Tag: weird

  • Evil turtle

    According to this CNN article this turtle has the image of Satan on his shell: but I think someone’s a bit confused, because it’s clear to me what’s on that turtle shell: Yoshi! Of course, there’s the possibility that we’re both right…

  • Why cities should not let developers name streets

    Here’s one for X-Files fans: My mother recently moved to a new condo in Orléans, a suburb of Ottawa. While looking at her new address on Google Maps, I found these streets. Very odd.

  • fireclong

    I’m unconvinced somehow: If you are experiencing a crash while typing in the Firefox address bar, you can fix the problem by uninstalling Firefox 1.0.1, completely removing the Firefox program folder (probably C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox on Windows or /home//firefox-installer/ on Linux), and reinstalling Firefox 1.0.1. Here’s what’s new in Firefox 1.0.1: Improved stability From its […]

  • Microsoft presents:

    Key points for learning leetspeek.

  • To know my what?

    No. I hope he got a discount.

  • Scanner’s working, so…

    Got my scanner working again, so here’s a couple of things I’ve been meaning to scan for a while. President’s Choice named their Ritz-alike crackers after Candice and I: And this is a skateboard-safety pamphlet that Health and Safety was distributing at work. Have they made skateboards like that in the last thirty years? Don’t […]

  • US visitor’s survival guide

    There are a lot of nuances to life in the US that you can only learn by living here. Nevertheless, we will try to introduce you to some of the more important cultural differences. [via ask mefi]

  • bash weirdness

    This is just odd. Tell me how this functionality could be useful: $ export testf='() { echo test; }’ $ bash $ testf test In ten years I’ve never thought “Boy, I wish I could import shell functions from my environment upon invocation”, but maybe I’m missing something obvious.