Stupid Shipping Gang: Dell Sends You An 8 lb Shelf In A Truly Gigantic Box
august 2008 by ulrichp
"Ok, at this point, we're starting to suspect that Dell wants to be on our blog. Why else would they hire a freight truck to deliver a gigantic box on a pallet that contained an 8 lb shelf?"
wtf
idiocy
dell
computers
august 2008 by ulrichp
Video On Demand | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington
january 2008 by ulrichp
TSA detains, searches 5-year-old boy because his name is on the no-fly list.
news
video
idiocy
wtf
january 2008 by ulrichp
Getting Outraged Over MoveOn - TIME
september 2007 by ulrichp
Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics. You would not have thought that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly would be so sensitive. Sticks and stones and so on.
politics
idiocy
wtf
september 2007 by ulrichp
Neatorama » Blog Archive » A Timeline of TV Censorship
july 2007 by ulrichp
1952: Lucy Gets Knocked Up - Despite Lucille Ball’s pregnancy during an entire season of I Love Lucy, the actual word "pregnant" isn’t allowed on air.
history
interesting
television
tv
idiocy
july 2007 by ulrichp
Woman denied psych treatment by Scientology parents: I just butchered my family
july 2007 by ulrichp
The parents of a woman accused of murdering her father and sister apparently declined psychiatric treatment for her last year because of their Scientology beliefs, a report tendered in court states.
wtf
idiocy
psychology
july 2007 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Music Industry Attacks Free Prince CD
june 2007 by ulrichp
You might not like Prince, but he's planning on giving away a free CD in a national British newspaper. Harmless publicity, right? The music industry disagrees. Executives are practically going insane over the idea and are threatening to 'retaliate'.
music
wtf
idiocy
news
june 2007 by ulrichp
Metroblogging NYC: Continental Flight with Human Waste Running Down the Aisle? Yeah, I Was On That...
june 2007 by ulrichp
"Despite that fact that the flight was only scheduled to be 8 hours, it wasn't until 32 hours later that we arrived in New Jersey." Read about Continental's massive clusterfuck.
wtf
idiocy
travel
june 2007 by ulrichp
Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject - washingtonpost.com
june 2007 by ulrichp
Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him a trip to the school office.
wtf
idiocy
news
june 2007 by ulrichp
Slashdot | AOL's Embarassing Password Woes
may 2007 by ulrichp
"Well, it turns out that when someone signs up for an AOL.com account, the user appears to be allowed to enter up to a 16-character password. AOL's system, however, doesn't read past the first eight characters."
security
internet
wtf
idiocy
may 2007 by ulrichp
Jeremy D. Miller -- The Shade Tree Developer : A Stupid Way to do Error Management
april 2007 by ulrichp
The clown that wrote a great deal of the original system (since departed) had a serious T-SQL fetish. The guy apparently truly believed that T-SQL was simpler and easier to maintain than C#.
database
c#
development
idiocy
wtf
work
april 2007 by ulrichp
BetaNews | Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
march 2007 by ulrichp
In what could be the most embarrassing exploit to impact Windows Vista since its commercial launch in January, security engineers at McAfee's Avert Labs confirmed today that the operating system can be caused to enter an interminable crash-restart-crash l
microsoft
security
windows
wtf
idiocy
march 2007 by ulrichp
Dear DBA ....
march 2007 by ulrichp
Take a glimpse into the kind of crap I get paid to put up with.
work
idiocy
database
humor
march 2007 by ulrichp
cbs4.com - Tim Hardaway: 'I Hate Gay People'
february 2007 by ulrichp
“Well, you know, I hate gay people, ” Hardaway said in response to Le Batard. “I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. It shouldn’t be in the world, in the United States, I don’t lik
wtf
idiocy
news
sports
sex
february 2007 by ulrichp
Student’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping - New York Times
february 2007 by ulrichp
"After a public school teacher was recorded telling students they belonged in hell if they did not accept Jesus as their savior, the school board has banned taping in class without an instructor’s permission..."
news
science
religion
education
wtf
idiocy
february 2007 by ulrichp
Radio Shack Screams Nonsense On Phone With Rebate-Seeking Customer - Consumerist
january 2007 by ulrichp
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANY
wtf
idiocy
shopping
january 2007 by ulrichp
Bush Speech Terror Claim Debunked A Year Ago
january 2007 by ulrichp
"A claim made by President Bush in his State of the Union speech last night, that an attack on an L.A. skyscraper had been averted, was universally debunked as a hoax by Mayors, CIA, FBI and NSA personnel and counter-terror experts nearly a year ago..."
idiocy
politics
wtf
news
january 2007 by ulrichp
The Blotter - Debt Collectors Gone Wild
january 2007 by ulrichp
"Despite tough government regulations protecting people against abusive debt collectors, a three-month ABC News investigation found many unscrupulous collectors routinely ignore the law." Has transcripts, audio clips.
wtf
idiocy
money
january 2007 by ulrichp
Favourite reviews on Amazon.com for Orwell's 1984 - Charles' George Orwell Links
january 2007 by ulrichp
"i give this book one star i had to read it for class and i know it's suposed to be a "classic" but god itis awful. first of all its NOTHING like the future is probly going to turn out."
humor
literature
idiocy
january 2007 by ulrichp
seattlepi.com: Federal Way schools restrict Gore film
january 2007 by ulrichp
... "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."
environment
news
politics
religion
wtf
idiocy
january 2007 by ulrichp
B.C. school yoga classes slammed
january 2007 by ulrichp
"A school program to fight childhood obesity that includes yoga is drawing complaints from some Christian parents ... They say yoga is a religion, and shouldn't be taught in public schools."
religion
health
exercise
wtf
idiocy
january 2007 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Blizzard Made Me Change My Name
october 2005 by ulrichp
Despite every other stupid name in WoW, Blizzard decides to pick on CmdrTaco (yes, THAT CmdrTaco). Good points about a name as online identity, especially in MMORPGs.
videogames
interesting
wtf
idiocy
october 2005 by ulrichp
The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
october 2005 by ulrichp
In which Google releases their most evil product to date. Again. Wiki owners and Backpack users, beware! Google is determined to stomp all over your website.
google
mobile
web2.0
idiocy
october 2005 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Jack Thompson Rescinds Offer
october 2005 by ulrichp
"...Thompson is claiming that his piece 'A Modest Video Game Proposal' was intended as satire that the video game community was not bright enough to grasp."
videogames
wtf
idiocy
news
october 2005 by ulrichp
Cortopolis: Cory, wrong again
october 2005 by ulrichp
In which a Microsoft moron declares Cory to be a commie. How sweet, that he believes WMV - especially DRM'd WMV- actually works flawlessly on any platform other than Windows. WAKE UP.
windows
video
blogging
wtf
idiocy
mac
october 2005 by ulrichp
Steven Seagal's Asian Experience Energy Drink - Gizmodo
october 2005 by ulrichp
"Steven Seagal, martial arts expert and star of action movies like Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, recently launched a new energy drink line called Lightning Bolt. And one of the flavors is entitled, you guessed it, the Asian Experience."
food
wtf
idiocy
humor
october 2005 by ulrichp
Best SkiFree fanmail ever
september 2005 by ulrichp
"If this is the correct person, please tell me why the stupid fucking monster comes out from nowhere and eats my main guy before he gets to the bottom of the hill."
humor
idiocy
wtf
videogames
games
september 2005 by ulrichp
Dear Memorex: WTF? (From Flickr)
september 2005 by ulrichp
Because nothing says quality like a woman eating a stack of CDs
idiocy
humor
ads
september 2005 by ulrichp
eclecticism: More Katrina Incompetence
september 2005 by ulrichp
This is re-damn-diculous.
news
idiocy
september 2005 by ulrichp
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