Recipe: Buffalo with Tomato Sauce
Posted by Phantom Mongoose
Over the past 6+ years I’ve been running my home firewall on an old P233 running either a custom linux firewall or the IPCop distro1. This old faithful friend has stood as a beacon of courage and truth in a sea of spam and deceitful packets. Tirelessly and without fail it protected my home network and logged its efforts meticulously.
On Earth Day this year I treated this old friend to a hero’s fate: I turned him in to be recycled.
Dodge is giving me dreams of being my very own Mad Max
Posted by Phantom Mongoose
This thing looks sweet, though I don’t actually want to wander out into the wasteland a broken man. Check out the pictures at edmunds.
Yes I know the original Pursuit Special from the Mad Max movies was a Ford.
Something has got to explode
Posted by Phantom Mongoose
So which is it? Exploding horses or exploding sex scenes?
I just hope the Prince of Persia isn’t an 8 foot tall ambiguously gay dude with piercings.
I was so looking forward to the redesign of the Subaru Impreza
Posted by Phantom Mongoose
That is past tense.
Before they were ugly in an endearing way. Now they’re ugly in a trying too hard way.
Ack.
Anyone else notice this in the press?
Posted by Phantom Mongoose
I can’t tell you how often I’ve noticed this pattern.
A news story about somebody accused of something, ends with the accused’s version of the story, without any questioning by the press no matter what it is.
An example, with hyperbole:
DETROIT, Michigan (BP) – A high speed chase ended today with a massive collision. The alleged suspect John Doe was fleeing from police after allegedly robbing a bank.
When the chase finally ended, his car was found to be filled with loose bank notes. The bank notes, the interior of the car, and even the suspect John Doe were covered in blue dye from an exploded dye pack placed in the bank notes.
Tellers at the bank positively identified the suspect, and surveillance cameras clearly show the suspect’s face and dress.
The suspect is expected to be arraigned Thursday.
Mr. Doe maintains his innocence and indicates that the actual culprit was a shape shifting leprechaun who stole his identity while he was out of town.
Seriously, is this taught in Journalism school? There is a difference between being unbiased and naive. Shouldn’t some effort be expended to ask some critical questions?
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