Category: Quickies
Quickie #7: Ted? TEd? Ummm…
Why U not use pRopEr cApiTaliSatiOn? Maybe U liek 1337speek? And actually, yeah, I do. Bear in mind that 30-odd years ago when I started doing the BBS and then the blogs subsequently, it was elite. Most people still had very little idea about what computers could do. A bit like where we’re at with…
Snippet #4: Haute Something, Alright…
Haute Couture It wasn’t an April Fools’ joke: Independent Online reported on April 1 that fashion house Balenciaga has introduced a clear plastic bracelet that resembles a roll of packing tape, to the tune of about $3,000. The “Gaffer Bangle” includes an inside label that reads “Balenciaga Adhesive — Made in France.” The company reportedly…
Quickie: Altered Ads
Sometimes, a product isn’t photographed in an ideal colour nor an ideal presentation. Sometimes, it still makes it into the Specials email, good taste notwithstanding. And sometimes, Yr Editor must take up the Paint.NET brushes and have fun… Very little imagination was needed… PS: The slippers do look warm and comfortable – maybe in a…
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Another hazard of flying: “It’s just a biohazard issue,” the pilot told air traffic control. And indeed, the Delta Airlines Airbus A350 was forced to return to Atlanta after two hours in the air on Sept. 1 after a passenger suffered an “onboard medical emergency”: uncontrollable diarrhea that left the entire length of the aisle…
Fun: Diesel Sweeties
Sometimes I find fun stuff that I can present here, and when I do – I do… I found Diesel Sweeties a decade ago, lost touch, heard it stopped, but found what seems to be new cartoons on the site: https://www.dieselsweeties.com/ics/1222
An “OverHeard Online” moment:
A – Snuck? What sort of word is that? Why are so many people devoid of any notion of proper past tenses? B – Someone snuck that right in! C – Following this, I was taught not to use the word ‘chuck’ as should use ‘thrown’. Unless perhaps as the past tense of chick D…
The Internet’s First Search Engine
Anyone remember Ask Jeeves? Altavista? Excite? Lycos? WebCrawler? Infoseek? Yep – all search engines designed to help people find information on the web, but did you know they all have a granddaddy? Meet the guys that brought back Archie. Archie was the go-to place to search – for files to download. Not so much web…
Trump Ghosted By Wife, Daughter
After a being jeered, booed, and heckled at a rally last week, it looks like he’s being abandoned by Melania and Ivanka at his trial now. He’s been charged for a range of crimes, is (poorly) defending a whole raft of other charges any of which will end in jail time, takes (and is no…
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