From the monthly archives:

July 2003

May the hounds of hell weaken your cornflakes!

July 23, 2003

And other great DIY Irish Curses. So far my favorite combination is “May a pitiless bureaucrat lick your investment portfolio.” It alsp translates your curse into Gaelic and provides a handy pronunciation guide. [via Looka]

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Imagine my chagrin

July 20, 2003

So much for my plan to re-enact the entire film of Lagaan on my upcoming flight to Alaska. Apparently cricket bats are among the many sporting goods I’m not allowed to bring in my carry-on luggage. Guess I’ll have to settle for drinking and sleeping.

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“I’m Steve, and I’m a super villain.”

July 10, 2003

Heh. I love all of the Mac Switch ads, but as is often the case in our media-saturated world, the parodies are often even more fun:

Switch to Linux – Ubergeek.tv
ben brown (potentially not work-safe, depending on your co-workers’ sense of humor and propriety)
Will Ferrell
Anakin Skywalker

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Why Being a Teenager Sucks

July 9, 2003

I meant to post this a while back: Why Nerds Are Unpopular by Paul Graham. It mostly discusses the difficulties of being a smart kid in middle and high school, but even though the nerds definitely bear the brunt of peer torment during those years, it has a lot to say about why that period [...]

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