NY Times gets pwnd by malicious adware
september 2009 by jimray
A scammer pretended to be a legit national advertiser, provided some legitimate ads for a week, then switched them to pop-up fake virus warnings over the weekend. The Times has suspended ads automatically inserted by third party ad-placement agencies.
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september 2009 by jimray
"Techcrunch are full of shit"
february 2009 by jimray
Grammatically, I prefer "is full of shit" but that's just one of those delightful Britishisms. The sentiment is still the same as it ever was.
music
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awesome
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february 2009 by jimray
Techcrunch acuses Last.fm of colluding with the RIAA on the leaked U2 album
february 2009 by jimray
Last.fm categorically denies the claim and says Techcrunch just made the story up. A new low, even for tech reporting.
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february 2009 by jimray
Why you won't see MLK's most famous speech on the news
january 2009 by jimray
One of the most powerful pieces of American history is locked away because of copyright.
copyright
dumb
history
civilrights
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january 2009 by jimray
SNL launching a video sharing site just in time for people to go back to not caring about SNL
october 2008 by jimray
I'm guessing it will use technology from Hulu with some exclusive content unavailable anywhere else. Likely to succeed only if NBC can sue the crap out of every other video sharing site that hosts SNL content. Myeh.
video
television
dumb
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october 2008 by jimray
Scamming the true believers
july 2008 by jimray
I don't know how to feel about a group of Republicans duping right-wing idealogues into donating millions of dollars for no-name campaigns and pocketing most of the cash. Just desserts?
schadenfreude
republicans
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politics
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july 2008 by jimray
Creationists are trying a new approach, this time it's about the "strengths and weaknesses" of evolution
june 2008 by jimray
How about a strengths and weakness of Intelligent Design? It allows small minded idiots to continue to ignore science (strength) and is complete bullshit (weakness).
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science
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june 2008 by jimray
16% of US science teachers are creationists
may 2008 by jimray
That's one in eight. Unbelievable.
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science
education
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may 2008 by jimray
NBC and Microsoft want to lock down your Zune so you can only play "allowed" content
may 2008 by jimray
"Apple refused to cooperate with NBC on building filters into its iPod player to remove pirated movies and videos. Microsoft, by contrast, will accept NBC’s pricing scheme and will work with it to try to develop a copyright “cop” to be installed on
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may 2008 by jimray
If you bought anything from MSN Music, better listen to it before August 2008
april 2008 by jimray
"If you attempt to transfer your songs to additional computers after August 31, 2008, those songs will not successfully play." This totally bodes well for Zune. No, seriously, I'm sure it'll be fine.
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april 2008 by jimray
Florida Senate amendment takes on "Truck Nutz"
april 2008 by jimray
"I find it shocking we'd tell people with metallic testicles on their bumpers that this is a violation," said Sen. Steve Geller, D-Hallandale. "There's got to be better things for us to spend time debating." [via Kottke]
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via:kottke
april 2008 by jimray
Where is McCain's flag pin?
april 2008 by jimray
FLAG PIN GATE IS SWEEPING THE NATION!
politics
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patriotismisthelastrefugeofthescoundrel
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april 2008 by jimray
Microsoft Windows 7 Exclusive!
april 2008 by jimray
This is so laughably stupid. Vista's performance problems have to do with the fact that they decoupled their monolithic libraries? WTF? Lots of good OS X FUD in this one, too
dumb
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windows
mac
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april 2008 by jimray
Poor upper Queen Anne left with nowhere to park
march 2008 by jimray
I swear, the snooty yuppies of upper Queen Anne would wall off their precious shitty neighborhood of lingerie boutiques and overpriced European toy stores if it wouldn't ruin their precious water views
seattle
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march 2008 by jimray
University of Minnesota prof/science blogger expelled from creationist propaganda movie "Expelled"
march 2008 by jimray
Escorted from the premises even! The end really is the best part, though.
religion
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creationism
funny
via:daringfireball
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march 2008 by jimray
The Sharper Image files for bankruptcy
february 2008 by jimray
But... but... where will I get my shiatsu ionic scalp massaging raygun with electronic organizer and sudoku puzzle generator?!!?! Also, good riddance.
dumb
awesome
business
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Library of Congress taps Silverlight to "enhance" access
february 2008 by jimray
One of those nifty projects where Microsoft is giving away $3 million - in Microsoft software. I wonder if they get a tax break on that!
dumb
microsoft
silverlight
libraries
government
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The same online gun store sold to both the VA Tech shooter and the NIU shooter
february 2008 by jimray
Also - you can buy a handgun ONLINE!?!
guns
dumb
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february 2008 by jimray
Yet another reasong to hate Facebook: they won't let you leave
february 2008 by jimray
Deactivating your Facebook account still leaves all of your personal information up
facebook
suck
dumb
privacy
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Should Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp merge with AOL
february 2008 by jimray
Two terrible tastes that suck great together
dumb
aol
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Verizon refuses to do the MPAA's bidding
february 2008 by jimray
Says that monitoring traffic for copyrighted work would be expensive, a waste of time, a violation of their user's privacy and could make them liable for legal action. Man, I wish I could get FIOS to my apartment.
awesome
telecom
piracy
privacy
dumb
burnhollywoodburn
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The Wine Rack bra: for when you need to be drunk in a classy, but discreet kinda way
february 2008 by jimray
I guess calling it "Mother's Milk" would've been a touch tacky
funny
dumb
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
The MICROSOFT: KEEP YOUR EVlL GRUBBY HANDS OFF OF OUR FLICKR Pool
february 2008 by jimray
Self righteous Flickr users vs. Microsoft -- which is more idiotic? I bet that at least half of the members of this group regularly leave sparkly animated blue ribbon GIFs as comments, i.e. are the types who make Flickr suck
flickr
dumb
microsoft
photography
yahoo
tumbl
february 2008 by jimray
Utah film "cleaner" arrested for paying for sex with 14 year-old girls
january 2008 by jimray
Conservative wacko who edited and resold movies sans sex, nudity and swearing (but not violence?) proves that irony is not yet dead.
religion
dumb
censorship
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january 2008 by jimray
Books that make you dumb
january 2008 by jimray
The one useful feature of Facebook - aggregating people to statistically mock them. Also, I love that "The Holy Bible" makes you dumber than not reading at all.
via:kottke
stats
dumb
tumbl
awesome
data
visualization
january 2008 by jimray
I really wish Choire Sicha's response to Daniel Schorr wasn't so goddamn predictable
january 2008 by jimray
Schorr, a veteran journalist who, at the very least deserves a modicum of respect, makes some salient points about the inevitable friction between bloggers and journalism. Sicha responds with a boring, unfunny dolop of snark.
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january 2008 by jimray
The next version of Windows Mobile will be heavily focused on touch
january 2008 by jimray
WM 7 won't release until 2009 and the most interesting new (read: not already on the iPhone) feature seems to be that you can doodle on the lock screen. Can't wait.
microsoft
mobile
windows
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january 2008 by jimray
Oklahoma has an official state meal
january 2008 by jimray
Are you read for this? Barbecue pork, biscuits, black-eyed peas, chicken-fried steak, corn, cornbread, grits (that's three corns!!), fried okra, squash, strawberries, sasuage and gravy, and a slice of pecan pie for dessert.
dumb
south
food
tumbl
january 2008 by jimray
Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan
january 2008 by jimray
AIDS, poverty, war, pestilence, etc., etc. to continue to flourish
christianity
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dumb
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january 2008 by jimray
Burton is offering $5,000 to snowboard "poachers" who invade the last 4 ski-only slopes
december 2007 by jimray
This just proves my rule of thumb that most skiers you know are assholes, but every snowboarder you know is
via:kottke
tumbl
dumb
outdoors
december 2007 by jimray
U.S. hopes to use Pakistani tribes against al Qaeda
november 2007 by jimray
Arming a group of, at best, ambivalent, at worst, openly hostile, tribal leaders in the vain hope that they'll help us kill their own countrymen while we maintains almost zero military presence in one of the most unstable parts of the world. WHAT COULD GO
dumb
politics
pakistan
war
terrorism
tumbl
november 2007 by jimray
How the candy lobby got an extra hour of daylight on Halloween
october 2007 by jimray
Apparently, moving daylight savings time past Halloween is something they've long lobbied for and only the completely ill conceived Energy Policy Act of last year was able to deliver.
business
funny
dumb
politics
tumbl
october 2007 by jimray
FEMA is just another word for FAIL
october 2007 by jimray
So, FEMA holds a press conference, gives 15 minutes notice, opens a listen only 800 number, then stacks the room with FEMA employees to ask softball questions. I believe I speak for America when I ask what the FUCK?
dumb
republicans
government
tumbl
october 2007 by jimray
Those fires in California? Clearly the work of al Qaeda.
october 2007 by jimray
The experts at Fox News are at it again, citing a four year old FBI memo as a possible al Qaeda link to the southern California wildfires. Way to stay on message, Fox News!
dumb
foxnews
republicans
terrorism
media
tumbl
october 2007 by jimray
Noted Islamic scholar and state representative Rex Duncan returns donated Quarans
october 2007 by jimray
Says that the Muslim holy book condones the killing of innocent people. Oh, wait, he's not a scholar on anything other than trying to find new ways to insert his own head into his ass? Huh.
dumb
republicans
religion
tumbl
politics
october 2007 by jimray
Dear Fortune, please stick to your mission of making boring rich people richer
september 2007 by jimray
And stop pontificating about shit you know nothing about. Facebook is not "the closest thing the world has to a next-generation Internet [sic]"
dumb
facebook
microsoft
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
NBC ready to start a Windows-only download service for television shows.
september 2007 by jimray
What's interesting is that they're saying their big concern is over piracy, yet they promise a version that will work on Macs and iPods sometime in the future. My bet is that this will fail spectacularly before they ever get around to the magic of making
dumb
nbc
television
itunes
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
Startup founded by a sixth grader receives $6.5M in funding
september 2007 by jimray
TechCrunch, of course, fails to realize how absolutely absurd this is.
dumb
web2.0
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
New York Times officially drops TimesSelect
september 2007 by jimray
“What wasn’t anticipated was the explosion in how much of our traffic would be generated by Google, by Yahoo and some others.” Huh, that's odd, because I remember EVERYFUCKINGBODY saying that when TimesSelect launched.
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dumb
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september 2007 by jimray
Music industry betting on ‘ringle’ format
september 2007 by jimray
A CD (wtf?) with three tracks and a ringtone, for $7, brought to you by the forward looking innovators at Sony BMG and NBC Universal. The only way this could be any dumber is if they'd chosen the cassette tape as the format.
dumb
music
mobile
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
Microsoft finally figures out that people hate Redmond
september 2007 by jimray
In a half-hearted attempt to keep people from jumping ship to Google, Microsoft is finally leasing space to move about 700 employees downtown. That's out of 35,000 who work in Puget Sound. FAIL.
microsoft
seattle
dumb
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
Lulu suing Hulu over trademark infringement
september 2007 by jimray
It's like watching an airplane crash in to a train wreck. Go, Zucker, go!
nbc
awesome
television
trademark
dumb
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
After ditching Apple, NBC opts for flex pricing and more DRM with Amazon
september 2007 by jimray
Ars really nails the crux of the NBC/Amazon deal - basically, it boils down to much more restrictive DRM and the ability to bundle crappy content with the (increasingly rare) good stuff
television
nbc
dumb
amazon
itunes
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
Boy injured on escalator, parents blame Crocs
september 2007 by jimray
Not only are they ugly but they will KILL YOUR CHILDREN!!!
dumb
fashion
tumbl
september 2007 by jimray
Apple is pulling NBC shows from the iTunes store before the fall season
august 2007 by jimray
NBC wanted $4.99 a show, inspiring a well deserved W.T.F? I'm sure whatever craptacular solution the big old brains working for Zucker are sure to hastily deliver will suck royally, driving folks like me to torrent the next season of Battlestar Galactica.
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nbc
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dumb
tumbl
august 2007 by jimray
NBC won't renew its iTunes contract for shows
august 2007 by jimray
And just how in the hell am I supposed to watch The Office? This is so goddamn dumb I don't even know where to begin.
dumb
nbc
media
apple
itunes
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august 2007 by jimray
Why FireFox is blocked
august 2007 by jimray
Some wanker is all upset about the AdBlock plug-in (never mind that similar plug-ins exist for IE and Safari) and has decided to block all Firefox users. Yeah, good luck with that, asshat.
via:unstoppablerobotninja
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webdev
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august 2007 by jimray
FOX's ridiculously unfunny Half Hour News Hour canceled
august 2007 by jimray
And only about 15 episodes too late
schadenfreude
awesome
television
dumb
media
tumbl
august 2007 by jimray
What happens if you get called in for cheating the HOV lane in Seattle
august 2007 by jimray
If we receive several complaints on the same vehicle, a letter will be sent to the registered owner... advising them of the law and warning that continued violation will result in enforcement actions" WTF! This should result in immediate castration!
seattle
traffic
travel
dumb
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august 2007 by jimray
Fremont Chamber of Commerce convinces Seattle to get rid of bike lanes on Stone Way
august 2007 by jimray
So this is what all the old folks mean when they say Fremont sucks now. Well, at least we've got a bunch of crappy luxury condos!
seattle
dumb
tumbl
biking
august 2007 by jimray
Belltown residents get all pissed off becuase they live in a neighborhood with bars
july 2007 by jimray
Jesus, this is what annoys me the most about people in Seattle. They want to live in a city, just not, you know, deal with the fact that THEY LIVE IN A GODDAMN CITY! Passive aggressive egg throwing douchebags should move to fucking Kirkland.
seattle
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july 2007 by jimray
Adverblogger actually defends Federated Media's embarassing Microsoft blogola gaffe
june 2007 by jimray
Money quote: "The best publications have always been dialogs between great writers, passionate readers, and, yes, advertisers." Ah, yes, payola is just part of the conversation!
advertising
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microsoft
marketing
media
ethics
tumbl
ac
june 2007 by jimray
Remember the judge who sued his dry cleaner for $54M? Yeah, he lost that.
june 2007 by jimray
The guy was/is clearly suffering from some sort of mental problems but the fact that this didn't get tossed out immediately is evidence that something in the legal system is completely broken.
legal
dumb
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Federated Media Publishing Vice President Neil Chase’s Response to the “People-Ready” Ad Campaign [dive into mark]
june 2007 by jimray
Mark Pilgrim rather brilliantly breaks down the whole Federated Media/Microsoft blogola bruhaha
advertising
weblogs
bloggers
funny
microsoft
media
dumb
ac
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
More Americans belive in creationism than accept evolution
june 2007 by jimray
Here's the nice thing about science and facts, though: it's still true even if you don't believe it.
via:kottke
religion
politics
dumb
republicans
science
evolution
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june 2007 by jimray
Bush's surgeon general nominee thinks gay people can be "cured"
june 2007 by jimray
Said your naughty bits are like "pipe fittings" - asshat
homosexuality
dumb
republicans
religion
science
government
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
Under Consideration takes a look at the London 2012 logo
june 2007 by jimray
A mark so bad they moved it from their Brand New blog to the more general designy Speak Up blog to riff on it.
design
typography
dumb
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
Faulty fax, mistaken as threat, prompts evacuation of stores
june 2007 by jimray
I've said it before, I'll say it again: we'll know that we're in The Future when people are no longer using fax machines.
dumb
technology
terrorism
tumbl
june 2007 by jimray
eHarmony sued for excluding gays
may 2007 by jimray
This is lame. There are plenty of alternatives to eHarmony. Do gay people (or anyone) really want to meet people at a dating site run by a guy connected to James Dobson? And what about dating sites that cater to gays and lesbians? Can I sue them?
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sex
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may 2007 by jimray
Engadget fesses up to the fake iPhone delay screw up, fanboys fall over themselves to heap praise on over eager bloggers
may 2007 by jimray
Once again, the bloggers get to play by different rules than the rest of the media that they have so much disdain for and yet their adoring fans can't help but join the love-in. Or is it bukkake? So hard to tell these days...
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may 2007 by jimray
It would seem Flickr has fucked up
may 2007 by jimray
Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir, an incredibly talented and well-loved Flickr user, found that her copyrighted photos were being sold, she bitched about it on Flickr, they deleted her post and comments and threatened to delete her account.
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may 2007 by jimray
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