Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Three-Wolf Moon T-Shirt
The sales of the three-wolf moon t-shirt are up 2300% after the item received priceless reviews on Amazon.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Worst Workaround Ever
From Microsoft Support:
Problem:
Data Not Returned from Query Using ORACLE Data Source
Workaround 1:
Turn Off the Enable Background Refresh Setting
Workaround 2:
Move Your Mouse Pointer
If you move your mouse pointer continuously while the data is being returned to Microsoft Excel, the query may not fail. Do not stop moving the mouse until all the data has been returned to Microsoft Excel.
Problem:
Data Not Returned from Query Using ORACLE Data Source
Workaround 1:
Turn Off the Enable Background Refresh Setting
Workaround 2:
Move Your Mouse Pointer
If you move your mouse pointer continuously while the data is being returned to Microsoft Excel, the query may not fail. Do not stop moving the mouse until all the data has been returned to Microsoft Excel.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
New Masthead
I have updated the masthead. I took the picture from the tornado situation from a couple of months ago near my house and added the martian from "Mars Attacks" to it. We come in peace.
Dark Clouds
Some pictures of dark clouds I shot during a tornado warning around 2 months ago. Click for larger versions.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Mother Kills Son, Resuscitates Him, Then Kills Him Again
You can tell she is insane by looking at her right eye...A 23-year-old woman suffocated her son and then buried his body beneath the sand of a playground, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said Thursday. "She placed her hand over her son's mouth and nose and suffocated him. She had second thoughts about what she did. She performed CPR on her son, brought him back to life and then decided to go forward with that original act she had started to commit," Schultz said.
Why did she do it?
She did not want him to grow up with no one caring about him, the same way that she had grown up where nobody had cared about her.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Somali Pirates Embrace Capture As Route To Europe
Some of the Somali pirates who were captured while attacking a Dutch cargo ship are probably going to be given asylum since Somalia has a record of international human rights violations.
"Life is good here," said one of the defendants, named Sayid, about his experience in a Dutch jail. "I appeal to the government not to send me back to Somalia. The people who live here respect human rights. I wish to settle here."
The attorney for one of the pirates said:
"My client feels safe here. His own village is dominated by poverty and sharia [Islamic law] but here he has good food and can play football and watch television. He thinks the lavatory in his cell is fantastic," he said.
Amazing Picture Of Bird's Upside-down Flight
This is a greylag goose flying upside-down but with its neck and head twisted the right way up.
Brian MacFarlane was simply photographing geese buffeted by strong winds at Strumpshaw yesterday, and did not expect to capture a moment of contortionism.
“The wind was making life difficult for the flying birds,” said Mr MacFarlane.
“Some were expert at controlling their flight, while others were being tossed around in mid-air.
“On closer inspection of the image I realised it had flipped upside down but kept its head the right way up. “Quite a feat!”
Brian MacFarlane was simply photographing geese buffeted by strong winds at Strumpshaw yesterday, and did not expect to capture a moment of contortionism.
“The wind was making life difficult for the flying birds,” said Mr MacFarlane.
“Some were expert at controlling their flight, while others were being tossed around in mid-air.
“On closer inspection of the image I realised it had flipped upside down but kept its head the right way up. “Quite a feat!”
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The World's Best Illusion: The Secret of the Curve Ball
Here's the winning entry from the gathering of neuroscientists and psychologists at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Florida.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Cheerios As Drugs
The FDA is not happy about Cheerios making the claim that it can lower Cholesterol by 4% in 6 weeks.Quote from the FDA:
"Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug because the product is intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease."
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Buy.com Expensive Shipping
A colleague of mine just ran across this while looking for a cheap video card.
Here's the Buy.com link.
Here's the Buy.com link.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
A Chinese Province Orders Local Officials to Smoke More Cigarettes to Boost the Economy
Local officials in the province of Hubei have been ordered to smoke more cigarettes or face fines.
"Local government officials in China have been ordered to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of cigarettes in a move to boost the local economy during the global financial crisis. he edict, issued by officials in Hubei province in central China, threatens to fine officials who "fail to meet their targets" or are caught smoking rival brands manufactured in neighbouring provinces."
"Even local schools have been issued with a smoking quota for teachers, while one village was ordered to purchase 400 cartons of cigarettes a year for its officials, according to the local government's website."
Story (via boingboing.net)No More Kabbalah for Madonna
Important news:
Music legend Madonna has turned her back on the controversial Kabbalah sect to embrace ‘the one true worldwide faith of Methodism’.
The controversial singer explained the circumstances of her dramatic conversion at a hastily-convened press conference: ‘After the divorce and failed adoption bid I’d hit rock bottom. One night I found a copy of The Methodist Recorder in my hotel room, and I started reading it for solace. Halfway through the first story ‘Connexional working party report urges district chairs to convene ecumenical dialogue over fall in peripatetic lay preaching throughout the Methodist circuit’ I was in tears.’
The announcement has led to a mass defection of celebrities to so-called ‘non-elitist’ religions; Richard Gere has abandoned Tibetan Buddhism, and is considering a move to Britain to be closer to his ’spiritual kin’ in the United Reformed Church, along with fellow converts Chris Martin and Gwynneth Paltrow.
Music legend Madonna has turned her back on the controversial Kabbalah sect to embrace ‘the one true worldwide faith of Methodism’.
The controversial singer explained the circumstances of her dramatic conversion at a hastily-convened press conference: ‘After the divorce and failed adoption bid I’d hit rock bottom. One night I found a copy of The Methodist Recorder in my hotel room, and I started reading it for solace. Halfway through the first story ‘Connexional working party report urges district chairs to convene ecumenical dialogue over fall in peripatetic lay preaching throughout the Methodist circuit’ I was in tears.’The announcement has led to a mass defection of celebrities to so-called ‘non-elitist’ religions; Richard Gere has abandoned Tibetan Buddhism, and is considering a move to Britain to be closer to his ’spiritual kin’ in the United Reformed Church, along with fellow converts Chris Martin and Gwynneth Paltrow.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Incredibly disfigured Pakistani beggar
This Beggar begs on Lahore-Narowal Road(Pakistan). I leave upon you to decide whether he is an Alien(i saw many characters in Star Trek in this get up), some Actor who disguised himself to attract attention or born this way.
Update: It may be Proteus syndrome
via
Update: It may be Proteus syndrome
via
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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