Author Archives: alan

Fall Lake Panorama

Posted on October 14, 2012 by alan

Click for full size.

Posted in Photo | 1 Comment

Gun Blogging is Dead

Posted on October 2, 2012 by alan

When that bottom feeding content thief Farago can win a “major award” from the SAF you know gun blogging has jumped the shark. Pack it in folks, no one is listening.

Posted in Teh Interwebz | 14 Comments

Meme evolution

Posted on September 22, 2012 by alan

Paraphrasing Capital one, Sebastion asks, “What’s on your desktop?” because he didn’t have anything in iTunes. So to bring it full circle, my desktop is blank. I’ve tried using pictures before but they’re just too distracting.

Posted in Teh Interwebz | Tagged | 3 Comments

Top 20 most played songs on the iPhone this month

Posted on September 8, 2012 by alan

Here’s a list. My top 20 most played songs on the iPhone this month. (I only listen to it in the car, if that makes a difference) Title – Artist 1. Beatbox – The Sounds 2. Boomdeyada – Olga Nunes … Continue reading →

Posted in Snark | 12 Comments

Faux Familiarity

Posted on September 6, 2012 by alan

I hate fake leather, fake wood, fake people and now I get to add fake familiarity to the list. If you know what I like because we’ve known each other for years, that’s great. But if you think you know … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail | 3 Comments

Job Changes + Bell Curve = Permanently Unemployed

Posted on September 5, 2012 by alan

The current recession has been particularly hard on the idiots but the future may be even worse. The use of education level as a proxy for intelligence is well established. Of course there are smart people without degrees and there … Continue reading →

Posted in America | 5 Comments

The Internet: You’re doing it wrong.

Posted on September 3, 2012 by alan

I always thought Robert Farago was a slimy bottom feeder, stealing content from people and using it to make money. It turns out he’s just ignorant and doesn’t know how to make a link in HTML! Here Robert, let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Teh Interwebz | 4 Comments

Sleazy is as sleazy does

Posted on September 3, 2012 by alan

TTAG stealing content and implying permission again? Why yes they are!

Posted in Teh Interwebz | 10 Comments

Something doesn’t smell right here…

Posted on September 3, 2012 by alan

How does this: Plus this: Equal this: Makes no sense, but then I never bought into the whole left/right thing anyway. The quiz is here.

Posted in America, politics, Snark | 4 Comments

Geological Time Scale vs Human Pollution

Posted on August 25, 2012 by alan

I started to leave this as a comment over at Borepatch’s place but it just kept growing and growing so I made it a post. I was at the Natural Science Museum today, and I relearned a few things that … Continue reading →

Posted in History | 11 Comments