A Little Geek Humor

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by Adam at 7:30 AM

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Unix / Linux users (MacOS X folks, this means you too) should check out today’s Fox Trot for a good laugh.

I Want My… I Want My… I Want My…

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by Adam at 10:31 PM

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FlashTV!

(apologies to Dire Straits)

Bang… Whimper… WTF, mate?

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by Adam at 10:17 PM

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Bar none, this is the best Flash movie about the end of the world I’ve ever seen.

Jesus and George Bush, Protect Me from Jenna Jameson!

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by Adam at 2:37 PM

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The Bush administration has added porn to the long list of evils (like gay marriage) that Americans need government protection from. Last week, in case you didn’t know, was national Protection from Pornography Week. Mark Morford of the San Francisco Gate has written a hilarious retort.

With so many people out of work, and the Iraq situation continuing to deteriorate, why do conservatives feel it’s necessary to keep focusing on the legislation of morality? I can take care of my own soul, thank you very much. You just take care of governing the country.

Thanks to the folks at famous and nonfamous strangers for alerting me to this silliness.

MSNBC Web Polls “Can’t Never” Make Sense

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by Adam at 2:05 PM

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I get MSNBC’s Question of the Day via e-mail, and the questions from the last two days have confounded me with their counter-intuitive grammar. Someone more paranoid than me might consider this an example of sneakily politicized media double-speak, but I think it’s probably just bad copy editing. I for one expect more from a major news outlet.

To find out what I’m grousing about, visit the Question of the Day page and check out the two most recent items (about the controversial Regan miniseries), or you can read my peeved note below.*

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