Wednesday, August 29, 2007

I got stopped by a cop tonight while riding a scooter

Tonight while taking Pegwole, blogger from the Inked Geek Tech Report, home from my house via motor scooter we were stopped by the local police. This scooter is not rated for more than one passenger. The officer asked me to come to the car. He asked for my license, which if you know me personally is funny. Then he asked for any other ID, which I didn't have on me [mental note: I really don't have to show ID being a US citizen do I?]. I told him that I was going about 21 blocks and that Pegwole is legally blind (which he is). And then the typical name, address, make of scooter, year. So the cop decided that it really wasn't worth his trouble and told me to walk it until he was not in eyeshot. So I did and got him home. I really wish that I had a lifestreaming kit like Justine from Tasty Blog Snack so that I could have some cool video for you.

Monday, August 27, 2007

MPAA forces Ubuntu user to give up his freedom

Ars Technica reporter Jeremy Reimer, along with others are reporting that the Motion Picture Association of America has the ability to force someone to change operating systems. Basically the story goes some dude uploaded a movie and got bused, and part of his supervised release is that he has to have some special monitoring software running on his computer. Which will not run in anything other than Windows. Which is kinda bullshit, yeah the dude shouldn't be stealing movies (blah blah blah) but how bleeding hard is it to write a wine wrapper for your craptastic spyware. All in all this is pretty sucky.

And now quote of the week time...

'Jokes about "nobody is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to use Windows" aside, this case should be put up alongside the RIAA's suing of grandmothers and dead people as an example of the absurdity of current copyright law enforcement.'

Friday, August 24, 2007

Kevin Rose is Gay, ValleyWag WTF?, and Jacking Off


Digg founder Kevin Rose is gay according to Revision3 show "Infected with Martin Sarget"

In more unbelievable news Colin Farrell has been sober for 6 months.

[sry kevin too funny]



----------IN MORE NEWS----------

I finally went to ValleyWag (against my better judgment, and what I've herd is true, it is the Web 2.0 equivalent to a toilet paper (tabloid)

And now the funniest thing I've seen all week... Finally I know I know how not to get raped in a MMO like world that in which you are jacked in to a mech. See video below...

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

White House Flouts NSA Subpoena Deadline, But Will Congress Fight Back?

White House Flouts NSA Subpoena Deadline, But Will
Congress Fight Back? (via eff.org)


Yesterday, the White House once again flouted Congress'
authority and failed to comply with Senate subpoenas
regarding the NSA's illegal domestic spying. In response,
Senator Patrick Leahy threatened contempt proceedings and
stated that the compliance deadline, which was already
delayed twice, would not be pushed back again.

That's certainly welcome news, but Congress can't let this
turn into yet another set of empty threats. Tough talk is
not enough -- after all, Congress has already made numerous
requests for critical information about the spying program
and let the President dodge them again and again. Instead
of forcing his hand, it practically rewarded his
evasiveness by capitulating to the Administration's
outrageous demands and radically expanding domestic spying
powers earlier this month.

Congress cannot allow itself to be pushed around any
longer. It needs to make good on its threats and pry the
truth out of the Administration using all available means,
including by holding it in contempt.

And that must only be a first step towards the ultimate
goal of stopping the President's abuse of power. Truth and
accountability for the warrantless wiretapping of Americans
should have come before any legislative changes were given
even the slightest consideration. Now Congress needs to
undo its mistake, starting with a repeal of the so-called
"Protect America Act," the Administration's FISA
"modernization" power grab.

Take action now and tell Congress to stop the warrantless
wiretapping:
http://action.eff.org/fisa


Read EFF's article from August 7, "Congress Caves on
Warrantless Snooping -- What Happened, and How to Fix It":
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005395.php











here is a direct link to the video http://www.archive.org/details/gov.courts.ca9.2007.08.16

Monday, August 20, 2007

Fixed

w00tz I fixed it!!! Take that fate, suck on that for a while!!! Thats all....

Welp, I screwed this one up

Hi there everybody. I have some bad news and some good news. Bad news as you can see I screw up the formatting of this site, I have 1337 css, and xhtml skillz. The good news is however that my posts have not gone with the formatting. So here is my plan. Find a buddy of mine (you know who you are) offer him a case of whatever the hell he wants. And get a new kick ass page up asap. I'm actually looking forward to soon having a whole new site set up, hosted by me and k00lness like that. So above mentioned friend call me at home or on my cell, and I may try to be in to talk to you tomorrow.

Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...

This is not an original work, I wish it was, but it's not i got this from Craigslist (via StumbleUpon) this is reposted in it's entirety

In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.

1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are... plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.

2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.

3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such... but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.

4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.

5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?

6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it’ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they’re more attentive than guys who “have more options”. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they’ll likely have mental lists of all the things they’d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.

7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I’m not really familiar with this myself, but I’ve friends who’ve been intimate with geek guys and it’s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra... all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.

8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?

9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models... They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo...”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind...”

10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.

11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on...” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code... a geek can dream).

12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.

13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce...

14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps...

15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “DaMN baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Game and Is this video me? Please tell me its not...

I'm thinking about starting a computer business, you know support and i have a plan to sell my own hardware. Now that we are in the webernet 2.0 we all know that the most important thing you can have is a cool name (some regular run-of-the-mill word where you drp th finl vowl[that's right tumblr I'm lookin' at you]) or a cool url (like del.icio.us). So the person who leaves the best idea in the comments will receive %1 of the first years income, and a free rig w/ a free year of service.

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Inside Twitter