Author Archives: paulschreiber
You fucked with the wrong wrestler
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 …
Dylan Ratigan explains what’s wrong with politics
(Yes, it’s money.)
On September 24, move the planet
Pepsi CAPTCHA fail
Hit this yesterdayvoting for Courage Campaign:
TurboVote at Harvard and Personal Democracy Forum
On May 24, Seth Flaxman and I told the story of TurboVote Berkman Center for Internet & Society: Yesterday, we talked TurboVote at Personal Democracy Forum:
Awesome soap from Brooklyn
Some friends of mine just started Prem Soaps. Everything they make is vegan and as organic as possible. It also smells really good. They have oatmeal and rosemary (but not at the same time).
Mind WIND Mobile stick phones home
I recently purchased a new internet stick from WIND. It’s a Huawei E1691. In addition to improving the device hardware, they also replaced the software. Instead of a slow Java monstrosity, it’s now a Windows XP-clone written in QT. Ugh. Today I discovered it has a built in auto-updater. Every now and then, it checks …
Dun & Bradstreet’s time capsule
How to solve Facebook’s error 1366027
Sometimes, Facebook silently fails when you upload a new profile picture. After clicking Upload Picture, message indicating “your changes have been saved” is displayed. However, the new picture does not appear on your profile. Further, the string success=0&errornum=1366027 is appended to the URL. This error means the image you uploaded is too small. You need …