paul schreiber

Iraq vert takes down robber

paulschreiber — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:53:16 +0000

I enjoy a good story about a foiled robbery as much as anyone, and Zach Thome’s takedown is no exception:

A 38-year-old who attempted to rob a Grand Rapids party good store was grabbed with lightning speed and floored by a heroic Iraq vet who happened to be the in store, a local Fox affiliate reports.

Zach Thome, a mixed martial arts-trained former soldier, put gunman Brandon Slanger, 38, in a rear naked choke hold and held him until police arrived.

Why internet-based voting is a bad idea

paulschreiber — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:52:34 +0000

iMessage and T-Mobile Monthly4G prepaid

paulschreiber — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:02:12 +0000

I have a factory unlocked iPhone 4. It was running iOS 5.0.1 and has a T-Mobile SIM in it. Voice, text, data and MMS all work as expected.

This morning, I was unable to activate iMessage. Several times, it got stuck “waiting for activation.” Eventually, it displayed an “Activation Failed” message.

I tried removing my Apple ID; sending messages to other iMessage users; turning WiFi off; changing the SMS service center and rebooting. None of these had any effect.

After reading some posts about enabling international text messages, I added $10 to my account. (Previously, I had a balance of 3¢, having already paid for the month.)

Once that was done, I was able to activate and use iMessage successfully. I re-enabled my AppleID and iMessage continued to work.

The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On

paulschreiber — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:21:12 +0000

Ontario 2011 Election results, consolidated

paulschreiber — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:59:48 +0000

If you don’t want to download and parse 107 pages of Elections Ontario data, I’ve gathered it for you:

The Tar Sands are a mess

paulschreiber — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:43:05 +0000

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Stop the Keystone XL pipeline

paulschreiber — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:13:23 +0000

If you’re in DC, help the Tar Sands Action people out:

Elite browser detection

paulschreiber — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:34:47 +0000

The College of Law of England and Wales is using shitty software from Blackboard.

1. It’s performing browser detection. Don’t do that.
2. It’s doing it wrong.

The web has come a long way in six years.

Tell the Super Congress to be super open

paulschreiber — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:07:14 +0000

You fucked with the wrong wrestler

paulschreiber — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:11:12 +0000

As we read previously, sometimes criminals try picking on old folks thinking they’re easy targets. Then they get their asses kicked.

This continues:

Seated on the passenger’s side, Kemp was closing the door of his 2011 Volkswagen Jetta when the robber, identified as Richard Nowling, 41, stuck a gun in his face.

Thinking of his wife’s safety, the 5-foot-7 Kemp instinctively pushed the gun away. But the robber started to pistol whip Kemp in the head, police said.

“He started to hit me, so I reacted from there,” a bruised but smiling Kemp said Friday. “I got him out into the street and held his arm. I foot-sweeped him down and I was trying to get a hold of the gun. He banged me up a little bit but my main concern was the gun.”

Pulling out more wrestling moves, Kemp maneuvered the suspect into a rear naked choke hold, or “sleeper hold,” a popular submission technique in mixed martial arts.