Predictions for 2010(this is a tech oriented list... however, just because you know what he is talking about doesn't mean you'll find it funny...)
The TARP bailout is extended to Microsoft after it's discovered that the entire banking industry is held together with Visual Basic 6 and Excel macros. Microsoft uses some of the money to license the ( Read more... )

The decline of the MBA will cut off the supply of bullshit(via Hacker NewsThe problem with that is that MBA's do not have a monopoly on bullshit. And really, the problem is worse: My observation is that there is a bifurcation in people getting an MBA. The people who know its about networking, instead of education, and go to the top tier schools, on ( Read more... )

Speaking of what's wrong with America...

I think if I were on a psychedelic drug, the picture on that page might make my mind explode.

via Paul Buchheit A reddit on Noam Chomsky on why we shouldn't be ridiculing the right., here's the link Reddit makes Worker Occupations And The Future Of Radical Labor: An Interview With Noam Chomsky.

So, Noam Chomsky rocks, also, Gnome Chomsky. Anyway, here's the part that I like:"So take right now, for example, there is a right-wing populist ( Read more... )

Travel by cargo ship around the world(via Hacker News).

How cool is that?

The cops really misbehaved during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.

So, everyone was all abuzz about Torchlight, and of course, being a fan of Diablo style RPG's, I figured I would like it, but of course, I have a lot of things to do, so I resisted ( Read more... )

So, I have a problem in Javascript, and I can't really seem to figure out the exact mix of keywords to search for to solve it. Basically, I have a div with a form in it living in a table row. This table happens to be quite wide and will horizontally scroll. Unfortunately, I would like to keep the div centered on the screen when the user scrolls ( Read more... )

Farms, Hamburgers, and "Free" Enterprise:to take animals off farms and put them on feedlots is to take an elegant solution-animals replenishing the fertility that crops deplete-and neatly divide it into two problems: a fertility problem on the farm and a pollution problem on the feedlot. The former problem is remedied with fossil-fuel fertilizer; ( Read more... )

The Return of the Plutocrats is mildly entertaining, although I'm with the first commenter, uh, so when exactly did they leave for them to come back?