May 2008

Monthly Archive

He’s Just like Herpes…

Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Babble, Games, Internet, Rants, Software, Stupidity

The symptoms my diminish, but you never know when there’ll be a flare-up.

This time, he’s written a letter to Take-Two Exec’s mother. ‘Tis classy stuff, but, then, Thompson is a a class act, what with his witty comparisons to the Hitler Youth, bible quoting (in the midst of hateful rhetoric, no less) and quotes such as:

The pornography and violence that your son trafficks in is the kind of stuff that most mothers would be ashamed to see their son putting into the hands of other mothers’ children, but, hey, your son Strauss has recently assured the world that he is “a Boy Scout, everybody knows that.” I’d love to see the merit badges that Scout Troop handed out. Is there a Ted Bundy merit badge? If so, your loving son deserves one now. It should be red and green, for obvious reasons.

Yes. Class act, indeed. It makes you wonder when a cure for Herpes will be found. None too soon in my opinion.

Like shooting Pidgins in a barrell

Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Babble, Rants, Software, Stupidity

What happens when you change/re-implement a feature that a large portion of your user base loves to something they don’t, then insist that the new way is the “right way to do it”? The peasants revolt. That’s what.

For those who are annoyed enough to switch to other products (personally, I’m waiting for 2.4.2 to see if it gets better), there’s a massive list on Wikipedia.

If Digsby ever incorporates MySpace chat, I’ll switch to it everywhere in a heartbeat.

OH! Sweet Irony!

Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Babble

DHS grounds air marshalls for having names similar to the no-fly list - Boing Boing

Excuse me while I build up some sympathy. This may take a while.

Evil Dead: The Musical

Posted by J.A.S.O.N. on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Babble, Entertainment, Humor

Finally, something I’d go to Canada for!

(Evil Dead: the Musical Homepage)