Archive for August 31st, 2007

Interesting posts, the OCHO!

Hopefully this one will get published on time and I don’t have any of those real life delays like…relaxation or something silly like that. Here’s the Ocho!

  • CNN to air 3 part series on religious extremism
    I know, I know, it’s CNN and it’s probably 95% utter garbage but it’s still worth a watch. Thanks for this, vjack!
  • And here’s another reason to never move to Texas
    I don’t hate Texas, I really don’t but I do have this growing mountain of reasons to never visit this backwards state. I’ll probably espouse on this one more in a separate post.
  • Australia is still trying to understand the Internet
    I know a lot of smart people in Australia and I have no idea how they can live in a country filled with such dolts. The government spent $84M AU on a web filter that was bypassed in less than an hour. Then they put a new one up that was bypassed just as quickly! WTF Australia, seriously. First the knobs at Telstra think they can control an entire country’s email by filtering out any useful ESP and now this. Do you guys still drive cars that are foot powered too?
  • Mashable’s 40+ tools for GCal
    Many of these are aesthetic changes made either by Greasemonkey or Stylish but some can be helpful such as Twittercal.
  • This scares the crap out of me
    A giant communal spider web was found in Texas of all places. Chalk that up as another reason to never move there: insane spider webs.
  • The “death” of sensibility and morals from age appropriate — and award-winning — books
    I read this last night and could hardly contain my laughter. Why is it that so many fundamentalists and other uninvolved parents think their children know nothing of sexual acts or what curse words are? There’s more filth on FX’s Nip/Tuck than in the books quoted to be “lascivious”.
  • Public safety officials/experts barred from speaking to the public
    This is just beyond description.
  • Tangled Bank 87

    The new Tangled Bank blog carnival is up at Balancing Life. I have so much reading to do this weekend :( . Maybe Shisha or Funky Buddha have free wifi I can use while imbibing sweet coffees and aromatic shisha?