Follow-up on chocolate-for-password trading

Local boy Scott Granneman writes in the Reg, following up on the study I commented on a month ago. Propellerheads should read the first little bit; EVERYBODY should read the letter portion. (Especially my users.) Also of note is this list of passwords to avoid, which comes to us courtesy of the big article above. [...]

ObLiberalScreed

The Durham (N.C.) Independent Weekly recently published this scathing review of the Bush presidency. C’mon, like I could really resist posting that…

“Trust me, the pleasure was all on this side of the table.”

The blog “George W. Bush, Will You Please Go Now?!” has done up a parody of the excellent film “Office Space” featuring Bush administration figures. Brill. (Especially having Condoleeza Rice asking if somebody’s having a “case of the Mondays”.) Thanks to criticalviewer for the link.

May Monkey!

This month’s monkey: “describe a time when you were ‘out of character’”. This one’s easy-peasy. My answer: those years I spent “in the closet“. In case that answer doesn’t count, I’ll also add the first year or so I worked full time, when I made a very conscious effort to act “grown up”. I was [...]

Jon Stewart went back to his alma mater for an honorary doctorate this past weekend, and delivered the commencement address. You can read the transcript here. Fave lines: *”When I think back to the people that have been in this position before me from Benjamin Franklin to Queen Noor of Jordan, I can�t help but [...]