• Archive for September, 2007

    Reviving the Skeptical Dog

    by  • 9/10/2007 • skeptic • 0 Comments

    After months of sitting idle, I’ve finally made a post to the Skeptical Dog site again. Partly because I blew up the DNS entry for foo.ca and it hasn’t fully refreshed in my ISP’s servers, and partly because the visit to Dragon*Con renewed my interest in the Skeptical Dog… Discussion with a true believer…

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    Greenest Photo Contest

    by  • 9/6/2007 • art • 0 Comments

    Well, I just happen to have shot a nice, greenISH photo when we were passing through Chicago. DeSmogBlog is having a Flickr-based contest to give away a nice digital camera, so I thought I may as well post SOMETHING greenish. Seeing as how everyone else is posting pictures of plants and such, how is one [...]

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    Dress as a muppet and beautiful girls will love you

    by  • 9/5/2007 • geek • 0 Comments

    If only for the time it takes to take a picture and steal your damn cookies… This, along with the opportunity to meet Lou Ferrigno and Brent Spiner, is among the top reasons people attend Atlanta’s DragonCon. There was a great selection of panels too, with Michael Shermer (“Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, [...]

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    Where Chicagoans Go to Take LSD

    by  • 9/5/2007 • art • 0 Comments

    The underground walkway in O’Hare, with the subtle panels of light along the sides, and the flashing neon, you’re one security clearance away from a great trip. Okay, so there is that whole security clearance issue…

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    Trust me, I KNOW spammers…

    by  • 9/5/2007 • geek • 0 Comments

    Spammer extortion now…  at least it’s a new angle… hello , my name is Richard and I know you get a lot of spammy comments , I can help you with this problem . I know a lot of spammers and I will ask them not to post on your site. It will reduce the [...]

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