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The Register reviews WinXP SP2 and finds that Microsoft’s much-touted “security focused” update is not all it’s cracked up to be: Microsoft declined many opportunities to harden Windows XP in a meaningful way…The home user is the one most in need of good security configurations and tools, yet the one least served by SP2.
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Axis of Eve organized a “panty protest” in Battery Park yesterday. The event, as you can imagine, drew quite a number of photographers. Here are some photos from the protest. Here are some more. And here’s where you can get your own Protest Panties!
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John Kerry plays guitar. George Bush was a cheerleader. You decide.
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The Vice Guide to Everything is hysterical – many important life-lessons here. Some of my favs: Drinking Ideally, men only drink beer. That way, when you are kind enough to get a round, you don’t have a bunch of L.A. faggots saying, “I’ll have a raspberry vodka with a splash of Citron and a fucking…
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Florida State University is reportedly in the process of finalizing a deal with Apple Computer, hoping to stem the tide of illegal file sharing on campus. The deal would see Apple Computer provide free iTunes software to students and allow them to download music for 99 cents a song. If you can’t spot the problem…
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Wow, Jack Valenti, outgoing president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), once again shows us just how much he ‘gets it’ in this interview with Endgadget. Over time, I believe that technological innovation is the best way to go…I have said, technology is what causes the problem, and technology will be the salvation…
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Eric Joyner‘s Tin Robots paintings are just fantastic. I want them all.
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Ok, so you want a better browser and you’ve been thinking about making the Switch, but you are really accustomed to the look and features of Microsoft IE. You understand the value of security and the standards support of Firefox, but just can’t get past the unfamiliar interface. Enter FireFoxIE – a collection of tools…
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BurningMan is officially under way today… I wish I could be there. I’ll probably post lots about it this week, starting with this: Black Rock City Local Weather Conditions from Center Camp. 87 degrees and climbing as of 11:33am local time. Man, I miss the desert.
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How to score at the Republican National Convention.: “Tell her that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn’t the only gorgeous, white thing you’d like to see drilled immediately.” Warn her that, “No disrespect to W. but if a pretzel makes you gag, then maybe we shouldn’t go up to my room and let loose The…