Archive for the 'News' Category

The Secret is a Big Scam. Sorry to Break the News.

There is a lot of hype out there surrounding the New Age book/DVD called The Secret, by Wanda Byrne. Everywhere I turn, someone is talking about it; it’s gotten press on Oprah, Larry King, and Saturday Night Live even did a skit about it. Being naturally curious (OK- maybe nosy is more like it), I [...]

links for 2007-05-26

Upside-Down-Ternet When the people on your block or in your apartment complex steal your bandwidth, discourage them by giving them access to your own special Upside Down Intarweb. It’s totally l33t!!! (tags: l33t hacker wifi bandwidth) The record-breaking Cornishman who stayed awake for 11 days Yeah, sleep is soooo over-rated these days… (tags: sleep awake [...]

Where’s My Money, Nigerian Scammer? or, Timmy Needs a Robot Body

I’ve read a lot about Nigerian 419 scammers, and of course I’ve gotten emails from them ever since I became a world-wide-web denizen of the intarnets. In all the articles and things I’ve heard about those wiley Nigerian scammers, never have I seen them described as total morons. Nor have I seen them ever referred [...]

links for 2007-05-25

gHacks tech news gHacks – way better than G-Unit. (tags: hacks google workaround hacking) Amazing things: The most interesting and amazing houses from the world I like anything that looks like a UFO especially if I get to live in it. (tags: ufo house unusual home) The OpenCoffee Club Movement A good idea: an open [...]

Guest Writer Invitation – What Do You Know Best?

Writing is a dirty job…but somebody’s gotta do it. I’m not the only one who should be gettin the money for nothing and the hot chicks for free – so I’d like to let some of you guys be a guest writer on this blog. I will publish one guest article each week, and am [...]