http://xkcd.com/627/

Tech support is easier than it looks

"When I look at a stone, I think of ten octillion balls connected by springs. There’s a lot going on in a rock, enough to support universal computation, enough to run a mind.http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/21/everything-is-alive.htmlRead more... )

I received a spam message that slipped right through my Gmail spam filter today:

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Made by http://memes.angrygoats.net/livejournal.com/tevarin/haiku

Which of these autogenerated haikus best reflects me as an individual?

(Note, there's a definite skew here because the site can only see public posts, not the friends-only stuff)

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Well, functioning anyway ( Read more... )

My laptop power supply seems truly dead this time. No power, no friendly green LED. Trying different sockets doesn't help. I opened it up, hoping for something simple like a blown fuse, or at least an obviously broken trace or burned component. No dice. No obvious damage, exact cause of death remains mysterious. Maybe a break in the ( Read more... )

Somebody wrote an open-source software emulator for the Commodore 64 computer. In Flash ( Read more... )

The wires on my pseudo-laptop power supply tore as I tried to plug in the cable ( Read more... )