Still a work in progress, but this PC hardware chart is pretty damned cool.
I plan on printing it as a nice reference. Lord knows where I’ll hang it up though.
Computer hardware poster 1.7 by ~Sonic840 on deviantART
Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt
The Moon Landings: Fact, Not Fiction | GeekDad
I love GeekDad. Basically, it’s a Wired blog for the parental set.
One of today’s entries dealt with how to correct the misinformation regarding the moon landings. Namely, how to show your kids that, yes, they did happen.
This is pretty easily proved, but there are so many things out there that either well-meaning Luddites or evil Talibangelicals try to debunk using flawed logic. The same nitwits that refute the Theory of Evolution have no issues with the Theory of Relativity because they want a nuke plant in every ghetto and a MIRV hitting every country populated by brown people.
Just saying. Keep it up GeekDad!
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others – Pogue’s Posts Blog – NYTimes.com
I like technology. I like books.
Scratch that. I love books. Want to know why? Because once you own a book, it’s your’s. Not the bookstore’s. Your’s.
Want to know why I don’t have a Kindle and just have some ebooks I use Microsoft Reader for?
This is why. Turns out a publisher decided not to offer electronic editions of George Orwell, so Amazon rushed full steam ahead and deleted Orwell’s books from it’s customer’s Kindles.
Um, kiss my ass Amazon.
Ironically, they picked Orwell, who, of course was so focused on the ills of censorship and totalitarian rule.
I have both 1984 and Animal Farm on my shelf at home and you can find an electronic edition of the former here. For Animal Farm you may be out of luck on a legal e-book option.
Gary Frago, California Councilman, Sent Racist Anti-Obama Jokes To Staff
Rep. Tiahrt (R-KS) Wonders If Obama’s Mother Might Have Aborted Him | TPMTV
Holy crap! I can’t keep up!
THIS Republican Racist has combined public health care with racism and asks if Obama’s mom would have aborted him if she could’ve gotten the government to pay for it.
Oh, and Clarence Thomas too. Apparently the only kids getting aborted are mixed race and non-white kids. At least those who would be getting aborted on the public dime.
White kids “catch mono” and disappear for a few months or something. Honestly I really have no idea where this guy is going with his argument. Other than – hopefully – to hell one day.
Seriously, why can’t we round all these guys up and force them into an Asshat Brigade for a 5-year term in rural Afghanistan?
Billy Mays remains a TV pitchman, even in death – Yahoo! News
I like that we’ll still have Billy Mays on the TV, with at least one new product. I’ve also seen some of his older work on the air again.
Like I said, after watching the Pitchmen series, he seems a likeable guy. And if anyone was trying to honor him at all, just airing his old ads should do the trick.
Rachel Maddow:Maddow on Palin’s bailin’
How To: Wash a Pillow
Some good advice on keeping pillows nice and fresh and fluffy.
BBC NEWS | Health | Coffee ‘may reverse Alzheimer’s’
I find this news concerning the advantages of coffee in reversing Alzheimer’s useful on a day I picked up an iced vanilla latte (from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf – STRONGLY recommended) and am getting a year older.
Thanks to Michael “Art” for the link, granted it was many days earlier but I just got around to it.
Lifehacker: Open a banana like a monkey
I found this vastly entertaining and possibly useful.