There’s a neat story on SFGate.com about the 101st anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake. This year only one man who was there at the time made it to the festivities, 104-yr old Herbert Hamrol. As far as I’m concerned, the most fascinating thing about the article is not that this man is over a century old. It’s not even that the old guy got out of bed at 2:30 in the morning to make it to the ceremony. It’s that it notes Hamrol took the day off work to attend. What the hell?! Retire, dude!
Pricey Spidey
Is Spider-Man 3 the most expensive movie ever made?
Delete Empty Folders
How to delete empty folders on a Windows machine
Boost Your Belkin Wireless Router
We’re running a Belkin Wireless G router in my office. I had to rummage in my garage for a few old wireless USB dongles, but it’s much nicer than having to string CAT-5 all over the place. (I hate cables.) Some of us were suffering deadly latency and frequently-dropped connections, which was annoying as hell.
Give Me What I Ordered
There’s been a lot of blog buzz this morning about a page displaying the difference between what you ordered and what you get at fast food places. If you’ve ever had the misfortune of being in the car with me on a trip through a fast-food drive-through, you know that this is a subject near
The 15 Most Outrageous Claims in Pop Music History
From mefi: The 15 Most Outrageous Claims in Pop Music History. Hilarity abounds.
The 2010 Draft
Tuesday Morning Quarterback scores again with 2010: The Mock Draft.
Tiny Time
Are you a sports fan? Have you ever wondered just how accurate those clocks are? And can a ref — or anyone — really determine a hundredth of a second?
RSS and the Remote Control
Thoughts on serendipity and blogging
Sometimes You Just Need a Bat Stretcher
At some point in your life, you’re going to be asked to find a bat stretcher. This is a terrific story. I’ve gone through this experience myself, so I know the feeling. It happened to me while I was loading trucks on the midnight-to-ten shift for Old Dominion Freight Lines. One of the dock managers