was unaware of other coolness that has been out there. Ann Adams fixed that right quick. Although the la-z-boy and the barstool made the list, there are more. How about a parade float? What about an adult tricycle? A Russian Tank? …
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When Ya Gotta Go, Ya Gotta Take A Zappin’
The city of Guelph where Carin and I live has been dealing for several years with the growing problem of the weekend bar crowd not bothering to find bathrooms and pissing or worse all over the downtown. One of the solutions, at least for a few weeks over the summer, was installing outdoor urinals or …
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La-Z-Lawn-Boy
Wow, people are getting weirder and weirder about what they choose to drive to the bar. Dennis LeRoy Anderson decided his mode of transport would be a motorized La-Z-Boy chair. What a sweet-sounding chair though. Proctor Deputy Police Chief Troy Foucault said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower with a Briggs & Stratton …
Digital Boxes May Become Accessible!
Ever since digital cable took off, I’ve wished there was a way for me to interact with the onscreen menus that allow you to do a lot of the things that make digital cable so cool, things like using the TV guide, ordering things on demand, all that good stuff. Now, someone has started making …
Bangk Machine
The other day, Steve mentioned that South African bank machines were pepper spraying folks who try to tamper with them. Now I read that the cash boxes in Belgian bank machines will implode if forced open. Wacky stuff. Too bad that little nugget of info wasn’t told to the pair of gangsters who tried to …
>Some Dvorak Tutorials
>Yesterday I said I was looking for some Dvorak tutorials. It appears I have found some. These aren’t half bad. Check out some of the sentences one can construct with just the Dvorak home row: Tina is on hiatus insteadThe statue is sent to Santa AnitaThis session is tedious on the tendonsThat Thai dish is …
Going Dvorak
This blog post is going to take me forever to write, partly because it has given me a lot to think about, and partly because I’m a fool and am trying out the Dvorak keyboard. The other day, Randy Cassingham talked about his love of the dvorak keyboard. He talked it up so much that …