If you have a minute, check out Sacha Baron Cohen’s Golden Globes acceptance speech for Borat. Very funny but a tad gross, like the movie.
Category Archives: BTW
Encrypted Email
I just received a rather amusing virus. It claimed to be an encrypted email from AOL, in the form of a .zip attachment. I was told to keep it in a safe place. The amusing part was that in the body of the email, they included a user name and password with which to unlock the file. As if both were needed to unlock a zip file (AFAIK, only passwords are used to lock zip files), and that you would send that in plain-text. It’s the email equivalent of mailing a lock box with the key taped to its side.
Micro-employees
Microsoft has become proactive about fighting obesity in their company [BusinessWeek]. They’re paying for 80% of the cost of a $6,000 clinical weight-loss program. And they’re getting a 1:1 ROI as their employees use expensive healthcare services less often. Of course, this doesn’t count the added benefit they get from happier, grateful employees.
Skip IE 7
Don’t install Internet Explorer 7! I just came back from a Java Users Group meeting, and there were a couple reports of it crashing systems. In addition, it prevents you from rolling back to IE 6. I recommend you avoid for now. In the meantime, Firefox 2 rocks!
Firefox 2.0
You might not have caught it, but Firefox 2.0 has been released, and it has some cool new features. I’m really digging the built-in spell checker, which is pointing out typos as I write this post! You’ll have to download it manually, as “Check for updates” will not find it.
TV Warning
While watching 24 (season 5), I came up with a new TV warning:
Due to some graphic violence, this show will be completely awesome.
I only hope the networks don’t overuse it.
Revenge on the Telemarketers
Here’s a very funny audio clip of comedian Tom Mabe freaking out a telemarketer.
MySpace Photo Guide
After analyzing photos on places like MySpace, I created a profile pic that was dark and grainy, taken at an extreme angle using a cell phone camera and a mirror. Here is a handy photo guide to explain what all that means. It may not be safe for work. Thanks to Agent ZBalance for forwarding this to me.
Carls Crappy Shakes
While Carls, Jr. is one of my favorite fast food joints, I just had one of their “hand scooped” ice cream shakes – cookies and cream – and it had NO flavor. In addition, the consistency led me to believe they simply take ice cream and add WATER instead of milk! Ugh. Just avoid.
The Joy of Children
There’s a moral to this story. And it’s hilarious.