Mary Hilliard McMillan, Miss USA spokeswoman: “She was 22 when this happened. What 22-year-old hasn’t done that?” that is getting arrested for DUI. (rhetorical answer: most 22-year-olds.)
Monthly Archives: March 2005
sxsx?
My body in Persistent Vegetative State…
FOR SALE/BARTER: My body in Persistent Vegetative State… Dear loved-ones, I make the following statement in a sound state of mind and of my own volition: If I am rendered comatose and determined to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for a period longer than one month and if no imminent cure is forthcoming, …
google gets it
Joe Beda explains the Google development model. Highlights: There is, by and large, only one code base at Google. This has many advantages. Most obvious is that it is really easy to look at and contribute to code in other projects without having to talk to anyone, get special permissions or fill out forms in …
marketing sucks
Jeff Veen, asked to judge an interactive design competition, rails against those still not on the cluetrain: User-centered design vs. marketing and image Most sites had no sense whatsoever of how to engage a potential customer through the Web. Of all the consumer electronics sites I evaluated, for example, not one compared to sites like …
culture of life
clean cars on the way?
Salon notes how the automakers have backed themselves in to a corner: With this agreement, the automakers unilaterally disarm from their long-standing position that they cannot make clean cars. In fact, they have sued to overturn the California Clean Car Law which is the basis for Canada’s action. The auto companies are now in the …
applying for a job at ikea
law professors say the darndest things
it’s like profquotes, only for law school: Student: I knew where the line is, so maybe I tell my client to commit perjury… Professor: There is an argument that professional responsibility should be taught in the first year, but that argument has not yet prevailed at the law school, but consider yourself Exhibit 1 at …
a massage
have a massage.