Archive
January 6, 2009
Dog Gets Blanket From the Dryer
This spaniel (called Millie) knows exactly what she wants and how to get it (the answers in this case being "her blanket" and "opening the dryer").
MacRumors Hit by Hackers
Those fun-loving pranksters over at 4Chan have been busy today. In addition to (allegedly) getting a crude visual reminder of 9/11 to rise to the top of Google Trends, they managed to take over the live feed for the MacRumors live-blog coverage of today's Macworld keynote address.
Bhutto’s Daughter Raps Her Grief
Listen to the rap song that Bakhtawar Bhutto, the 18-year-old daughter of the assassinated former prime minister of Pakistan, wrote to express the anguish over the assassination of her mother just over a year ago.
iTunes Kills DRM
iTunes is ditching DRM on all the music in its store and for $0.30 a song you can get rid of the DRM on your old iTunes purchases. So, if you bought a song yesterday for $0.99, it's only an extra $0.30 to actually use it.
Barack Obama, Food Critic
In this clip from a restaurant review show called Check, Please!, Obama discusses a soul food restaurant in his home neighborhood of Hyde Park called Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop.
The FBI Is Hiring!
Despite the recession, the FBI is hiring 850 new agents, along with 2100 administrative positions.
