The Sun won’t shine at a private Catholic school in King City, Ontario, where a Grade 10 student was docked 22% off her history assignment for using clippings from this newspaper — deemed “non-reputable” by her teacher. Jessica Bolzicco, 16, an honour roll student with an 87% grade average at St. Thomas of Villanova College, …
Monthly Archives: March 2005
funny cow flash animation
“bad cow pun.”
who’s on first
here’s a movie version of the ol’ abbott and costello sketch.
fun with motion sensors
cool hack that uses the motion sensor in your new powerbook to control iTunes.
shipping software
now that’s what i call shipping software: A good friend of mine investigated a performance problem one morning, he saw an obvious defect and fixed it. His code was trivial, it was tested during the day, and rolled out that evening. By the next morning millions of users had benefited from his work. Not a …
TSA fuckup n+1
US airport security detained Canadian defense minister Bill Graham, and his aides had to prove he wasn’t the one on the no-fly list.
NFL homophobic?
NFL homophobic? This rather bizarre conclusion is reached when trying to order a personalized jersey from the NFL Shop, the online merchandise site run by the league. Anyone trying to buy a jersey with the single word “GAY” or “LESBIAN” or “GAY PRIDE” on the back gets a rejection message that states: “This field should …
Artists Break With Industry on File Sharing
Artists Break With Industry on File Sharing: One musician, Jason Mraz, said half of the fans who pay to see him in concert heard about him through illegal downloading, according to the court filing.