When via Glenn you go to this site and your first thought is…
…they’re making a Jonah Hex movie? Cool!
How do you know you are an old geek?
Posted: April 29, 2009 by datechguy in odditiesTags: comics, nostalgia
Morning Joe MSNBC is going to be very happy today
Posted: April 29, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/newsTags: morning joe
Here comes the republicans have to change business.
6:44 a.m. The 60th vote makes it harder says Dean
6:46 a.m. Joe echos what I was saying, about who now has the responsibility.
7:11 a.m. Just ran a errand and came back in time to see Tina Brown pretend there is no difference between a 1st term and a 3rd term abortion.
7:16 a.m. They play the Specter quotes from 2001.
7:17 a.m. You and pat get me all riled up.
7:19 a.m. Does she know any other word than delighted?
7:22 a.m. Good line: “You wouldn’t have wanted to be in the room”, Obama knows that flyover is very painful for him.
7:23 a.m. There are no more excuses: Chuck Todd totally echos me on the problems of the Democrats, but plays the republicans are doomed game. He does point to the region rather than the positions.
7:34 a.m. It’s the gloat squad!
7:37 a.m. You are going to use Maxine Waters as an expert? When she runs a statewide campaign and wins in California then tell me how her views have large appeal.
7:41 a.m. TEMPERAMENT? This from the Bush is evil crowd? And the global warming myth business is just funny.
7:42 a.m. The likability factor is very true.
8:07 a.m. Specter has just illustrated another advantage of his departure that I will expand on in another post.
8:31 a.m. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know that Thacher was opposed to the re-unification of Germany.
8:34 a.m. More of the running gag about Joe and Mika’s dad
8:39 a.m. Haines is very funny today.
8:50 a.m. I don’t think we will see anyone ask Courtney about that “acknowledged grandchild” business today.
Does game night add up to a visit from homeland security?
Posted: April 28, 2009 by datechguy in gamingTags: game night
It might this week. We started with a a game of Robo Rally. Frank won that one, but we finished a tad early so we needed a 2nd game, so we decided to play Nuclear War and Nuclear Proliferation as they are usually rather quick to play.
By an odd coincidence in the middle of the game my nephew Dominic got a call from his kids in Minnesota. He was telling his daughter that he would soon be on a plane from Boston, at the same time the background talk was launching missiles, millions dead and so many megatons and bombs.
If anyone was monitoring that call and not familar with the board game they much have gotten rather excited. If the monitoring is done via computer programs then the alarm bells should be ringing off the hook.
I’ll let you know if the men in dark suits show up.
I thought apple was the company of the people?
Posted: April 28, 2009 by datechguy in techTags: apple, tips
I think that Apple might actually be a business out for profit:
Reports of cracked hinges on the laptop are nothing new, but we always assumed Apple would eventually ‘fess up to the problem and comp those repairs. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be the case, and we just got another report of a hapless MacBook Air owner who has a broken hinge that Apple says will cost $800 to repair, despite the fact the laptop is under warranty. Our own MacBook Air Rev. A had the exact same problem — the hinge becomes loose over time, then suddenly catches and cracks from normal use, it’s not from undue stress — and Apple did the repair for free, but only after we escalated the issue to a manager, who let us know how very nice of them that was. From reading various reports, that seems the exception to Apple’s repair policy, which lists this sort of damage as “accidental,” and we’re wondering how widespread this issue may be.
This would make a very interesting Mac vs PC counter ad.
Via Glenn.
