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A bit over a year ago, i posted a story where i had been approached by one or more members of the Shuck family in the belief that i was Lauren Shuck.
To recap, i was sent an invitation to join the Shuck Family’s group on Yahoo! groups and i was sent a gift [...]

MS Hot Live mail now offers 5 GB of free mail space. Google GMail offers 2.9 GB of mail space. Yahoo! has no caps and offers an unlimited mail storage.
I don’t want to sound like “640 kB should be enough memory for anyone” or “I believe there is a world market for about five computers” [...]

I’ve been approached by members of the Shuck family, twice now, believing that i’m a relative of theirs named Lauren (fair mix, i say).
First, jjjshuck wants me to join their family Yahoo! group. I send jjjshuck a letter where i explain why i kindly have to decline the invitation and introduce myself for the [...]

Two things regarding web user interfaces happened to me within the last 24 hours.
First, i stumble upon the blog Jabbering Giraffe (possibly through CSS Mania). On the surface, there’s nothing special about the Jabbering Giraffe user interface (UI) but look closer at the top row. From there, you can “personalize” the display: toggle rendered headline [...]

As a spin-off over MS downgrading Claria spyware from Quarantine material to Ignore levels, my colleague Deram came with this brilliant insight: Would you use a ad-supported Windows for “free”?
Think of it. MS would rather have “us” use a pirated Windows than Linux (see also: Windows for a dollar. Since there will always be [...]

UN welcomes John Bolton as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as appointed by George Dubyah Bush. (plenty of links today — click ‘em all
Bolton has, and rightly so, commented that “the bolated UN buerocracy can be reduced” (already linked [...]

Yarrr! Here’s today’s US-political rant and because it’s saturday, it’s from the lighter side.
You’re American. You’re Conservative/Republican. Why dip your french fries in french german foreign Heinz ketchup when you can dip your Freedom Fries in Purely American W Ketchup? W comes in one flavor: American. There.
“Choose Heinz and you’re supporting Teresa [...]

Humoristi-motoristi Wilmingtonista Jim Cara (ei Carrey, vaikka läheltä meni) päätti hankkia moottoripyöräänsä hauskan kilven: “EI KILPEÄ”, eli Yhdysvaltain kielellä “NO TAG“.
Kiva juttu, kunnes herra Caralle rupesi tulvimaan postia luukusta: vihdoinkin Wilmingtonin kaupungin keskustietokone sai kun saikin löydettyä osoitteen kaikille niille motoristeille jotka ovat saaneet sakkoa ajaen ilman kilpeä! Jee jee! Että eikun kusti polkemaan!
Cara on [...]

Nu tror jag dokusåpmakarna har tagit ett steg för långt. Det senaste UPN11 har att bjuda den amerikanska publiken är reality-serien Amish in the City. Updaterad 2004-Ju-22 @ 22:40 EEST
Jisses.
Snabbt sammandrag för de oinvigna: Amish är en “sekt” kristet troende som lever lite utanför samhället enligt gamla tiders seder. De lever enkelt och hederligt och [...]