If you are a presidential candidate, or you think you may one day become one, remember the following simple piece of advice: the internet makes it difficult to lie.
Facts have become easier to check, and inconsistencies easier to display. And while the internet of a few years ago was a rather more boring place, [...]
Just a silly clip - one woman introducing herself in twenty one different accents. As someone who is incapable of mimicking accents, I’m impressed by two things. Firstly, by the fact that she captures the subtleties of several similar accents. Secondly, that she does it all in what appears to be a [...]
Today shows the the Daily show doing what it does best - showing Clinton’s reassessment of the Democratic Primary process, and illustrating the move from her position “The Voters get to decide” (when she thought they’d pick her) to her new position: “voting is part of the process”, but they don’t really know the candidates. [...]
Everything you need to know about why the primary result this week is a disaster for the Democrats. With help from Star Wars:
Putting trees in your icon and linking to news results for ‘Earth Day’ does not make you a noble company. I’d just like my search results please.
That is all.
The domain name system was created by people who were used to a unix command line, and therefore does not allow spaces. While some websites use hyphens in their addresses, most just run the words together. Sometimes with amusing results.
The Daily show takes a look at Fox News.
Part two is here.
What is it like to drive a time machine? The NYT knows.
A non-conspiracy theory about why Apple has banned background applications from the iPhone. Battery life. I, for one, find the argument convincing.
You can read the contents of a computer’s memory by plugging in a firewire device. I’ve read of similar attacks with USB, but those have generally been exploits. The firewire problem appears to be part of the design.