I’ve noticed this a few times in the last few days and wondered if anyone else has. So Google has their word verification scheme thingamabobber. They also have an audio link. Sometimes the graphic includes numbers, sometimes it includes letters. When the graphic includes letters, the audio link doesn’t work. If it is numbers, the …
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Some Thought Dribbles
Here are a few things I’ve been thinking about. I thought about putting some of them in my last monster thoughts post, but it was starting to take on a life of its own, so I figured I’d best save them for another time. My friend told me a story about something they saw while …
Giant Thought Motherload Comin’ In
I’ve had a few things I’ve wanted to write down, but I’ve been kinda busy and when I’ve had a second, I didn’t have the focus I wanted. Now I think I have what I need to write. Speaking of being busy, I’m still pretty busy right now, so the new template will have to …
Slurls
If you’ve ever gotten one of those emails that go around from time to time full of website addresses with double meanings, you’ll appreciate this. There’s an entire website devoted to verifying and compiling them. Be sure to check out the list of 100 Website Naming Disasters to get you started especially if you’re not …
Kitty Porn
Note to Keith R. Griffin of Jensen Beach, Florida:Time to work on the excuses a little more, chief. I’ll give him credit for originality, but not much else. Our friend Mr. Griffin, when busted with more than 1000 child pornography images on his computer, told the police after reaching around to pull an explanation out …
Good Luck
Brilliant Scientist Trying To Get Word Out About Penis-Enlargement Breakthrough
>What Am I Not Understanding Here
>I need somebody to explain to me howthismakes any sense. A ruling from a Swedish court that IP numbers should be considered personal data will not have any impact on the country’s recently passed anti-piracy law. The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled today that IP numbers should be considered personal information. This is a hot …
Google, Please Do No Evil
I know that Las Angeles’s computer systems are antequated, described as “Pac-Man-era technology”, but is the solution to transfer all the city’s sensitive data over to Google? This includes arrest records and other confidential city data. Hmmm. This is Google we’re talking about, ya know, the one who likes to archive people’s mail indefinitely, says …
Tweet Tweet Tweet
Lately, I’ve had a ton of people asking me if I was on Twitter. I’m not, so I say no. I cannot figure out the purpose of Twitter unless you’re using it to link to something where you can read more information. Randy Cassingham wrote abig article about how Twitter can be useful, so I …
Food Basics Flyer Info
I get a lot of my groceries at Food Basics. A while ago, I wanted to read their flyers. So, I went online, and quickly discovered that their online flyers were nothing but images. Sure it looked like there were words there, but all those words were part of an image. JAWS cannot interpret images. …