…because, well, according to my PS3 this afternoon, it’s 12/31/1999. It seems there’s a glitch out there that’s causing early-gen “fat” PS3s to go a little wacky today. Something to do with the clock/calendar chip, causing problems connecting to the playstation network and in some cases, corrupting downloaded content and trophy records. So far, it […]

“When I saw it was a snake’s head I just threw it down and called my kids and said I got a snake head in the green beans, everybody said ‘oh lord, you got a snake head in the green beans’…” Yep, a woman prone to run-on sentences found a “snake head” in her green […]

Truly effective loafing requires a lot of work.

…in the lives of certain dear friends, today’s xkcd struck me as particularly funny. But then, doesn’t it almost always?

A company in Michigan who builds rifle sights for the US military is drawing attention for including references to Bible verses in their serial numbers. Unsurprisingly, some people have problems with this, citing issues of church vs. state separation and the poor image presented by US (and, apparently UK) troops using weapons inscribed with Christian […]

I haven’t done a “Stuff I Like A Lot” post in a while, but that’s mostly because I’ve been so darned fragmented lately; my head’s been all over the place, and I haven’t been able to focus on one thing long enough to come up with a few hundred words about it. Instead, I’m just […]

Ever have one of those nights where you’ve got a problem working in your head that won’t let you go dormant until you come round to a resolution? That’s been this evening, though I think I’ve almost got these errant neuron firings wrangled. Let’s hope so, as I’m terribly tired, especially after the activity this […]

Are you all sitting comfortably? Good. Now, a couple of programming notes about site functionality: ♦ – I dumped the guestbook application; it had collected nothing but spam ads for valtrex, handbags, and penis enlargement for most of the last year, and honestly, I didn’t feel like dealing with it anymore. So, good riddance. If […]

This totally overshadows the other big story in town today, though I’m sure several people will be all misty-eyed as they dutifully buy their fifteen gallons of milk and half-a-dozen loaves of bread.

I downloaded Google chrome beta for linux operating systems last night. I played with it a little bit; it’s really slick and pretty, and generally does the job of lightweight web browser really well, except it seems to choke on any object rendered in Flash. That fact itself is reasonably annoying, but the frowny face […]