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WhatsApp gets Facebooked
Even if you opt out you can't opt out:The Facebook family of companies will still receive and use this information for other purposes such as improving infrastructure and delivery systems, understanding how our services or theirs are used, securing systems, and fighting spam, abuse, or infringement activities.https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/26000016
Nugget ice
I do love me chewable ice. I'm going to love this if they can get it shipped http://nuggetice.com/?nab=1
Wobbly on his signature issue
https://apple.news/AT1yMqdvDQaevk2aWcFsgdQI'm not sure that even Trump knows what he thinks, but it won't matter to his followers.
West Coast Cleveland Browns
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2659686-nfl-general-managers-laughing-at-chargers-for-ruining-joey-bosas-rookie-seasonWhen league executives say his season is over, they mean effectively over, because he'd report to the team so late that it's unlikely he'd be able to make any significant contributions.
Lead in the water
If my kids were at Pringle and subjected to this, I would be filing a lawsuit.The highest level found so far was at Pringle Elementary, which had 13 taps high in lead, one of them at 14,000 parts per billion, a level the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers toxic waste. Pringle had three other extremely high results, at 1,200 ppb, 900 ppb and 800...
World’s fastest production car
0-to-60 in 2.5 seconds. Also, starting at $134k. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-elon-musk-fastest-car-20160823-snap-story.html
Windows 10
As you can imagine, I'm not a huge fan. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/08/windows-10-microsoft-blatantly-disregards-user-choice-and-privacy-deep-dive
Browsing equals spam
This sort of thing makes me want to punch somebody in the teeth. I cannot recommend Ghostery enough. https://medium.com/art-marketing/browsing-your-website-does-not-mean-i-want-your-spam-3821267e902?source=userActivityShare-6ff89de26bc9-1471961802
World Cup 2014: Netherlands v. Spain
A repeat of the last World Cup final. Netherlands looked very strong in warm-up matches prior while the ongoing question for Spain is simply are they too old. Van Persie up top makes Netherlands a threat to score at any time. Well, that was a questionable penalty, but I thought it was a good call live. Less convincing on the replay. The equalizer before...
World Cup 2014: Mexico v. Cameroon
It's not rained since May at the stadium location, but it's raining now and has been for the previous 4 hours. That is distinctly bad news for Mexico's possession game and plays to the heart of Cameroon's more physical style. Both teams need a win as Croatia and Brazil will be, by turns, difficult and nigh impossible to beat. The World Cup player...
Essays
Investing Resources
Oh Lordy yes how I tried to help my fellow man through offering this free investing advice. Oh Lordy no how they did not want it. Questions! Yes, questions I invited them to ask. But did they? No sir, they did not. Languish, yes, languish my investing section did. Fed, yes fed I tell you, up to here I was. So moved it, I did. Put something else up instead. Happier now? Oh Lordy yes. [Legalese: I am not a financial planner, and I've never played one on TV. Nothing in...
One Tin Soldier
An interview with the interesting and elusive Ty Davison. Conducted by Ty Davison. Edited by Ty Davison. A blunt blow with a heavy object. A spiritual review of capitalism. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. Too much monkey business. An interview with Ty Davison This interview was conducted on April 21-22, 1998 under bizarre circumstances. For whatever reason, Davison felt compelled to veil our meetings in a cloud of secrecy, insisting that I double back on my...
Paula, Paula, Paula…
Keeping up with the Joneses. An open letter to the woman who, like Betsy Ross or Eleanor Roosevelt, has done so much for this country. With her court case now deservedly thrown out, she may not get rich, but she'll always have her reputation. April 17, 1998 Dear Paula: Thanks for your on-going political soap opera of the last few years. It's really been a hoot. Trailerpark entertainment at its best, up there with Jerry Springer and Monster Trucks, I assure you. Get a nose...
Virtual PC 2.0: My 486 is Out of a Job
New emulator happily and easily opens the Pandora's Box of Windows 95 for Apple Power Mac users. Now your Mac can have page faults, general protection errors and blue screens of death just like a real PC! Two steps forward, one step back in the Dance of Life. (This review also appears on Mike Breeden's excellent Accelerate Your Mac!.) Connectix' Virtual PC 2.0, the $150 software-based emulator of an Intel PC, offers Apple Power Macintosh owners a chance to run all the...