I found a diet that’s right for me.

“Carrot juice constitutes murder”
- The Arrogant Worms

via BoingBoing

Hey, I’m proud of myself! I just implemented something that will hopefully stop all the comment-spamming on my server’s weblogs. Basically what I do is require a cookie to be set: as soon as you try to add a comment the site attempts to set a session cookie, and if this fails you are not allowed to comment. Instead, you’re redirected to a site that politely asks permission to set the cookie, explaining that it’s as unobtrusive as I can make it.

The theory behind this is that spambots are coded to not accept cookies. So, they’ll automatically fail. Most users will not even notice the check. A simple, elegant solution. 3y3 4m t3h r0xx0r!

Urinals are stupid.

I mean, yeah, they’re great for the peeer on the run. Unzip, fish around, pee, shake, stuff back in, zip up and you’re done. But there’s a big problem with urinals: splashback. I’ve heard of a magical urinal somewhere in Germany (I think) which is so deep that splashback is avoided. On the other end of the spectrum are these ones:

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Hey, guess which of these two ads for personal lubricants is real:

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Everyone’s favourite visionary, George “Dubya” Bush, is firmly committed not only to harming the US, but to finding new ways to harm it and its people. I respect Dubya’s newfound honesty, and I think that his mission to destroy his nation is a noble one, and deserves all the support musterable.

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” — GW Bush [MP3 Link]

Watch out for the latest tools of terrorists on ferries: D&D books. White Wolf source material is also flagged as a terrorist tool. No news yet on Palladium stuff — Homeland Security is stil trying to figure out the minutiae of mega-damage and the character creation system.

via Boing Boing

I was having a great conversation with Jake recently about the (possibly exaggerated, certainly common) ignorance men have of the Female Orgasm. Specifically, the way it is always spoken about in capitals. You can read the whole conversation here, but a condensed version follows (TMI alert):

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Who remembers Subservient Chicken? Well, now you can waste endless hours on Subservient President. Hurrah for time-wasters!

Via Boing Boing

OMG I want to go to this sushi restaurant! It’s on the Lachine Canal, near my house. I want to go and order squid, and octopus, and eel!

Who’s in? Ha! Let’s get a group of people together and order an all-tentacle meal! w00t!

Ever look at the kewl ascii art lettering at the bottom of a usenet post and think “Gee, I wish I could do that?” Ever read through the .nfo on your hacked version of DVDXcopy and say to yourself, “Wow, these people must be really cool to be able to draw letters like that?”

Well, now you can be that cool too. Visit the nifty ASCII Generator and in no time you’ll have net.losers just like yourself drooling over your skillz! Remember to use a fixed-width font, kids!

Via Bruce Sterling’s Blog