“He doesn’t know I exist, you know.”
"Obviously."
“Then why talk about me? He’ll only think you’re…”
"...crazy. Cerebus knows that."
“But why would you…”
"Lord Julius always said that insanity was the last line of defence for the master bureaucrat."
“I don’t get it.”
"It's hard to get a refund when the salesman is sniffing at your crotch and baying at the moon."
“Oh… I get it now.”
"Insanity is a virtually impregnable gambit... but you have to lay the groundwork early in the game."
— Elf and Cerebus, predicting modern foreign policy
Western food is destroying Japan
No, really:
Building a modern Ghostbuster...
University of Maryland announces portable particle accelerators. No word yet on crossing the streams.
A better world...
You know the one thing that’s really, truly gotten better about system administration? Now, when you’re sitting in the computer room poking at a sick server and checking the status of hours-long processes with lsof, strace, and tcpdump, you can watch Doctor Who on your phone.
"Wake up, sheeple!"
Actual caption to this picture at The Seattle Times, of a group protesting Amazon’s “corporate greed”:
Protesters gather at Westlake Park on Guy Fawkes Day. All three masks were purchased from Amazon for $6 each using the Amazon Prime account of gold mask’s mom. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
Dear Hello!Project Costume Designers,
Yes:
No:
Media bias, or simple stupidity?
It’s a pretty pathetic headline writer who fails to read the first paragraph and the pull quote. But then, we already knew that J-school is not for Our Best And Brightest.
"Snowden recommends"
Does it strike anyone else odd to see recommendations on how to secure your privacy from someone whose only accomplishment in life was stealing confidential data? It’s a bit like asking a cat how to store tuna; his motives and expertise are not aligned with your interests.
