they should’ve at least made some signs

humane society group a mask to get guns from the state


people suck sometimes

a couple in south korea was arrested for child neglect–their daughter died of malnutrition.  here’s the depressing part–the parents neglected their real-life child in order to raise a virtual child on the interwebs.  the article said the couple “were hooked on an online game called “Prius,” where they were raising a virtual daughter…They admitted to [...]


i bet they kicked him in the karachi

when they caught him. the pr guy for al-quaeda, adam gadahn was arrested over the weekend. wanted for a number of crimes. he was nabbed in karachi, pakistan as part of the big push to catch al-quaeda operatives–there was a $1M bounty on his head.  gadahn moved to pakistan in 1998, took part in a [...]


low tech and lazy

with all the deserved focus on haiti last week, this one may have slipped past your radar senses.  the f.b.i. updated the most wanted list and developed a new picture of the world’s most wanted criminal–osama bin laden.  they updated his photo to account for changes in age and to show what he may look [...]


maybe it’s time to try google docs

if  you get a new computer this holiday season and it doesn’t come preloaded with microsoft office (and you really need it), you might want to make sure you buy it soon.  back in may, microsoft was found violating candian i4i’s data handling of custom xml and they lost their appeal today.  they’re now banned from [...]


kids do the darndest things

here’s a story to warm your holiday heart.  a 4 year old in chattanooga, tennessee  had quite the evening.  hayden wright woke up in the middle of the night, grabbed a beer, had some swigs, broke into the neighbor’s house and stole some of the christmas presents under the tree.  when he was found by [...]


it’s not 90210

as tom parker, the usa policy director of amnesty international, said “The only thing that President Obama is doing with this announcement is changing the zip code of Guantánamo.” parker, of course, is talking about obama’s plan to move the the prisoners currently housed in guantanamo bay. the feds are in the process of buying [...]