December 2008
28 posts
watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars on boxee →
Charges Upgraded for 4 Drivers in LIE Racing Case
Charges against four drivers police said were racing at more than 100 mph on the Long Island Expressway in October have been upgraded from misdemeanors to felonies, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said Monday. One of the cars involved, a 2001 BMW, had a license plate that read: “HEYOFFCR.” The incident took place at about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 1 and involved six cars,...
“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our...”
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Things that feel outdated but sadly aren't
Discs of all types. Why do I need to take this plastic disc out of this plastic case and insert it into this complex, loud, clunky mechanical drive mechanism every time I want to use it instead of copying it to a hard drive once or just downloading it in the first place?
DVD menus. Why do I have to wait through this crap that I can’t skip? Why was one of the most successful consumer-electronics...
Overheard at Starbucks
Barista: Your total due is $17.78
Asian Dude: No, it's supposed to be $12.23
Barista: Our prices are higher than at a regular Starbucks.
Asian Dude: Why?
Barista: Because we can. We're at the airport.
Asian Dude: That ain't right...
Barista: It wasn't fair when only one man could own a casino in Macau, and this is kind of the same thing.
watching Back to the Future Part III on boxee →
watching Back to the Future Part II on boxee →
watching Dr. No on boxee →
watching Thunderball on boxee →
recommended Back to the Future on boxee →
watching Back to the Future on boxee →
Free Public WiFi →
marco:
Have you seen this wireless network? […] Turns out it’s not a virus (at least not in the usual sense) but rather an interesting fuckup on Microsoft’s part, with viral consequences.
Thanks, Microsoft! (I also see hpsetup everywhere, which is apparently from the same problem.)
watching Shine a Light on boxee →
