Musings of Wired Pig
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Family Worship Research (AVATAR)
My wife, a former Jehovah’s Witness , received this email from her mother, active in the WTBTS. I thought I would pass it along, as it is wholly incorrect. This single email, being sent to WTBTS members shows a singular lack of awareness about the movie “Avatar” and about the internet as a whole. The author of this email is instilling a false scriptural based fear in those WTBTS members... (more...)
License to Kill
The Director of National Intelligence has come out and said that U.S. agencies may take action against U.S. citizens abroad who are a threat to Americans. According to the report, Blair is quoted as saying - He was speaking publicly about the issue to reassure Americans that intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense “follow a set of defined policy and legal procedures that are very... (more...)
Marbles
Dedicated to Mrs. Natalie Morris. I received this story, as I’m sure some of you have, via an email. With the recent events in my friend Tee Morris life I thought this to be timely and appropriate. I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes.. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily apprising a basket of freshly picked green peas. I paid... (more...)
Executive Order 12425 and Non-Persons
Executive Order 12425 Non-Person Status Executive Order 12425 By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including Section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669, 22 U.S.C. 288), it is hereby ordered that the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), in which the United States participates pursuant... (more...)
If Not Me Then Who – Life Purpose
Two years ago, Christmas day, I was almost killed. Since that time I’ve been searching for my purpose in life. I’ve made a recent discovery, one that’s been there all along, as to what my purpose is. I’m not going to come out and say it, not right this moment, but I will get to it. Let me tell a story. Earlier this year Twitter was ablaze with the Iranian Election Protests.... (more...)
Brightkite Pimping and Banning Users – Updated
Update at bottom In a recent article over at the LA Times , Brightkite CEO Jonathon Linner made a few interesting comments that were quoted. One of the best is, “Guys will go where the hot chicks are.” This comment basically prompted a Brightkite user, a female user, to post on the service that the CEO was, in effect, pimping out his female users. This resulted in one of the users, a Twitter... (more...)
Domestic Terrorism
Portland, Oregon is no stranger to acts of domestic terrorism. The most frequent type committed are acts by extremist animal rights groups (ELF, PETA, ALF) against furriers and the Oregon Health Science University’s (OHSU) Oregon National Primate Research Center. The most heated “demonstrations”... (more...)
Cat in the Act
Taylor, Texas, Police deal with a lot of crap at times… this time while writing a ticket. The police video from Urban’s car shows the kitten prancing in the field around the stopped vehicle as Urban talks to the driver and begins to write a ticket. The cat approaches Urban and begins to... (more...)
Marbles
Dedicated to Mrs. Natalie Morris. I received this story, as I’m sure some of you have, via an email. With the recent events in my friend Tee Morris life I thought this to be timely and appropriate. I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes.. I noticed a small boy, delicate of... (more...)
Updated WPTouch – Better Mobile
If you run a self hosted Wordpress blog and want your site to be easily viewable by mobile devices, you NEED to check out WPTouch. WPTouch version 1.9.2.2 brings more interactivity to your posts as well as making them browser friendly for devices using a web kit browser (iPhone, iPod Touch and Google... (more...)
Thought for 102309
I am not, and never have been, a writer. This is a simple fact and one I have stated before. I have, and will continue to state it because I would love to be a writer. At the core, its pure envy. I have sat before the screen and easily pounded out a short 1000 word post on a couple of occasions. Though... (more...)
High Tech Office Toilet Paper
This cool device/appliance will make toilet paper, sans the cardboard core, out of 40 sheets of shredded A4 office paper in 30 minutes. The price? This piece of ‘Green’ tech by Oriental Co., Ltd. (called White Goat) will only set you back a mere $100,000. AKPC_IDS += "2841,";Popularity:... (more...)