Tag Archives: stupid

Motivational Speaker of the Year

This guy? Not so awesome, but definitely committed (or maybe should be). I agree with Nathan Clarke on this one. This is the natural outcome of far too many self-styled self-help gurus. I laughed out loud (really loud). [via LiveLeak.com]

Jay-Z, Apple, and SQL Go Together Like Crappy SEO

This just showed up as a comment awaiting moderation on my other blog: Thanks for sharing this post, I found this article while googling for some information on SQL, useful comments and great points made. The title of the blog post in question? Apple Inspired by Disney from 2004. The topic? How what looks like [...]

Cosmetic Surgery… for Websites!

NorCal Internet Services may just be the best thing on the Internet since Masters of the Website. (via @dorkusaliorpus)

Dear Piano Spammer

Chances are, if you run a WordPress blog, you’ve seen this message, or one like it in your trackbacks or comments: GrandPiano… Hello I bookmarked this site. Thanks heaps for this!… if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Pianoforte Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!… So here’s the deal… Mr. Piano Douche [...]

PETA Fail

The name for PETA’s blog is… wait for it… The PETA Files1. (via @rmdembroski) If you still don’t get it, say it out loud. [↩]

Quicky – Frivolous Lawsuit

Apparently Apple (as well as the FBI and an auto mechanic) are conspiring with the Italian mafia, according to one man. I can’t really add anything to that.

Like It or Not, Reggie, People Will Re-Sell Nintendo Games.

In a recent interview with Venture Beat, Regie Fils-Aime produced this nugget: We don’t believe used games are in the best interest of the consumer. We have products that consumers want to hold onto. [...] Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs. I understand the [...]

There’s Gently Encouraging Sharing, and There’s Whoring

I ran across this article about iPhone 3G tips/tricks on Hongkiat. All-in-all, an okay compilation of random how-tos… But that’s not what this post is about. Now, I’m all for having social-network links in blog posts. Hell, you’ll notice them below posts on this site. I think these links should be there if you need [...]

Words That Should Never Be Spoken… Ever

Listable has a list of words it is not okay to ever say. I was going to post my own over here at some point, but I never got around to it. But here are my favorites: Convo Za (as in pizza) Webinar Lifestream Funnest Natch Vaycay Staycation And I’d like to add to that [...]

Please Update Adobe Updater Before Updating

While I work with Adobe software daily, I can’t say I’m a fan of many of their choices. Adobe Updater is one of them. This pic was posted to Twitter a few days ago, thought I’d share it here. Originally on Twitpic.