And now, a musical interlude: Hugh Laurie sings “Little Girl.”

Before he became TV’s most obnoxiously brilliant doctor on the drama House, Hugh Laurie was better known as a comedian over in England. He appeared alongside Rowan Atkinson in various Black Adder episodes and had a comedy sketch show with Stephen Fry called A Bit of Fry and Laurie. The following clip is from the . . . → Read More: And now, a musical interlude: Hugh Laurie sings “Little Girl.”

Inching forward toward an SEB Podcast.

I got a new Plantronic’s headset not too long ago and I’ve started looking at getting an SEB Podcast going once more. This meant spending some time trying things out to see how things work. I think I’ve decided to make use of TalkShoe.com for hosting the podcast as it allows for all manner of . . . → Read More: Inching forward toward an SEB Podcast.

Edward Current takes on Occam’s Razor.

Ed’s back and as spot on as usual:

It’s almost scary.

Teaching kids to write in cursive is on the decline.

At least according to this Indianapolis Star article:

Learning to write in script is a time-honored tradition. But in today’s time-starved classrooms, some around the country are questioning whether, given everything else vying for space in the curriculum and the increasing use of technology, teaching these children cursive is even necessary.

Local teachers say, if . . . → Read More: Teaching kids to write in cursive is on the decline.

Wired’s Mathew Honan experiments with Location-Aware software.

One of the features of the newer iPhone’s and Google Android based cellphones allow the phone, and any applications you’re running on it, to determine where you are to varying degrees of precision. Using a combination of cell towers (500 meters), Wi-Fi (30 meters), and GPS (10 meters) and various software packages that make use . . . → Read More: Wired’s Mathew Honan experiments with Location-Aware software.

Western Digital is the first to release a 2 terabyte hard drive.

In the ongoing race to give you ever increasing room to store all your pirated music, movies, and Internet porn the folks at Western Digital have just announced the world’s first “Green” 2TB consumer level hard drive:

“While some in the industry wondered if the end consumer would buy a 1 TB drive, already some . . . → Read More: Western Digital is the first to release a 2 terabyte hard drive.

Every so often I wake up and think to myself…

… “Holy crap! I’m 41 years old. How the fuck did THAT happen?”

I did that this morning. Not sure why. It’s like my brain occasionally needs to remind itself of something stupendously obvious that it thinks it hadn’t noticed before even though it’s really known all along.

The Contempt of Court judgment Kevin Trudeau Doesn’t Want You to Know About!

Who is Kevin Trudeau? He’s the “alternative medicine” slimeball who sells books full of miracle cures that the Powers That Be supposedly hope you’ll never find out about. With titles like Natural Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About and The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You to Know About this asshole has . . . → Read More: The Contempt of Court judgment Kevin Trudeau Doesn’t Want You to Know About!

Spammers need a lesson in basic logic.

I don’t tend to get a lot of spam at work, but every so often one or two bits will get through the filters and catch my eye. Today I got one with the following subject line:

With all your faults she loves you still, cause you use right antiEDs.

It took me a moment . . . → Read More: Spammers need a lesson in basic logic.

So I got a call from the Westboro Baptist Church on Friday…

Some of you are probably scratching your head and wondering why the name Westboro Baptist Church is familiar. That’s because it’s the church associated with Fred Phelps of God Hates Fags fame. He and his fellow church members have a habit of going around picketing the funerals of military people and celebrities with signs that . . . → Read More: So I got a call from the Westboro Baptist Church on Friday…