Hot: First up on this WTK is the opposite of wealth. That term is “illth” and was coined by John Ruskin as a way of giving simple voice to the concept of possessing damage, discontent, or general ill health (physically, economically, spiritually, etc). In Ruskin’s case, and in several applications, this is largely applicable to [...]
Hot: Good morning, shoppers. As usual December has rolled around which of course gives us the lovely sentimental holiday known as Christmas. And as we all know one of the many traditions that is a part of the spirit of Christmas that isn’t mass consumerism is movies. The kind that are sweet, loving, caring. the [...]
Hot: This is how I first encountered this speech pattern meme-thing in the wilds of soup. It made no sense and every time I saw it, I giggled like a small, feeble-minded child. The absurdity! The expressions! And oh how the mind delighted over the many awkward possibilities of the missing verb. This pattern, “I [...]
Hot: someone’s giant obama poster user pic is totally freaking digsby out. shit sucks http://snipr.com/4myrs – me @Giania I accidentally a giant Obama poster on Disby. Is that bad? – kb_klash @kb_klash accidentally what? – meatbag @meatbag A giant Obama poster – kb_klash @kb_klash … – meatbag You guys are the best. Seriously.
Hot: EDIT 06-29-2009: Please go here http://www.randomkitty.net/blog/2009/06/29/rackspace-outage-of-2009-06-29-2009/ if you arrived while searching for the most recent outage issue at rackspace. Thanks! Author’s Note: The information below is based upon reports which were handed to me during the incident through various sources. I am well aware that at this point there are inaccuracies. I intend to [...]
Hot: Wired’s Underwire blog has just delivered quite the scoop! The Burning Man festival’s traditional “burning man” figure burst into flames a full 5 days ahead of schedule, during last night’s total lunar eclipse. Keep your eyes on their article, as they’ll update when they have more information as to whether this was a technical [...]
Hot: Just to keep things brief: I dreamt I had a fish tank with a few kinds of viscious, snappy fish in it, and a small octopus and some other kind of shellfish or something. I accidentally screwed up the whole aquairum by collapsing one of the sides leaving only a tiny bit of water [...]
Hot: Anyone who still reads at my “old location” knows that I’ve been having a bit of a family crisis. So yesterday while driving to the Portsmouth Regional Hospital, I was fussing with the radio, trying to find some kind of music that didn’t suck. This task is often challenging in this area, as they [...]
