Archive for October, 2005

Finding a Way to Get Around China’s Censorship…For Now

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Slashdot reported today that a new feature in the Firefox Plugin CustomizeGoogle enables users in China to circumvent the Great Firewall’s block on Google’s Cache. (Funny I was just looking at Customize Google last night.) Essentially what this means is that when China censors what their users can view, they normally manage to block Google’s [...]

Greatest Halloween Costume Ever

Friday, October 28th, 2005

What a Beast! It’s is truly reasonable to spend a year of one’s life to build a Transformer costume that actually transforms. Imagine the possibilities. Before a halloween party you can just park yourself in front of driveway and then while every one is arriving, you can transform and say, “Oh is this the [...]

Giving Away Free Ice Cream at Shows

Friday, October 28th, 2005

The guys over at Ice Cream Man have made it their mission to give away free ice cream at shows. How are they gonna do it? Sponsorships they claim, and so far it looks like it has worked out. Feel like this your long lost mission in life? Then join the crew.

And what is their [...]

Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

‘Nuff Said.

White Supremacist Olson Twins

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

No, not the actual Olson twins, but Lynx and Lamb (who names their kids that?) Gaede are spreading their message of white supremacy through their music. Prussian Blue, as their group is called, has songs devoted to subjects such as calling for a great war where whites reign victorious after a “purging” [...]

Alternative Trailers

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Just in time for the ol’ All Hallows Eve is a feel good comedy for the whole family. The Shining starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and some adorable spooked-out kid (Haley Joel Osmond Osment [-wb]?) can be seen now in a masterfully done reinterpretation of the Kubrick Horror film. Robert Ryang was an editor’s [...]

Congress Grants Gun Industry Legal Shield

Friday, October 21st, 2005

Well the second amendment is now “the strongest it has been in decades” thanks to the recent passage of a bill designed to shield gun manufacturers and dealers from lawsuits. Hailed as the most significant victory for the gun lobby since the 1986 re-writing of gun control laws, the N.R.A. just couldn’t be happier.

Bush himself [...]

Why Webservers Shouldn’t be Blocked

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

This is part of a post that I made on a discussion board a few minutes ago that I thought was relevant to the reasoner. As background, I had asked a question about whether Comcast, who technically does not allow servers but doesn’t enforce the rule in general, had suddenly taken steps to block [...]

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