Dry-loop me

Just in time for Hallowe’en, Eat Our Brains has a piece on getting “phoneless” or naked DSL entitled Cutting the Cord. I’m sort of surprised to hear that this was so difficult, since, when I called Verizon, all set to have to eat the cost of a phone line in order to avoid evil cable, they offered it to me, without me even asking.

Boozer, ahem, -ster

ValleyWag, that online gossip rag of Gawker genius that chronicles the goings on in Silicon Valley (and which is singularly, and understandably obsessed with Google’s Marissa Mayer) reports on MingleNow.

Seems this is a site where you create a profile and can, in turn, link it with your favorite bars.  Ok, I’ll bite.  I like booze, and computers.

For those in Boston, I’m picturing my face superimposed over a shot of the BHP’s sullied awning.  This could be cool.  I’ll register and let my loyal readers know how it goes.

A lapdance is better…

… when the stripper is cryin, as the song says. A good way to ensure this is to pick up the  condemned stripper pole dancing toy kit at your local Tesco.  It’s “ruining childrens’ lives,” according to  the Daily Mail story. 

“Children are being encouraged to dance round a pole which is interpreted in the adult world as a phallic symbol.”

Silly, prude brits.

You light up my life

guyotdesigns, creators of the indispensible Splash Guard are soon to release the Firefly. This is such a cool idea in and of itself and would, presumably, be of utility to those of you out there who, unlike me, might go for the occasional hike.

It bears mentioning that I have a little bit of a Nalgene obsession and only recently downsized to a collection of three bottles. I even have Nalgene added as a friend on my Friendster profile. Yeah…

1l/moss green/widemouth/red splash guard/white cap

“Sir, please put down the taco…”

Free home run tacos given away as part of a World Series promotion, Yes, I too was thinking I was seeing things when I saw people holding up signs that read “free taco,” but I digress.  The T’s ‘n C’s of the deal are the real amusement, check it:

“…to release, Major League Baseball Properties… from any and all liability, loss or damage incurred with respect to participation in this contest and/or the awarding, receipt, possession, and/or use or misuse of any Free Taco.”

Thanks (again) Jason.

Life 2.0

Blogs; bigger than Jesus. There is hope for my divine aspirations after all.

Thanks to Jason for this one.

The 100-Teen-vs.-100-Parent Promiscuity Poll

The 100-Teen-vs.-100-Parent Promiscuity Poll studied the responses of:

53 boys and 47 girls from four Manhattan high schools Dalton, La Guardia, Beacon, and MLK a “purity test,” a series of 37 questions designed to tease out exactly how far they go.

I’m not sure which is best, the responses of the teens or the dichotomy (on some, not on others…) of the parent/student responses.

In any event, highschool was not this fun when I was there.

Just in time

So, I move into Cambridge, and while coverage for my broadband connection is less than perfect, I am being patient.  Well, the patience has paid off as I ran across the news today that there are plans in the works, and in many places already some signal, that are aprt of the City Of Cambridge - Cambridge Public Internet CPI Initiative.  Rock; now, if I can only get them to extend coverage to side streets off Linnean Street, I’m all set.

I’ll be able to enjoy my favorite YouTube video in the comfort and relative privacy of my own home now.  Woot!