Archive for April, 2009

Whatchu’ talkin’ ’bout, Willis?

thedonkey
Apr 18 |14:29

engrish funny donky chicken
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“Kyoto Box” a breakthrough in boiling water!

thedonkey
Apr 14 |08:48
An example of a solarcooker from solarcooker.org

An example of a solarcooker from solarcooker.org

I just read about something called the “Kyoto Box” over at Steve Milloy’s blog.

What is it exactly?  According to an article on the BBC website: Read More…

 

Reviewed: WordPress for iPhone 1.2

thedonkey
Apr 9 |18:52

I’m posting this from my iPhone using the new version of WordPress for iPhone blogging app, version 1.2. It’s pretty awesome and you can check out a snazzy video of it at wordpress.tv.

Well, I started this post several days ago, but never got to finish it because WordPress for iPhone crashed on me and when I restarted it wouldn’t let me access this blog. I was also busy doing other things this weekend and so I forgot about it. Read More…

 

My idea: outsource to a computer

thedonkey
Apr 7 |11:02

In Dave Barry’s article, Technical Difficulties, he laments the fact that much of modern telephone tech support is being outsourced to foreign countries.

As he so eloquently puts it:

THE GOOD NEWS IS: The foreign tech support people are smart, educated and eager to help, and they speak English.

THE BAD NEWS IS: They speak it in such a way that you understand only about every fifth word.

Read More…

 

More Global, uh Cooling News?

thedonkey
Apr 5 |20:59

This article Bad news for Catlin Expedition: Satellite Data Shows Arctic Cooling in February and March really ticks me off. I just wish the earth would make up it’s mind. I mean Al Gore’s reputation is at stake here (yes, the Al Gore), not to mention all the trillions we will be spending on fighting global warming.

Apparently, this has been happening since 2005, according to the article: Read More…

 

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