The Grauniad suggests that the use of two stolen satellite phones to run sex and gambling services means that Iraq is on its way to Western-style democracy. Pretty soon we’ll be able to take off the Iraqi people’s stabilisers and marvel as the line representing their electoral turnout begins its sharp descent, in exact counterpoint […]
Here’s how many spam attempts we blocked here at fp last week. I don’t expect to publish these regularly, but I find the numbers interesting.
France seems to be seriously considering legalizing the peer-to-peer exchange of copyright-protected material. Wow. No doubt the day after it happens, Hollywood and the record labels will close up shop and we’ll never have another movie or record again.
I was expecting to see a whole bunch of different bingo options for Sunday night’s awards show, but a quick survey reveals only M&Ms and the St Cloud Times have made the effort. I’ll be printing the M&Ms versions later this weekend.
Some canned beans are being recalled after the discovery of a bird head. As with coughing up roofing nails, this sort of thing happens more than you might think…
For no particular reason, here’s some Mark Twain for your reading pleasure, courtesy of Project Gutenberg (bless ’em!). MY WATCH–[Written about 1870.] AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE
Via Lifehacker, the 4INFO Mobile Search service gives us yet another way to waste time (and money, for those of us who have to pay for messaging) with our cellphones. Want to know what the weather’s like where you are (may be limited to US locations)? Text “w [zip or city]” to 44636 and get […]
They’re really controversy-averse, but if you can find something that couldn’t possibly offend anyone, or infringe on anybody’s publicity rights (among lots of other restrictions), you could get it printed on M&Ms.
An item from the FDA announcing more stringent requirements for foods being labeled “whole grain” explains why so many foods were whole grain for a while there, since it was good for you and did not yet have a legal meaning. Back to eating oat hulls and wheat chaff for breakfast, I guess.
The Craigslist Craig addressed the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Lots of good stuff in there, if you have the time to read it. I’ll be interested to see whether the effort at collaborative filtering to which he refers fares any better than the countless others. (ThirdVoice may not have been collaborative filtering, strictly speaking, but […]