The most valuable supply of worthlessness on the web
You might think that’s a typo, but it isn’t. If you haven’t checked out your Ask A Ninja resource lately, make sure you go see the latest – Austin asks if ninjas play miniature golf. Turns out ninjas play something close, but it’s not quite the same. And as always:
[tags]I look forward to killing you soon, Ninjas play niniature golf, Ask a ninja[/tags]
I sense a little bit of hostility here, wouldn’t you agree? For instance, on credit repair spam:
No, you can’t – that’s my personal responsibility, and I’m certainly not going to give business to anybody who says otherwise. You lose, you’re a loser, and you’re going to burn in hell. I don’t remember giving you permission to spam my snail mailbox, either.
I feel the same way, although I’ve just resigned myself to spending 15-30 minutes every damn day clearing spam and making sure my junk mail folder doesn’t have real mail before clearing it. Thanks to Bayesian filtering, I’ve had only 3 legitimate emails marked as spam in over 10,000 junk emails this year. The last of those was over 3 months ago. But it is unfortunate that I need the filtering at all – death by papercuts to spammers.
[tags]Chris Pirillo, The man hates spam[/tags]
Thanks to Tim, a former co-worker and the recently mentioned “A reader” in a previous post, for this news of criminal idiocy:
Sometimes people really do get what’s coming to them. Brothers Jared and Cooper Colwell and two other men were sleeping at their home in Midvale, Utah last Tuesday, when a pair of ski-masked crooks busted into the house and demanded everyone’s cash, wallets, and cellphones. Sounds like your typical home invasion, except for the fact that Jared thought he recognized one of the burglar’s voices — it sounded like a friend of theirs named Randall Talbot who had previously crashed at their pad for a few weeks. Figuring they had nothing to lose, the men texted Jared’s cellphone with a message saying “Randy, I really want my phone back; I’ll pay you $300 for the phone right now” (must have been a Treo). If you’re stupid enough to rob your friend’s house it stands to reason that you might be stupid enough to collect a ransom on the stolen merchandise as well, and sure enough, Randy and his partner-in-crime Justin Brooks agreed to a meeting at the local Smith’s store. As you’ve probably guessed by now, the Colwells immediately called the cops, who were there to greet Randy and Justin as they emerged from behind a dumpster at the rendezvous point — reportedly poised to grab the $300 and take off. We tip our hat to you, soon-to-incarcerated cellphone thieves: out of the many stupid gadget criminals who have graced these pages, you two are by far the biggest idiots of them all.
Story originally from Engadget.
[tags]Stupid crook news, The wisdom of idiocy[/tags]
Often, The Onion is a source of much suckage posing as humor. Today, though, I found a post that made me laugh. Continue reading “Bush has air-travel troubles, too”
I’ve written about the confiscated rock at the airport already. You’ve probably even seen the article posted elsewhere on the great big, wild intarw3b. Now, check out Bruce Schneier’s brief post on the confiscated rock. At the end, you’ll get this, the greatest quote so far to come from the security theater that is airport “security” these days:
They already take away scissors. Can paper be far behind?
Additionally, as Bruce notes in closing his post:
We can’t keep weapons out of prisons. We can’t possibly keep them out of airports.
[tags]The greatest airport security quote yet, More on the confiscated rock[/tags]
This image comes from Chris Pirillo. For those who have ever doubted that ninjas are the real ultimate power, here is proof:
[tags]Killed by ninjas, The trouble with ninjas, RealUltimatePower[/tags]
From a recent Worth 1000 contest comes this inspirational poster.
[tags]Worth 1000, Inspirational posters, Political future[/tags]
I wouldn’t normally believe a story like this, but I’ve found Snopes to be reliable enough to trust something is real when confirmed on Snopes.
If you run into trouble with your neighbors, perhaps building vent covers on the side of your house that look like this isn’t the best thing you can do. On the other hand, I’m sure it feels good for a little while to let everyone know how you feel.
[tags]House vent cover art, Don’t like how I build – enjoy my vent covers[/tags]
I have to get a stack of these to apply to idiots in the future. Only $30 for 100. Put me in charge, and everyone that deserves one gets one.
[tags]I park like an idiot, Bumper sticker for idiots[/tags]
I love the subject, what can I say? The thought of clowns instilling deathly fear into others intrigues me. Because of that, when I see a fear-of-clowns story on the web, I feel the need to share it. This latest comic, care of Wondermark, is such a catch. Click and enjoy.
[tags]Coulrophobia, Scenes from a clown funeral, Wondermark comics[/tags]
You’d better be talking like a pirate today. That’s right – today is International Talk Like a Pirate day, friend.
You’ve read about it in Dave Barry’s blog. Maybe you caught one of our radio or TV interviews. Or maybe you just stumbled on to our site while googling around for sites your mother probably wouldn’t approve of. Perhaps you’re one of the millions of people from South Africa to Australia, from New York to the Pacific Northwest, who party like pirates every September 19th.
In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, all posts and comments today will be automagically translated to pirate speak. If you don’t want to be reading piratized comments today, you might consider skipping all posts and comments for the day.
[tags]International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Pirates, Ahoy, Matey[/tags]
