Verizon finally released Windows Mobile 6.1 for my phone a little while back, and they bundled a few other updates with it, including EVDO rev A support for higher speed. Higher speed indeed! I finally got around to re-hacking it for free tethering and pulled up speedtest.net: 1174kbps downstream! Over a megabit on a cellular connection? Yes, ( Read more... )

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit "random" or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RandomRead more... )

There's been a lot of yelling around here, most of it over silliness, so I'm making the following peace offering to trinityvixen:

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I wouldn't want to go down Lincoln-style tomorrow (assassinated at the theater, I mean - it's not a "hoo boy, Mary Todd Lincoln was homely!" reference ( Read more... )

Wow, apparently today is the 200th birthday of both Abraham Lincoln AND Charles Darwin.

They should totally hang out....

We all know that "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", but it occurred to me this morning just how important intent can be to the moral learned from parables. Take "the boy who cried wolf" for example ( Read more... )

Me to other driver: "Good job, ass-grape."
Michelle: "What's a grape?"
...pause...
Me: "Ummmmm.... It's a small fruit usually sold in bunches?"
Michelle: "Oh my god, that was such a non-sequitur I honestly didn't know what a grape was!"

I'm not having a lot of tech luck lately. As if the low-tech meltdown of both cars and the furnace on Thanksgiving (now 2/3 fixed, and the other car should be back soon) wasn't enough, I'm now having a high-tech meltdown: my RAID-5 array with absolutely everything on it collapsed last weekend, and just this evening my Xbox 360 RROD'd. (I guess ( Read more... )

http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/12/01/funny-pictures-oldest-ever-lolcat-found/

That is seriously awesome. In a really weird sort of way.

I know everyone's all into talking about last night's debate right now, but I thought people might want to be made aware of this. I know it passed under my radar last month, but I plan to check it out before going on vacation.

Couric: So, what newspapers and magazines do you regularly read to stay informed and to understand the world ( Read more... )