Duke Nukem

Great article on Duke Nukem Forever, the king of vaporware and any software developer's nightmare.

Duke Nukem for Never

The computer game I've been awaiting since I was a freshman in high school was cancelled today.  The ultimate vaporware.

Road Sign Fun

Ever want to know how to hack an electronic road sign?

PJ's Manifesto

PJ O'Rourke, one of the best libertarian/conservative humorists of all time has written a great manifesto against the GOP, in only the way he could do it.  Recommended for all.

RIP: Carlin

George Carlin passed away today.  He wasn't a big fan of religion, so he'd probably say he's in hell now, but you never know.  As a tribute to him, watch the video below for the seven words you can't say on TV.

Nationals Opening Day 2008

Tonight was opening day at the new Nationals Park and the National League season opener for 2008.  What a great park!  They even gave unlimited free refills with the $7.50 beer!  The new park is everything that RFK wasn't, namely: a baseball park.  Finally we have good concessions, clean facilities, TV's all over (in some cases they aren't there yet but there's a sign saying they will be there soon).  Unfortunately you can no longer smoke wherever you want and I even got yelled at for doing so (for your reference: the designated smoking area is next to the kids playground; I'm not joking).

On to better news: the Nats defeated the declining Braves 3-2 with a walkoff homer by Zimmerman.

Just for the record: the Nats got the first win in Nationals Park, Cristian Guzman got the first hit, Chipper Jones (boo!) got the first home run, and Nick Johnson got the first RBI.

And the first pitch was thrown by none other than George W. Bush.  And I have to give him credit, he threw it from the mound and threw it well, to manager Manny Acta.  W also called the first home run from the booth (this I learned while watching the replay).

Since I took the metro in I actually missed the last 2 innings but did record it on TV so I watched it when I got home.  Hopefully this first win and stadium will help propel us to the playoffs in 2008!!

Rate Pork

I found out about this site because it had been shut down for a while.  It seems to be backup now.

www.ratemycop.com

It seems to have listings for most police officers in the USA, including their full name and department.  

So next time a cop gives you a ticket plus some attitude, tell everyone to avoid the pig here.

Rejects from the SuperBowl

It is well known that those t-shirts and hats that players wear right after the SuperBowl were made in the days and weeks before the game.  

So what happens to the losers' shirts?  They go to Latin America.

Or on eBay!