Ahh, in case you didn’t know … “La Quinta Cove [is] alerting residents that firing their guns into the air at midnight can kill.” Ok, happy new year then …

No! Really … I mean pay them: Kroger lets shoppers pay via fingerprint

Billy Bragg remembers Joe Strummer: “Joe opened the back door of the theatre and let us in, he sneaked us back to the hotel for a beer, he too believed in the righteous power of rock’n’roll. “

I can’t remember the first time I saw this, but I was recently reminded of it via BoingBoing and it’s still funny :-)

better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa claus <north pole >town

cat /etc/passwd >list
ncheck list
ncheck list
cat list | grep naughty >nogiftlist
cat list | grep nice >giftlist
santa claus <north pole > town

who | grep sleeping
who | grep awake
who | egrep 'bad|good'
for (goodness sake) {
be good
}

Ok, I’m recycling the card we made last year, but it’s still my favorite picture of Pinto :-)

This seems sudden and certainly too soon: “Joe Strummer, lead singer for seminal British punk band the Clash, has died at the age of 50.” We will miss you Joe!

Seven new design concepts for World Trade Center site on display @ LMDC

Interesting quotes from: I, Cringely | The Pulpit: ” .. classical or jazz, those two genres are already living in the future where musicians survive by performance rather than because they have a recording contract. If they had to rely solely on record sales, Branford Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma would starve.”

“An enlightened music company would see itself as being in the venture capital business. “

Tonight A&E surveys, “mankind’s fascination with breasts and cleavage, from the goddesses of antiquity to today’s silicone-enhanced TV and film stars.” (via
BoingBoing)

Damn! Pick a card, any card … Dr. Cliff Pickover ESP Experiment (via BoingBoing)