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FotN: Efficiency in Journalism

Reuters sure gets to the point
Yup, that was the full article text. Glad it was edited after authoring, though.
EDIT: They seem to have expanded the text sometime after I took that screenshot. I’m still amused, though.
EDIT 2: I didn’t even notice until Emi pointed it out, but they even managed to [...]

Organizational Behavior, Law #32

In any particular domain, people can be divided into two categories: those who can and those who can’t.
The prevailing trend in Organizational Behavior seems to be that, if you’re good at something, you should be pigeon-holed; if not, you should be promoted.
I have heard tall-tales that, out there, somewhere, there are companies that [...]

The End Is Nigh! Issue #347

By way of King Lud IC, news that plastic eating bacterium have been isolated and cultivated.
There will undoubtedly be a push to genetically engineer this little critter to solve all our plastic-bag woes. Think of the sea-birds! But what if these new found saviors should betray us …

Cure Worse than Disease

I like trying to remain virus-free as much as the next guy. Still, I’d sure like to read my phpBB-based forums, if only my antivirus solution hadn’t decided to tag every topic as containing malware (and no, really, they don’t). At least they’re already trying to fix it. *sigh*

Edit, 1/25 7:45PM: [...]

It must require no skill.

The world’s worst rock singer (that would be yours truly) has finished Rock Band on Medium. It is a sad, sad world we live in when I can rack up such an achievement. On a side note, the cat is hiding from me and our neighbors are petitioning for our eviction.

Router Rooter

Until tonight, I have been growing more and more dissatisfied with my router. I won’t name names right now, but others have had issues with it, too. It’s extra frustrating, since this is a router on the Official Microsoft XBox 360 Approved Router List. If you don’t feel like clicking through, then [...]

Stuff From the Archives: Dot

This was the “cover” of the first “album” I produced. The original was funnier — drawn in crayon on the table-cover at a Macaroni Grill, while drunk. The whole “drink as much wine as you want, just keep track of how many” concept that they have makes situations like this unavoidable. I [...]

Of Anime, Beer, and iLust

Anime and Beer
On Friday evenings, Emi and I go to a pleasant local bar and grill for a few beers and some wings or suchlike. This bar has a rewards program that rewards folks for drinking unique beers — simply drinking dozens of your favorite beer doesn’t count! Emi realized why this sounded [...]