Prayer video that sought a Barack Obama drenching gets yanked

Political lesson of the day: Be careful what you ask people to pray for; you may find yourself embroiled in a public relations flap. The political arm of the socially conservative Focus on the Family religious group today yanked from its website a video that called on folks to ask God to open the

How ‘Bout a Magic Trick?

I don’t usually like these hit and run photo posts (*cough*liketheevilDM*cough*), but I found this on a Batman forum and couldn’t resist. If you’ve seen The Dark Knight, you should get this one…

Getting to Know Valpo

I attended a wedding Saturday. The matrimonial couple are nice young folks and are friends of my girlfriend. (Sadly, my friends are far from mature enough to get married at this stage, as ordering the Big Ten Network is about the most noteworthy commitment they can muster.) The trip allowed me to visit wonderful Valparaiso, Ind.

Now THIS is satire!

In a strictly tongue-in-cheek jab at their sister publication at Conde Nast, the editors of Vanity Fair have satirized the controversial New Yorker magazine cover depicting Barack and Michelle Obama. It will only appear on their website., but you have to admit it’s funny.

Drunk History, a YouTube Series

I don’t know how I missed this amazing series on YouTube, but I’m now a fan. Here’s what it’s about. A guy/gal gets drunk on camera and discusses a famous person in history. In their third installment in the series (embedded below), Jen Kirkman (the drunk girl) gives a lecture about Oney Judge, George & Martha Washington’s favorite slave.

Motorola Unveils Latest RAZR Phones - Disillusioned Trend-setters Scramble!

Motorola Unveils Latest RAZR Phones - Disillusioned Trend-setters Scramble! Thanks to Motorolas newly announced successors to the popular RAZR phones, angry cell-phone shoppers are frantically scrambling to their phone outlets in what experts believe could be the trendiest mob of well-dressed urbanites in modern history.

Best of SQL injection attacks*

Click to resize: A fix? Uhm… maybe you can find a good self-help book on SQL injections: You should also consider hosting scripts locally: SCNR. *no, it wasn’t me. For serious information: NoScript Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites More SQL Injection with Fast Flux hosting

Why you don’t mess with me

I wrote this little threat to tell a friend why to get a photo of him on his facebook profile: If you don’t get a profile photo: Step 1: I will come to your house. Step 2: I will detonate your house using blasting caps of mercury fulminate on the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (aproximately

Car Manufacturers

Car makers don’t really care about you. Sure they try to cover their asses while you are in their product: airbags, seat belts, re-enforced frame,  … but … Why are ashtrays and cigarette lighters still standard features? Just wondering.

Back to Cool

Let me tell you something: New York City is HOT today. It was hot yesterday, and hot the day before, and hot the day before that, too. But by today, it is HOT. This morning I left for work, thanking the Powers That Be that I cold just go straight from an air-conditioned apartment to an air-conditioned office, and wouldn’t need to be sweating all over town for some reason or another.