soapbox

Gosh darn it, I can’t think of any harsher words to express the fact that my workstation won’t boot after the fun little power outage today.

Gosh-didly-darn-it.

I’m coming in late tomorrow.

Courtesy of Rob, I present y’all with On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study.

Yeah, that’s totally awesome. Too bad they weren’t able to get some of that high-quality government grade aluminum foil that actually blocks out the evil signals the federales are sending out.

And, yes, I do think that building one’s home so that it’s a very good Faraday cage is an excellent idea; why do you ask?

Cell phone reception be damned!

Thanks to John for the above Mr. T-esque quote, which was inspired by the latest thing for GPS navigation systems in cars.

I really like the fact that he verbally assaults the driver, as only Mr. T could.

oooo oooo, lookie at me. man, those extra 200 pixels look pretty sweet.