Archive for July, 2006

Mommy, Daddy: Useless?

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Daughter (exact quote, completely unprompted): “Why is it that the only job that isn’t very useful is working at Microsoft?”
Mommy: “It is useful.  You know how doctors use computers to do their job better.  This way we can help more people.  You know, kids in other countries cannot even get shots to prevent diseases.”
Daughter: (horrified […]

Blog Election Fraud

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

[via Miguel] Cool story in advance of Mexico presidential elections tomorrow.  Basically, someone hacked the blog of the opposition party, forging a call to supporters asking them to “resist”.  The mainstream media ran with it, despite being notified within an hour that it was a forgery, and spread a lot of FUD in the final […]

John Edwards: The End of Fake

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Excellent report from Todd Bishop about John Edwards appearance at Gnomedex.  John basically tells people, “I have spent so long learning how to be fake, I’m not sure if I know how to be real anymore!” 
It’s cute that he says, “shed the conditioning”, but I’m sure he doesn’t really feel that way.  Nor do any […]