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I’m Not Even a Gearhead, and This Makes Me Sad
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010Light Blogging This Week
Monday, April 5th, 2010It’s tax time, which means wading through several hundred receipts and filing massive amounts of papers that I’ve let collect in small drifts…
Fark’s Awesome April Fools Joke
Thursday, April 1st, 2010A three step process for maximum enjoyment:
- Go to each Fark tab for April 1st in turn.
- Read the first letter of every headline.
- L0LZ!
Well done, Drew. Well done.
Stross and Doctorow to Write Sequel to Atlas Shrugged
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Seems A Little Steep
Thursday, March 25th, 2010This video was posted to a Fark thread on rickety bridges.
The view is less awe-inspiring than bowel-clenching, especially when you get to the parts where part of the trail has fallen away…
A Photo Tour of Depopulated Rural Japan
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Just what the title says, and quite fascinating. For all the urban bustle, many parts if rural Japan are turning into ghost towns, driven by the relentless population decline and aging demographics.
In 2010, Japan is the oldest society that has ever existed in the history of humanity on the planet, and will remain so, not remotely challenged, for several decades at least.
(Hat Tip: Fark.)
Upshot: Never, Ever EVER Buy Cars From Texas Auto Center
Thursday, March 18th, 2010I had glanced at the headline on this story about a rogue auto-dealership employee disabling people’s cars using a remote black box, but didn’t realize this had occurred in Austin.
The dealership used a system called Webtech Plus as an alternative to repossessing vehicles that haven’t been paid for. Operated by Cleveland-based Pay Technologies, the system lets car dealers install a small black box under vehicle dashboards that responds to commands issued through a central website, and relayed over a wireless pager network. The dealer can disable a car’s ignition system, or trigger the horn to begin honking, as a reminder that a payment is due. The system will not stop a running vehicle.
Not withstanding the fact that: A.) This was a rogue employee, and B.) People should pay their car payments, I for one vow that I will never, EVER do business with Texas Auto Center under any circumstances. I’m not going to let Big Brother monitor my car, and I’m certainly not going to let this dealership’s Little Brother do the same.
If anyone can point to step-by-step instructions on how to disable this device, I’ll post a followup link here.
Random Surrealist Picture of the Day
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Stolen from Fark. As usual.
Filed Under “Nightmare Fuel” On TV Tropes
Friday, March 5th, 2010I can’t possibly imagine why…
And Alice in Wonderland opens today, and Easter is just around the corner, so it is topical…
Snow! In Austin!
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Or, as the media would put it:
SNOWPOCALYPSE 2010!
It’s been coming down for a couple of hours. I’ll put up some pics this evening.
Updated: Some pics.
