Spyder’s SpiderA prisoner at the Charlotte Correctional Institue who accused two other prisoners of stealing his pet spider got his skull fractured by the accused. I wonder what inmates would name a pet spider? Today, my vote would be for…
Entries from December 2002
Prisoners fight over pet spider, skull bashed in
December 19th, 2002 · No Comments
Tags: Life
Radio Free Software
December 19th, 2002 · No Comments
Radio Free Software This type of stuff will make things really fun in the future. I’m the process of looking for a PocketPC device that I can get Bluetooth, GPS, and 802.11 going at the same time. If all it…
Ex-Olympic gymnasts banned for appearing in adult movie
December 19th, 2002 · No Comments
They performed gymnastic routines naked on apparatus such as the beam, for the film which was broadcast by a private cable network. [via Ananova: Quirkies] Ananova’s coming through with all sorts of good stuff today….
Bookmakers draw up odds for crazy betting
December 19th, 2002 · No Comments
Crazy odds for the New Year. These are almost as fun as the Super Bowl bets. I’d be willing to bet $10 on Jacko’s full head transplant. [via Ananova: Quirkies]…
LibraryLookup: Good use of web services. Some lib …
December 12th, 2002 · No Comments
LibraryLookup I’m a big fan of bookmarkletsand John Udell has come up with a really useful idea, to check the local libraries from the listings of Amazon, BN, etc. Unfortunately, the Free Library of Philadelphiawasn’t in the listing, so I…
Report: Silicon Valley Insiders Profited
December 8th, 2002 · No Comments
In depth analysis by the San Jose Mercury News, executives at Silicon Valley companies that lost most of their value during the dot-com bust made billions of dollars when they sold their stock. In other news, bears do indeed like…
Tags: Web
Email that won’t travel more than 500 miles
December 8th, 2002 · No Comments
This is pretty great. For every human problem there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong. - H.L. Mencken “And I was fairly certain I hadn’t enabled the ‘FAIL_MAIL_OVER_500_MILES’ option.” [via Boing Boing]…
Tags: Work