I was reading a Washington Post article about JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, being sued over potential plagiarism. And then this picture happened.
On 02.04.10, In Horror, By Matt
The theme this time is SOVEREIGN DEBT. Remember those words for you will hear them NON STOP on ALL news networks from now till forever. You see, since the governments of all the world’s countries decided to save their economies by throwing money at things they were able to avert a grave economic depression but at the cost of large debts. So now everyone’s worried about countries defaulting on these debts. Basically, even if you don’t know anything about anything: SELL, SELL, SELL. Oh god, they almost had me there for a second. Let me know when the silly market commotion is over so I can come out of my bomb shelter. (more…)
“WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Supreme Court vastly increased the power of big business and unions to influence government decisions Thursday by freeing them to spend their millions directly to sway elections for president and Congress.” On 12.07.09, In Horror, By Matt
What better to do when you can’t sleep than to check out videos of some disgustingly large, creepy spiders?
These cave spiders, after piggy-backing their way on some scientists equipment which was being stored, have been living in an abandoned building for the past decade. Now some other scientists are relocating them back to their old stomping grounds.
Those brave men. Make sure you check out their sophisticated spider catching equipment at 0:20.
On 11.24.09, In Horror, By Matt
photo from Wonkette
On 11.24.09, In Horror, By Matt
A woman from Quebec who was receiving paid leave for major depression from her employer’s health insurance company has stopped receiving money because the company found pictures on her Facebook page of her smiling and having what appears to be a good time.
Blanchard said that on her doctor’s advice, she tried to have fun, including nights out at her local bar with friends and short getaways to sun destinations, as a way to forget her problems. She also doesn’t understand how Manulife accessed her photos because her Facebook profile is locked and only people she approves can look at what she posts. [CBC]
Creepy.
On 11.22.09, In Horror, By Matt
According to Randall Stross and the New York Times (well, The U.S. Patent Office), Apple applied for a patent last year that would, for the most part, force the user of a certain device to watch or listen to an advert while momentarily freezing the device making it so the user had no choice but to give their attention to the ad. Don’t even think about pulling a fast one on Apple either because you could even be quizzed on what you just saw, or forced to interact with the ad in a given amount of time when prompted to. Terrible, right?
Of course, this doesn’t mean that they are for sure implementing any of this, and on a more positive note, devices with this feature built in could then be sold at reduced prices.
I can’t wait till I get asked a couple questions about the Esurance ad I just watched right in the middle of my favorite Bearforce1 song on my new 700gb iPod Pro Touch Lite