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I can’t be the only one who finds this funny

Here’s an NPR story on “Facebook Backlash: Anti-Social Sites Flourish.”
I have more to say on this, but anything that makes fun of MySpace is just fine in my book. That place makes me think of the infant web, when everyone was designing web pages like StrongBad.
Any website where that much ugly lives should be nuked […]

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

eBay is on crack

Normally I wouldn’t bother with this, but I got a mail from them this morning, and I can’t help but be blown away by sheer corporate greed and stupidity. They sent a mail heralding their drop in pricing. Sure, if you’re not looking far into the matter, that’s great. It looks good on the surface. […]

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

The cake is a lie…

This is, quite possibly, one of the funniest game reviews I’ve seen in a while:

Not much else to say currently, other than the fact that if I thought I was buried before, I am far more buried now.
Oh, and I got a new job, but I’ll tell you more about that in a couple of […]

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

And another drive-by…

Slammed under in school just at the moment. I should be able to get back to my status ahead of the game this weekend if my schedule holds to its current path.
Funeral tomorrow. Very sad to see someone so young go so abruptly. My heart goes out to his wife, who is a dear, sweet […]

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Outraged

It would appear that our fellow Goths on the other side of the pond aren’t nearly as safe as we once thought they were from fuckwitted jackassery:

Park attack victim loses fight for life
THE 20-year-old victim of a horrific ‘mob attack’ in Bacup has lost her fight for life.Former Haslingden High School pupil Sophie Lancaster suffered […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007