One of the things about Slashdot that pisses me off are the posts written by guys who go crazy with the hyperlinks. They\’ll write about the latest IE security patch, and they\’ll includes links to the Microsoft homepage, the IE homepage, the patch download page, a Norton Antivirus page, an article about the patch on Cnet, and a link to a Linux site for good measure. Hey Skeezix, I don\’t need a frigging link to www.microsoft.com, I think I can figure out their URL myself.

This is a stupid, pointless practice that makes it difficult to find what I want. I have to mouseover every link and check the status bar to see if it goes to the subject of the story.

People: you don\’t need to show off your mAd hyP3rL1nking sKi!!s, just include 1 or 2 good to-the-point links and be done with it.

Heh heh, I saw the Jackass movie on Monday. I\’m gonna go out and do those stunts right now!

Interesting, Iraq has a Navy. The warships were built in Italy but were impounded 12 years ago under an arms embargo.

An Italian firm had just finished building the ships but the embargo came into force before they could be delivered.

The 70-meter missile-and-gun boats have sat rusting at the back of La Spezia harbor ever since but the Iraqi navy sends 12 sailors a year to man the grounded and ammunition-less vessels. With the crews sea-faring rituals whittled down to hoisting the red, white and black flags the sailors are left with plenty of time to sample Italy\’s \’dolce vita.\’

Man, that must be a cushy assignment.

What\’s the deal with quotes from officials who don\’t want to be identified? I\’m reading articles about the war and they\’ll usually have something like \’American intelligence agencies… the official said, speaking on condition he not be identified.\’ What\’re these guys afraid of? It\’s not like they\’re leaking highly classified information, right? If they are, I think the White House has some serious problems. If I ever become an army guy and I speak to the press, I\’m gonna say \”Tell \’em Evan Lim said that! E-V-A-N L-I-M.\”

The new Game Boy Advance SP was recently released. From the review it sounds like it\’s a big improvement over the old Game Boy Advance. It can run for 18 hours on its rechargeable battery and has a cool lighted color screen.

Document of Delusion – An in-depth look at Skinny Puppy\’s Last Rights tour. This is a great site about Skinny Puppy\’s last tour before their break-up. They recruited special effects/makeup artist Tim Gore to create most of the props and costumes. There\’s lots of behind-the-scenes pictures and sketches, as well as a detailed analysis of the music and performance.

Before Tin Omen, Ogre came onstage wearing some sort of belt that let him appear to tear pieces of his own flesh from his body. Before VX Gas Attack, he emerged as a mutated, hunched over creature wearing a gas mask and with an arm and face growing out of his back. The false arm was manipulated by Ogre\’s real hand and the screaming face was actually Ogre\’s own; it was made from a cast of his face.

The NYTimes has an article about a new sound technology that can direct a \”column of sound\” at a target.

Woody Norris aims the silvery plate at his quarry. A burly brunette 200 feet away stops dead in her tracks and peers around, befuddled. She has walked straight into the noise of a Brazilian rain forest — then out again. Even in her shopping reverie, here among the haircutters and storefront tax-preparers and dubious Middle Eastern bistros, her senses inform her that she has just stepped through a discrete column of sound, a sharply demarcated beam of unexpected sound. \’\’Look at that,\’\’ Norris mutters, chuckling as the lady turns around. \’\’She doesn\’t know what hit her.\’\’

Sounds kind of cool, but it\’s gonna suck when the direct marketers get ahold of it. We\’re gonna be assaulted with audio spam everywhere we go.
[ From Boing Boing ]

Looks like they forgot to proofread at Mitsubishi\’s website. This is the description for the \”Hyperground Cables\” option for the Evo:

Best that I can figure out, this is a package of super- conducting ground wires which helps your engine give the best electrical performance possible. Not only that, it looks cool!

A National Guardsman legally changed his name to Optimus Prime. Looking at his picture, though, it doesn\’t look like there\’s more than meets the eye.

It\’d be so cool if someone else in his unit changed their name to Megatron, just to spite him.

Let\’s say you want to find out how much ink is inside a printer cartridge. What\’s the easiest way? Obviously, print as much porn as possible until the ink runs out. That\’s a lot of freaking porn.
[ From the reverse cowgirl\’s blog ]