Baby Names: Gender Swapping!: "Baby names are so much fun! But what happens if you try to name your baby something out of the norm? What if you gender swap a baby name? What about that boy named Sue or girl named Kevin?..."

If we have a girl next month we are going to name her Greg and if its a boy we are going to name him Assface. How stupid would you be to name your Son Sue, morons.

OS X: Finder hand tool: "

Did you know that if the scrollbars are present you can press and hold Apple-Alt (Cmd-Option) to drag the contents of a Finder window as if it was a PS document? Can't tell in what situation would you find it useful though. :)

"

Me either

Oh, You Ordered the No-Tooth Crust? (Reuters): "Reuters - An Italian restaurant that sold a pizza with a human tooth baked into the crust has been fined nearly $4,000 for a lack of hygiene."

Man this pizza has bite! Bada Bing!

Beach Inundated with Big, Dead Squid (Reuters): "Reuters - Hundreds of jumbo squid washed up
dead over the last two days in one of southern California's
most popular beach communities, authorities said on Thursday."

Can you say "Sale on Calamari?"

Currently playing in iTunes: Holly Holy by Neil Diamond

Quite possibly the WORSE Neil Diamond Song, was he on a Jesus Kick? wait there was turn on your heartlight…

Software MacKiev - 3d Globe 

NASA satellite maps
The highest resolution maps ever made of the entire planet -- one pixel to a kilometer -- made from NASA satellite photos, show how the Earth really looks from outer space.

Realtime Weather
Current weather conditions and a seven day forecast are provided for 10,000 cites around the world, including temperature, wind chill factor, humidity, wind speed, and more!

Political highlights
Country borders, city names and time zones can be set to appear when you move your cursor over the 3D Globe or flat map.

Realtime Cloud Cover
Current clouds and storm patterns appear using satellite images which are stored so that a 3-day animation of cloud movement can be viewed. Clear enough to see the 'eye' of a hurricane.

Thats cool! It looks like a great program, now where is the demo download button?

Man Holds Up Sex Shop, Steals Inflatable Doll: "Police are searching for a pistol-wielding robber who stole female leather bondage gear and an inflatable sex doll from an erotica store in Milan Wednesday."

(Via Reuters: Oddly Enough.)

I wonder, do they want it back? I would let this one slide. You want the blowup buddy, have a good one.

Currently playing in iTunes: Here We Go by C & C Music Factory

WHY WHY WHY IS THIS IN MY PLAYLIST NOOOOO

CBS''Everybody Loves Raymond' Ends Run (AP): "AP - Don't look for a supersized, super-stuffed final episode of 'Everybody Loves Raymond.' Television's most popular sitcom will end its nine-year run on May 16 with — get this — a half-hour show, CBS said Tuesday."

(Via Yahoo! News - Top Stories.)

For the record, I hate raymond

Benjamin Franklin: "'Wish not so much to live long as to live well.'"

(Via Motivational Quotes of the Day.)

Amen Brother

Keyboard cycle between Firefox tabs: "With a bunch of tabs open in Firefox, you can cycle through the tabs with Command-1, Command-2, Command-3, etc. This will select the respective tab, starting with the leftmost one. This is great for laptop surfing. I just hap..."

(Via Mac OS X Hints.)

OH THANK GOD!

NFL game broadcasts coming to Apple iPods: "Starting next week, football fans will have a new way to listen to games: on their iPods. The National Football League on Tuesday..."

YES!! Wait you have to PAY for it HAHAAHAHHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHA *Fart*

The exorcist: "In his new book, mega-selling self-help author M. Scott Peck asserts that demonic possession is real -- and tells the story of two exorcisms he conducted himself."

Yeah and soon they will tell me the SpongeBob Square Pants is a real guy and that Bush is a great president, when will the silliness stop!

Deforestation paves way in Brazil: "Jan Rocha travels through Brazil's Amazon region where farmers and environmentalists are at loggerheads."

Thats cool we don't need no stinking oxygen, no problem over here!

NASA - Get Ready for the Largest Demolition Derby on the Planet
Scientists say Slow-Motion Collision Near Antarctic Research Station Imminent: "

 It is an event so large that the best seat in the house is in space: a massive iceberg is on a collision course with a floating glacier near the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. NASA satellites have witnessed the 80-mile-long B-15A iceberg moving steadily towards the Drygalski Ice Tongue. Though the iceberg's pace has slowed in recent days, NASA scientists expect a collision to occur no later than January 15, 2005.

Image top: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites captured the above image and others recently.

Image left: The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites captured 1"

Could THIS cause a Tsunami?

iWork biggest Apple announcement from MWSF?: "Apple's new iWork suite may be its biggest sleeper announcement from last week's Macworld Expo, acco..."

(Via MacNN.)

Hmmm, no.

Songs in My head: This morning I work up to "My Eyes Adored you" By the 4 Seasons. I think the part where it goes "I was fifth grade you were 6th" something like that.

NY Times: Is Apple thinking about Mac TV?: "John Markoff of The New York Times speculates that the Mac mini and Apple's focus on HD video are the company's next steps toward the digital living room..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Oh god Please bring back the MacTV PLEASE!!!

TSUNAMI BOMB aka "Project Seal": "

http://www.surfingtheapocalypse.com
TSUNAMI BOMB

The idea of a bomb that triggers a tidal wave is not as outlandish as it may first appear. Towards the end of WWII a top-secret project was underway in the waters off the coast of New Zealand to perfect just such a weapon. Project Seal as it was known was a secret weapon developed under the auspices of British and American defence chiefs who considered it as important as the atomic bomb.

Prof Thomas Leech, dean of engineering at Auckland University, conducted the experiments in the sea off Auckland on the so-called Tsunami bomb; in recognition he was awarded the CBE in 1947. The existence of the weapon was only disclosed in 1999 when New Zealand’s Foreign Ministry released declassified documents. According to"

(I found this at .)

Egads! I would almost believe this if the website didn't suck so bad.

CNN.com - Nail embedded in man's skull for 6 days - Jan 16, 2005: "

Nail embedded in man's skull for 6 days

An X-ray image shows the four-inch nail embedded in Patrick Lawler's skull, narrowly missing his eye.

(I found this at .)

OUCH OUCH OUCH OUCH COUCHC+CJCJSDKLLDKS:LFKLS

If Ricky doesn't return, Dolphins want Henry (NBC Sports): "Buffalo's Travis Henry went from starter to back-up last season with the emergence of Willis McGahee. New coach Nick Saban wants to fix the Miami Dolphins problems at running back now."

(I found this at Yahoo Search: miami dolphins.)

Oh god please!

DOLPHINS: Search underway for running back (CBS Sportsline): "Nick Saban knows the Dolphins need a starting running back for 2005, so he's not immediately turning his back on either a return of Ricky Williams or a trade for Travis Henry."

(I found this at Yahoo Search: miami dolphins.)

Caveman says: Ricky Bad…Henry Good grrrr

You think so Dr.?

Kids' Diets Have Too Much Added Sugar: "Many American kids consume too much added sugar almost as soon as they start eating solid food."

(I found this at WebMD Health Headlines.)

Nic DePlume Nineteen-year-old Nicholas M. Ciarelli ’08, known on the internet as Nick dePlume, has run the site, thinksecret.com, since age 13. THIRTEEN? I was still playing GI Joe then, WTF

ThinkSecret's Nick dePlume unmasked: "From a post on Slashdot, we find that the Harvard Crimson has run a story about on of its undergrads who is being sued for disclosing details about unreleased Apple products. Nick dePlume is none other than 19-year-old Nicholas M. Ciarelli. It's good to finally put a face another name to the name.
(I found this at MacMerc.)

Stomach bugs suck, I got one and feel like I could kill a man with the force coming out my ass. In case your wondering.

What Global Warming?

Warm Russian bear awakes (Reuters): "Reuters - Russia's winter is so warm that a bear in a zoo has woken from her hibernation two months
early, while another hasn't gone to sleep at all, Interfax news agency reports."

(Via Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

Song in my head this am.
This am was "Kiss me deadly" by Lita Ford Just the part "I went to a party last saturday night I didn't get laid, got in a fight uh hu it ain't no big thing." then the crappy guitar solo. What ever happened to her anyhow? She does have a greatest hits thing here not sure if I even heard of more then 2 songs from that.I vaguely remember something with Ozzy. Lotsa fan sites on google but nothing official. Ok I'm done with this.

Really? I'm shocked I figured he would say "this kicks ass!"

Creative CEO unimpressed with iPod shuffle: "The industry is abuzz with positive reaction to Apple's newly announced iPod shuffle, the company's low-cost, Flash-based digital music player..."

(Via MacMinute.)

Every morning for the past 5-8 years I wake up with a song in my head. I hope to keep track of the here. Today I woke up to a song but since its almost 11pm I'll have to wait till tomorrow

Noise Harms Gilroy: Noise insulation & soundproofing related products

I live in the city now, not "THE CITY" just a city I should say I sue to live in the "Country" Well not the…wait, anyhow I need sound proofing and so do you! Now can I get the Ferns and shit to repeat 802.11g?

T-Mobile Customer Data Hacked; Celebrity Pix Roam Free: "

A twenty-something hacker 0wned most of T-Mobile's internal customer records last year, giving him access to such inconsequential information as Secret Service documents and Social Security numbers. But worst of all—what takes this from an understandable mistake on the part of a benevolent multi-national corporation to a matter of national concern—are reports that the hacker was able to get 'grainy, candid shots' of Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Nicole Richie, and Paris Hilton, presumably stolen from the servers that host the Sidekick data. America, what is it going to take to get those pictures? If we are not united in a desire to share crappy cameraphone shots of Demi Moore's implant scar puppet shows, we've forgotten what makes this country great.

Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems [SecurityFocus via /.]

"

(Via Gizmodo.)

Dude, you think they got the picture of ME and Demi?

Song of the day is: Let Me Be Your Car by Rod Stewart

Why? its upbeat and does not sound like "do you think I'm saggy…err Sexy"

iPod Shuffle Nutrition Value: "From the bottom of Apple's new iPod Shuffle Page:

1. Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
   
2. Do not eat iPod shuffle.
   
3. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
   
4. Some computers require either the optional iPod shuffle Dock or a USB cable extender (sold separately).
   

"

(Via MacSlash.)

I got a hankering for the flavor of an iPod Shuffle and more Cowbell

HOWTO: Hack iPod into iPod Shuffle: "

Now erase all but 240 of your songs. (Thanks, Boogah!)

"

(Via Gizmodo.)

Why am I not laughing? I don't get it, I feel…so…alone

I don't care much about this at all, you want to hack my phone, have fun. I just think any company that has "F" in it is cool Like "F-Secure" does that mean Fuck Secure?

Another Day, Another Bluetooth Worm: Lasco.A: "

F-Secure is reporting another variation of the Bluetooth Cabir worm, this time different enough to warrant its own name: Lasco.A. The main difference here is that the malware is inserting itself into any .SIS executable file on Nokia Series 60 phones, so that just swapping software with someone else can cause them to be infected. The good news is that no one has seen the Lasco variation in the wild, but still—sucky.

Put that phone in non-discoverable mode—or do what I do and threaten everyone to keep 20 yards away from my person at all times.

New Symbian malware that is both virus and worm [F-Secure via Blueserker]

Cell phone virus turns up the heat [CNet]

"

(Via Gizmodo.)

Rechargeable AA batteries for $7: "Amazon.com is again taking preorders for the Tech B TBBC8201 AA Rechargeable 4-Pack with Wall Charger plus four free AA batteries for $6.99. We...(more)"

(Via dealnews - 7 most recent deals..)

MMM batteries…

Currently playing in iTunes: Mama Can't Buy You Love by Elton John

Ok, you ever get a song in your library that you have NO idea how it got in there? I like about 3 Elton John songs, this is NOT one of them. Listening to this makes me feel like I'm on a episode of Barney Miller

Free iTunes Music!: "Free iTunes music awaits at the iTMS for customers who know how to get it. Here's how to become one of them."

(Via Mac 911 Weblog.)

What? No Metallica? :Music

The iHome? - Engadget - www.engadget.com
ITS THE SAME ELEVATOR FROM THE LAST HOAX. People are sooo dumb

The top 10 news stories of 2004: "Read the stories that were most popular with you, the readers, including enigmatic signals from space, stun guns and mystery viruses"

(I found this at New Scientist.)

I loved "Hawking cracks black hole paradox" Well I thought it read "Hawking your crack leads to a black hole" now thats a paradox

Amateur Forecaster Reinstated After Outcry (AP): "AP - A popular self-taught meterologist, who is legally blind and provides his weather forecasts from home, will return to the airwaves in western Massachusetts after a public outcry over his firing."

(I found this at Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

"today it will be dark and… not very bright out, film at 11"

Triple shot: Rams hold off Seahawks to advance: "Seahawks lose to Rams for third time this season

by Recap"

(I found this atTriple shot: Rams hold off Seahawks to advance ESPN.com.)

I am smelling like a rose that somebody gave me 'cause I'm dead and bloated.
I think Hassholebeck is pretty good I had him on my fantasy team last year but the rest of the team is a bunch of under acheivers. Koren Robinson=punk. See you next year.

The Superficial - Portia de Rossi Removes Tattoo: "Here's a little tip for all you people who feel the need to get somebody's name tattooed on you. Don't. Unless it's mine. In which case, tattoo it all over your face and genitals."

(Via .)

This made me pee myself, now I stink, like pee, thanks.

Census Lists Renamed Lake As 'Butthead' (AP): "AP - Someone in the Census Bureau may be watching a little too much MTV. Bevis Lake, a 5.7-acre body of water in a forested area about 25 miles northeast of Seattle, is now appearing in Bureau records with a different name: Butthead Lake."

(Via Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

hu hu thats pretty cool hu hu

NBC's 'Fear Factor' Sued for Rat-Eating Episode (Reuters): "Reuters - Watching contestants eat dead rats
on NBC's gross-out stunt show 'Fear Factor' so disgusted a
Cleveland man that he has sued NBC for $2.5 million, saying he
could not stomach what he saw."

(Via Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

Me either! GROSS, …can't…change…channel…nooooooo. PAY ME!

Ah, Old Friends Are the Best Friends... (Reuters): "Reuters - A British man was jailed on Friday for
repeatedly stabbing a long lost best friend he had traced via
the popular 'Friends Reunited' Web site, and the victim says he
still wants to be buddies."

(Via Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

Hmm now if I can only Find my old friend Jason, man did we have some good times…

Currently playing in iTunes: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters

Time Trax offers satellite radio iPod integration: "Time Trax today introduced a new solution that enables users to automatically record satellite radio broadcasts--either XM or Sirius--onto their iPod for later listening. With the company's recording software with scheduling features and its iPod docking station, users can create personalized programming of broadcasts and save songs (with the artist and title info). Time Trax did not offer pricing, but did say the product currently only works with Windows-based computers."

(Via iPodlounge.)

Why bother? Who cares? With the advent of PodCasting there is no need for this. Sure there will be certain content that will not be available via a PodCast but there WILL be much more available then any satellite provider will, well, provide. Once the crap podcasts go away and the good ones rise to the surface I think you will see it get more steam, plus its free, for now. Speaking of free, would I ever pay for the Daily Source Code? Never.

Why I'm breaking up with Verizon Wireless.


I figured since Verizon Wireless does not seem to care about my problem, although they say "your problems is our problem" or some other garbage, I would chronicle my problem with them here. Maybe someone would read this and offer some advise or maybe if others would chime in and say they have had similar issues as well and then we could out Verizon's evil ways.

Its actually quite simple to me.
I pay my bill every month on time and have been for years about 4 to be exact. I lost interest in trying to "read" the Bill as they keep changing it and such. Plus I just figure if its not like $200 I'm paying my fair price for the usage of the service.

Anyhow over the summer we got bills for June, July, Aug and Sept. We paid the bill amount "you owe x-amount". We pay that no questions. On time, mind you.

Anyhow October comes and the bill is like $450 something (this is from memory here so the numbers and dates are not exact, you want exact I can do that some-other time)

New we knew it was going to be high since we were buying a house and using the cell constantly, but not THAT much. So I call and the Verizon Wireless, we'll call them VW for now, on states that it was their mistake. Ok cool, I think no big deal. Apparently they accidently credited my account back in JUNE for $245 or so, their mistake. Now in OCTOBER they say our bad, you now owe the past due PLUS the late charges!

So this is where it gets ugly.

So I talk to some woman about this and she basically says "its our mistake but we want it paid in full immediately." I was like WTF! You make and error, then expect me to pay for your mistake ASAP! NO WAY. I explained, as nicely as I could, I had just purchased a house and didn't have $400 some-odd dollars to pay them, can I pay a little here and there. She said no, but as long as I pay, say at least $100 they would probably leave me alone and not interrupt my service. I said cool no problem. We will continue paying the bill + some extra.

LIES ALL LIES

So a few weeks go by, we paid the bill and put $200 or so towards the bill. I get a phone call asking me if I would like to pay the balance in full or risk service interruption. I told the woman I JUST sent in $200+ isn't that enough, I am paying something at least and its not $10 here and there its over $100!! I then told the VW phone agent that the last woman I talked with said that as long as I was paying my account would not be turned off, etc. This VW Phone agent told me I was misinformed. Great. So how do I know YOUR misinforming me this time? He assured me his word was the gospel. I continued to remind him it was THEIR Mistake and quite frankly how do I now know this is not some scam where they credit your account then months later ask for it back immediately, do that to hundreds of customers and thats quite a windfall, maybe before quarterly earning, I was reaching but I was pissed.

The VW Phone guy informed me that they do not make "payments" and I needed to pay it all now or the phone would be turned off. Again I went back to my "ITS YOUR MISTAKE" to no avail, I told they guy how inflexible they were being, look up my account I pay on time, I have no issues with my account EVER. Nothing, dead silence. They guy again asks me "would you like to make a payment today?" I said NO and hung up.

This takes place AGAIN with some woman a week later, again I get nowhere. Meanwhile we keep paying and paying, on-time mind you, plus extra for the old bill.

I also get about 5-10 phone calls on my T-Mobile Cell phone from them as well
asking for payment. During the middle of the day. I asked one guy if he would be paying my minutes used, he said no and I told him to call me at home then and hung up.

They keep telling me "its their system it flags you and we automatically call you"

So yesterday I get a letter in the mail stating I need to pay in full or I'm going to collections. Wonderful. Thanks Verizon, my problem is certainly NOT your problem at all, its the "system"

I have never dealt with such an unflexable company in my life. They made a mistake and demanded for their error to be paid in full. The only thing they "would" do for me was eliminate the late payment charges, thanks, really.

So in conclusion I'm canceling Verizon Wireless and Verizon whatever I got and telling anyone out there to stay away from them.

I'm not the only one either read some of these
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I'm sure you can find just as many people pleased with them as well, but my point is not with the problem but with the lack of a solution and inflexibility on their part. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Gates suffers technical glitches at CES keynote: "During his annual keynote speech at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates suffered technical glitches thanks to his Windows operating system..."

(Via MacMinute.)

heehee

My De.Lic.sh.cus.com page
Why do they spell it that way? it SO hard to remember if you havent got it bookmarked and don't know how to spell delicious.


http://del.icio.us/drsoos

Kahlil Gibran: "'If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.'"

That wind… Never ever trust wind, once I told the wind about that little thing with the dirt and the moss and the tress found out SO fast its not even funny, neither is what I just typed.

(Via Motivational Quotes of the Day.)

Newton + iPod + RSS = NewtPodcasting: "Grant Hutchinson over at Splorp.com is reporting on a new and ultra geeky podcast called Green Light Go which bills itself as being 'dedicated to our green friend the Newton, the eMate, all its cousins, everyone who uses, develops for and enjoys our little green friend.' It is not clear at this time whether or not it is possible to actually download podcasts to a Newton with the same ease that iPod owners enjoy, but if there is a way, the Newton community will find it

NOOO!! LET IT DIE PEOPLE LET IT DIE!!!!

(Via MacMerc.)

Did Quake Speed Earth's Spin?: "A NASA scientist says the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake off Sumatra may have caused the planet to spin 3 millionths of a second faster and wobble about an inch on its axis. But scientists don't think such tiny shifts will have long-term effects."

Bull I KNEW my birthday came a LOT faster then I thought it would have. Can we have an earthquake that could s l o w the rotation a little. Maybe by 2-3 years or more? Wonder if we would all go back in time if that happened? Probably not we would just end up working longer hours.

(Via Wired News.)

Oh yeah, Today is my birthday

fake podcast

Podcast Test
Check out my fakeasspodcast here

Fast Food More Than Twice Weekly Adds Pounds: "People who eat too much fast food gain more weight and are more likely to develop early signs of diabetes."

(Via WebMD Health Headlines.)

NO WAY!
What about that guy who ate a big mac every day?

Spam- I just got this in my email:

Gliiiiiide this on.

Feel it get haaaard.

Ease it in her geeently.

shirk watch work alloy aurelius corrupt thayer confirmation hardboiled batavia rosebud egypt cultural balance deteriorate florin ornately sicilian accentual apostate bonaparte vishnu decrement celebrity asymmetry paragon carp fourteenth bolshoi .
regis caliper conspirator baroque essential cholinesterase eagan minion jackboot boundary benny barrette bohr goodbye dreadful bile fishmonger gene diffractometer demagnify roman dereference duplex infeasible devout dealt germanic .

I LOVE infeasible devout dealt germanics

Thich Nhat Hanh: "'Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything.'"

(Via Motivational Quotes of the Day.)

Eating McDonalds Pisses off the trees, clouds small dogs…

I'm back!

Ok after a long hiatus I'm back into the blogospherearamadmamdingdong whatever the hell you call it. Blogger has grown up so I will too.

Wow I guess its better then being named Gary or god forbid Ray.

A Boy Named Tsunami (Reuters): "Reuters - Six-day-old Tsunami Roy
doesn't know what all the fuss about him is, as he hungrily
suckles at his mother's breast before dropping off for a
contented nap."

(Via Yahoo! News - Oddly Enough.)

Oh god do i feel bad for these poor people. Have you seen the PC buyer at best buy? Can you say Bubba?

Traveling with the Geek Squad: "NPR's Wendy Kaufman goes on patrol with The Geek Squad, Best Buy's traveling computer fix-it team. The large retailer is the latest of its kind to start making house calls for your technical ills."

(Via NPR News: Nation.)

If your into podcasting Check out Poddumfeeder

If you have NOTHING to do go see my friend Mr. X (gay name) Crappy blog and podcast if he ever does one ever and I mean EVER.
Seriously check it out-0Friends

THIS is cool…if you use Photoshop
Of your a plumber, nothing to see here, move along

PS: Alter history in with Photoshop – No time machine needed!: "When you select a history state in the History palette and then change the image, all states below the active state are deleted/replaced. This stinks if you want to remove only a few things, but keep others.







If you enable the Allow Non-Linear History option (from the History Options in the History palette menu), you can select a state, make a change to the image, and the change will be appended to the bottom of the History palette (instead of replacing all the states below the active state). You can even delete a state without losing any of the states below it!



Note:The color of the horizontal lines between history states indicate their linearity. White dividers indicate linear states and black dividers indicate non-linear states.



Note:Non-linear history is very memory intensive, use wisely!

"

(Via CreativeBits.)

Currently playing in iTunes: Take a Look by Liz Phair

We have a Craiglist thingee near where I live, that makes me kinda cool? Correct? Yes.

craigslist: albany online community: ""

(Via del.icio.us/drsoos.)

MarsEdit is cool so there, I use it and so should you!