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RFID Badges at HOPE Hackercon Form Automatic Social Nets and Irony
2008-07-18 08:17:00 From Boing Boing: This weekend, the Attendee Meta-Data (AMD) project at the Last HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) in NYC will introduce a new location-aware social networking system to track and bring together hackers based on a huge array of matching interests. Conference goers will
Fueling the USA's Greatest Ever Irony?
2008-06-09 03:24:00 Posted anonymously because this discussion to be self-moderating I decided to drop what I was doing and post upon seeing first report on TV that crude prices had spiked up $20, and that US average gasoline price-per-gallon had surmounted $4.00 ($4.40 - $4.60, up 20¢ within three days, h
Cheer and happiness... and a touch of irony.
2008-06-08 05:52:00 (the above courtesy of Tom1 and Ms Wise)
The Irony of Union Anger Over Smoking Ban
2008-06-07 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Last month, the UAW got their overalls in a bundle over a smoking ban instituted at the Caterpillar manufacturing plant in East Peoria, Illinois. The union got so mad they filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board claiming that the “60 year privilege” of smoking at the ...
By: Publius Forum
Stop the ACLU Wins Unintentional Irony Award
2008-06-02 14:32:00 I saw this story from Stop the ACLU originally at The Pirate?s Cove. This is an example of where the politically correct, socialist left will take America if we let them: ?A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham (England)?? I wonder ...
Global Warming Irony: Stuck In The Sea Ice
2008-05-29 14:27:00 Here’s one that is making the rounds via Watts Up With That? (Globe and Mail) I am on the bridge of the massive Russian icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, and the tension is palpable. We have hit ice - thick ice. We are travelling from the northeastern corner of Russia, across the Bering Sea and the top of Canada ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Irony and church... my morning coffee thoughts
2008-05-23 14:53:00 Don't forget to sign up to win a free Neat Receipts Scanner by clicking on the Scanner graphic in the sidebar!) One winner chosen at random on May 29th will with this awesome device that scans, reads your receipts and documents and organizes the data into easily read spreadsheets for ease of bookkeeping. I don't think this falls under the heading of 'irony' exactly... but I'm not sure of a
Yes, I can taste the irony. When it comes to Housing Bailouts, Barack Obam
2008-05-21 08:06:00 Choosing a president shouldn't be a one-issue process. Look where that got us with Bush. I cast my support for Obama because of a list of issues on which he is right, in my book, and McCain is wrong. On housing, both McCain and Obama are wrong, Obama being even more wrong than McCain - who actually I'm not sure today which way the wind is blowing. On housing, the Democratic party is wrong to want to bail out speculators, and the Republican party is wrong to want to bail out lenders and banks. Pretty much the only politicians right on housing are the Libertarian-leaning Republicans, like the few I've posted here the past few days. And Ron Paul of course.My prediction? Bush will indeed veto this bill, in his most brilliant act as president. But then a new bill will come up, which bails out the banks and lenders he favors more, and failed flippers less, and he'll end up signing that one.Here's Obama's latest position:Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called on Bush to "abandon h...
By: Housing PANIC
Nightly Ramble:Irony, Traffic, rain, and more
2008-05-19 22:57:00 My irony meter is melting. Kos is screaming about hate being directed at him. Amazing proof of what I’ve said in these spaces for years now; It’s not that you hate someone, but whom you hate that they object to. Think about it; What he’s complaining about is that someone’s using Kos-like tactics on Kos himself. For added heat on the Irony meter, consider the picture of that drooling moron, Tom Harkin, suggesting McCain is ‘too military’. Apparently, he wants us to think he slept through John Kerry’s “Reporting for Duty” shtick, and that he didn’t notice the paperwork where Kerry had his middle name changed to “Served in Vietnam”. Heh. Ya know, I’ve really got to get Photoshop cranked up. Got CLOBBERED with traffic from StumbleUpon.com on Friday. Someone apparently found my take on Obama interesting, and clicked on it, resulting in several hundred hits here. Nice when it happens, but I’ll tell you t...
By: BitsBlog
Now That?s What I Call Irony!
2008-05-14 09:01:00 Do You Think Ol’ FuzzNutts Is Gonna Refuse Service? For People Who Could Be Blamelessly Slacking Off… They Seem Pretty Concerned With Saving A Person Who Would Sooner See Them Dead … I Would Love To Interview Him Today… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Floscuatroojos.com-%2F2008%2F05%2F14%2Fnow-thats-w-hat-i-call-irony%2F'; addthis_title = 'Now+That%26%238217%3Bs+What+I+-Call+Irony%21'; addthis_pub ...
By: Los Cuatro Ojos
Ode To Irony
2008-05-09 11:43:00 our shield,our laughter, our camouflage,our public success,our hidden tears, our shining mask,our deepest fears,our passionate fatalism,our sophisticated cynicism,our war without peace,our acceptance no grief,our buy andour sell,(write it!)our lie.-4/07
By: The Night Book
Musician sees irony in industry 'takedown' letter
2008-05-09 06:25:00 Musician sees irony in industry 'takedown' letterMusician Dave Allen says he mistakenly posted an unauthorized music file to his blog but removed it after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from IFPI. http://www.ne-ws.com/8301-10784_3-99398...
Another irony of this election
2008-05-02 18:33:00 (Warning: contains sarcasm) I see another election year irony in how Hillary Clinton runs through the dreams and fantasies of many conservatives. But maybe I?m mistaken about the irony part. After all, didn?t conservatives used to love to hate the Clintons during Bill Clinton?s administration? Maybe we are talking about a fetish here that is some sixteen years? old. Hmmm. I always knew there was something unsavory about some of these conservatives.
Irony Strikes Again
2008-05-01 21:23:00 A surfer was killed in the waters off Trancones, MX a couple days ago and it turns out that the guy was from the Bay Area and had even made it into the newspaper last year.Why? Because he was such a huge Sharks fan, of course.In this April 24, 2007 file photo, San Jose Sharks fan Adrian Ruiz gestures as he holds up two tickets for Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals that he just purchased at the Sharks ticket office in San Jose, Calif.So, basically, the only picture they could find of a guy who was killed by a shark is a picture of the guy buying Sharks tickets. I guess we're all just lucky he wasn't a Giants fan.
The Irony of BK Advertised During Fit Club
2008-04-23 07:00:00 A television show I enjoy watching is Celebrity Fit Club on VH1. The show is entertaining, educational, and even inspiring at times. I was inspired (to say the least) when Phil Margera expressed his feelings for wanting to live a longer life and proceeded to lose 41 lbs. Needless to say that after looking in the mirror I could use some of that inspiration once again.But this post isn't about me being fat, it's about the irony of the advertisements during the show.During a commercial break, a Burger King commercial played for their sandwiches, although I don't recall exactly which one.Let's take a quick second to remind ourselves that Celebrity Fit Club is a show about losing weight and eating healthy to improve one's life....Moving on, I want to share with you some nutrition facts for items you can purchase at Burger King, provided by bk.com:A Whopper w/Cheese, Medium Onion Rings, and Medium Coca-Cola: 1,280 calories142 carbs63 total fat37 proteinTendergrill Chicken Sandwich w/...
By: AJ's Web Blog
Irony Bed
2008-04-15 22:20:00 As fans of irony how could we ignore the Irony Bed? Designer Maurizio Peregalli designed the and keeping in mind both modern and traditional styles. Irony pieces have surfaces with slight irregularities that create the illusion of wood, yet they are expertly crafted in Milan, Italy from phosphatized steel with a dark blue-black finish evocative ...
Oh Sweet Irony!
2008-04-14 20:19:00 Secretive U.K. graffiti artist Banksy managed to paint a three story tall piece of art commenting on the CCTV cameras that blanket Britain underneath CCTV cameras. The work shows a boy on a ladder (yeah, that is not him) painting the message while a police officer and dog look on from below. Banksy managed to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oh Sweet Irony!", url: "http://tastybooze.com/2008/04/-oh-sweet-irony/" });
The Irony of the Torch
2008-04-10 16:34:00 The whole furor with regards to the Olympic Torch is quite interesting because I was watching the “Daily Show” on Comedy Central the other day when John Stewart mentioned that the Torch relay ceremony started in Germany during 1936. I was literally shocked at that statement (yes you historically aware people can laugh) because I ...
Coincidence? I Think Not
2008-04-07 18:57:00 Turns out a field trip for fourth graders in Joliet, Il. was ruined the other day when a man pulled alongside their bus and openly fondled himself.Mark R. Hotuyec, 46, of 1224 Nicholson St. in Joliet, was arrested after allegedly fondling himself while driving naked next to a school bus for several miles. The driver was completely naked and masturbating in full view of the kids. The bus driver called 911 and updated police on the situation as both vehicles drove into downtown Joliet. You wouldn't think this would be such a big deal for kids from Wood View Elementary School , but apparently it is. I would have thought they had already seen it all, you know?
Irony abounds:Randi Rhodes calls anti-Obama types ““big f-ing whore
2008-04-04 15:07:00 James Joyner: The bitterness of the Democratic presidential race kicked up another notch yesterday, with the discovery that popular Air America radio host Randi Rhodes recently performed a profanity-laced standup routine in which both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton were repeatedly referred to as “big f-ing whores” (minus the sanitization, naturally). (She also called Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Dick Cheney racists and anti-Semites but Air America seems not to be upset by that.) I respond to him in the comments: Rhodes continues to amaze me with her ability to dig deeper holes with her mouth…. particularly since she has so few teeth to dig with anymore, given her recent battle with 17 martinis and a New York city curbstone. James has raised an interesting point about the timing, however, that goes to the heart of the rift in the Demorat party, today. Technorati Tags: “big f-ing whores", Democrats, Randi Rhodes
By: BitsBlog
Irony Of Ironies: The Mechanical Turk Behind The ?Zestimate of Mortgages?
2008-04-03 06:37:00 Zillow, the perennial surprise-maker of online real estate, has just launched its long-anticipated foray into the mortgage world with a “Mortgage Marketplace.” The company’s original online real estate product — the controversial “Zestimate” — is a computer algorithm estimating the value of homes. The logical mechanism behind a “Mortgage Marketplace” would thus also be a ...
Pride and Prejudice: Irony
2008-03-30 16:28:00 Irony is the very soul of Jane Austen?s novels and ?Pride and Prejudice? is steeped in irony of theme, situation, character and narration. Irony is the contrast between appearance and reality.As one examines ?Pride and Prejudice?, one is struck with the fact of the ironic significance that pride leads to prejudice and prejudice invites pride and both have their corresponding virtues bound up within them. Each has its virtues and each has its defects. They are contradictory and the supreme irony is that intricacy, which is much deeper, carries with it grave dangers unknown to simplicity. This type of thematic irony runs through all of Jane Austen?s novel.In ?Pride and Prejudice? there is much irony of situation too, which provides a twist to the story. Mr. Darcy remarks about Elizabeth that: ?tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt me?? We relish the ironical flavour of this statement much later when we reflect that the woman who was not handsome enough to dance with was real...
Will motor oil keep the irony gods at bay?
2008-03-29 04:34:00 Steve (my truck-slash-metallic love affair) has had a 30,000 mile warranty. So you all know what this means...Steve is about to die a slow, painful death. Why? Because the irony gods fucking hate me.Oh shit.(Edit: No, the speedometer needle is not at zero; yes, I was driving when I took those photos; yes, small children were run over/injured/mutilated/killed.- Got a problem with that?Another dead giveaway is the fact that the little 'd' stands for DRIVE.)
By: The Clumsy Ninja
Do radical Muslims understand irony?
2008-03-29 02:19:00 “Are you insulting my religion by calling it violent? I’ll kill you!” Threats force website to pull Quran video
Do radical Muslims understand irony?
2008-03-29 02:19:00 “Are you insulting my religion by calling it violent? I’ll kill you!” Threats force website to pull Quran video
The Irony Of Radical Islam
2008-03-29 00:18:00 Dutch Lawmaker Geert Wilders finally released his short film yesterday which depicts Islam in a less than flattering light. While the depiction is indeed less than flattering it also happens to be true and accurate which radical Muslims vehemently deny. The ironic thing is that the film depicts Islam as a violent religion that is incompatible ...
By: The Hot Joints
Sometimes the Irony Gets in My Eyes and Stings a Little
2008-03-25 19:38:00 So there we were, on vacation, at the condo pool side and I’m spraying sunscreen on. SPF 50 in case you were wondering. A woman at the next table (a number of feet away) holds a blanket up to protect her baby and says that she is a first time mother. A woman with her, ...
By: The Twinkies
Oh, the Irony! The Most Hilarious News this Quarter
2008-03-24 12:35:00 This is too good to be true. I literally have tears in my eyes when I?ve read this piece of news. Find out more at expelled from Expelled. . . . . . [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
I'll take your blatant irony and raise you a speci...
2008-03-19 00:11:00 I'll take your blatant irony and raise you a specific hypocrisy for those people who meander out and listen on their own days of worship when most probably don't agree with their own religious speakers all the time, yet are willing to believe Reverent Wright speaks for Senator Obama.I've been to a lot of Christian churches. The only one that didn't deviate from the text in the bible and didn't put their own thoughts of that and contemporary life into the sermons was the Catholic church on the closest hill. Straight from the many times translated book, that guy, and not a word out of place. Funnily enough, it was the only type of service I got any enjoyment from since I was little, but that might be because of the structure of his sermon never deviated. And damn, was he a punctual fellow. But yeah, acting as if the pastor is an identical extension of the congregation, especially a specific member that's running for a political office, isn't fair. That the Senator should have...
By: Daisy's Dead Air
Clean Fuel Causes Lots Of Pollution=Irony
2008-03-12 12:52:00 I’m all for new, cleaner energy sources. I would love to get off not just our foreign oil dependence, but our our overall oil dependence. But, what is the point of replacing one pollutant with another? After residents of the Riverbend Farms subdivision noticed that an oily, fetid substance had begun fouling the Black Warrior River, ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Eliot Spitzer Scandal Is About Irony, Not Sex
2008-03-12 00:35:00 By now you've surely heard that Eliot Spitzer, the Governor of New York, was Client 9: reportedly a consistent customer of the Emperors Club VIP, a prostitution ring where some of the call girl employees raked in upwards of $5k an hour. That's $5k, as in $5,000. Not in the state of New York, though, but in a Washington hotel room. The outrage, though, stems not just from the fact that the 54th NY Governor and Democratic Party member was getting a little action on the side.
Oh, the irony?..Gov. Spitzer admits link to prostitution ring
2008-03-10 20:07:00 It’s a long fall from a high horse. There’s a whole lot of schadenfreude poppin’ off today…(PS: This is the same former attorney general who went after radio stations for payola.) From the New York Times…. ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ...
Imus Irony
2008-03-10 11:03:00 David Hinckley NYDN: "Reader Gerard Marsicano recalls that when Don Imus came to New York in 1971 on the old WNBC, one of his jingles went, "Gambling, your rambling days are through," referring to long-time WOR morning man John A. Gambling. So it's ironic, Marisicano notes, that Imus' hiring for the morning show at WABC (770 AM) bumped a couple of dominos that helped lead to WABC firing John A.'s son, John R. Gambling. Imus had nothing to do with it, of course, but when his hiring left Curtis Sliwa without a timeslot, WABC moved Curtis into Gambling's."
By: Chickaboomer
Irony of Life and Google
2008-03-05 14:12:00 Been a long time since I have last wrote anything on my blog and the main reason for this is that I have been at University and haven’t had much time to write anything… Lets get back to the topic of this post. Irony of life and google? Well, when I first started this blog many months ...
Irony on the Campaign Trail - Obama and Clinton Charge Each Other With Vote
2008-03-05 07:01:00 Update: Hillary Clinton lives to fight another day as Obama stumbles in Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas. Hillary Clinton scored commanding victories in Ohio and Rhode Island Tuesday and squeaked out a narrow victory in Texas, breaking rival Barack Obama?s 12-contest winning streak and breathing new life into her Democratic presidential campaign. On the Republican side, John ...
By: Webloggin
Anti-shark device eaten by irony-loving great white
2008-03-05 06:41:00 This is awkward?during the testing phase for the Shark Shield, an electronic device that is designed to go on the back of surfboards to keep sharks away, one of the devices was actually eaten by a shark. Yeah, not only did this thing not keep sharks away, but it actually attracted the attention of a 12-foot great white enough that it mistook it for a tasty snack. Luckily, it was on a buoy and not a surfboard at the time.
By: Attuworld
Earthquake But Not Awake
2008-02-27 23:02:00 We had an earthquake last night. It lasted around 10 to 15 seconds. I must admit I was still asleep half way through it and thought that I was having a weird rocking dream. Anyway, once I woke up a bit and sussed out that it was in fact an earthquake and not our boiler exploding, we waited for the cries from the baby monitor. Not a peep. Emma went into their room and they were fast asleep in their cots. This leaves me with one annoying question.Why can my girls sleep through a 5.0 earthquake but if I make a loud creak as I come up the stairs, they scream the house down as if it the end of the world?
Economic Irony Update, Someone At Reuters Cares
2008-02-27 21:09:00 The Economic Irony Of The Day entry of mine was my public venting on the role the media may play in contributing to fears of an economic crisis in the U.S. Today I was contacted by Joanne Morrison, the Reuters writer whose article I commented on, which was on Reuter's front page yesterday. I'd like to share her response because I find her to be a fair and true journalist, and perhaps I was overzealous with the accusation yesterday - as mentioned, it was not intended to blame Joanne or Reuters specifically, just to point out that more optimism may be needed throughout our media, on this sore subject, to prevent further damage.
Economic Irony Of The Day, Media Warns Of Recession Fears
2008-02-26 23:59:00 This afternoon, Reuters published an article entitled, Fear of U.S. recession could help drive one. And, in the opening paragraph, Fear among U.S. consumers and businesses that the world's richest economy could go into a recession, or may already be in one, could help push the economy over the edge and bring on an even deeper, longer downturn. Is this just a journalist doing their job? Or does putting this on the front page do more harm than good?
CRUEL irony: Could John McCain be "done in" by campaign finance.
2008-02-26 02:49:00 The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) concerning Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign financing problem. The problem? Read the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Irony of a close-knit, well-integrated society.
2008-02-23 03:58:00 Consider this: a society is able to perform many tasks, share work, trade labour, food and everything else required to stay alive.A strong, interactivecommunity obviouslymakes life easier than a loosely bound one. On the other hand, a solitary individual would face a tremendous challenge in facing the same environment alone. So it could be said that ...
Contest 162: Branding Irony
2008-02-22 19:00:00 Sure, we enjoy the natural beauty of Earth and the wonders man has created. Except for one thing: where are the ads? After years of conditioning watching concerts, sporting events, and TV, we just don't feel comfortable anymore unless some percentage of our field of vision is taken up by corporate logos. Please, won't you help rectify this crucial advertising deficiency, and restore our marketing equilibrium?Put a corporate logo on a natural or man-made wonder. And make it funny somehow.Post your entry here by 11:59 AM CST on Monday, February 25, 2008 (yeah, yeah, we know). Prizes are $20/$50/$100 for 3rd/2nd/1st. The rules and criteria for winning: our panel of volunteer judges can and will make stuff up as it goes along. Use Photoshop, linoleum blocks, pastels, MSPaint, cave painting, tattoos, tribal scarification, whatever, but it?ll only be judged if it?s visible in our forums as a jpg, gif, or png. As we are fond of saying, try to keep your maximum width to 450px. If you need...
The Cult of Qelqoth vs The World
2008-02-22 01:05:00 Geneva, Switzerland — World leaders and conglomerates were summoned to an emergency meeting today, essentially to discuss the increasing threat of The Cult of Qelqoth and its respective plan for global domination. Since 2003, The Cult of Qelqoth has continued to harbour vehement opinions and dramatic irony, poising the world on the very brink ...
Irony is dead, the last gasp of newspaper industry
2008-02-18 14:56:00 You have gotta love big media... (From NY Times)"Four large newspaper companies are joining forces to sell advertisements on the Internet, hoping that the combined heft of their Web sites will encourage large advertisers to spend more money. Each of the four companies ? the Tribune Company, the Gannett Company, the Hearst Corporation and The New York Times Company ? is transferring a portion of its online ad space to quadrantONE, a new company that will be announced Friday. The purpose of the joint venture, which will be based in Chicago and will hire 17 people [commitment!], is to let national advertisers place ads on local Web sites with a single phone call [phone call!]."LOL!!! Boy did these guys miss the boat... But it goes on..."In total, quadrantONE will be able to reach about 50 million unique visitors a month, its executives said, citing Nielsen Online data. "We want to control our own destiny," said Lincoln Millstein, senior vice president for digital med...
The Great Irony of Sexy Women & Their Behavior
2008-02-18 14:56:00 Unfortunately most men think that because of the way she looks and how some of them behave that they want to have sex right away.This isn't accurate. Women are the path to sex and have to be warmed up first. They are tired of guys thinking of the same thing.Men have been conditioned to believe that sex is instantaneous because of all of the pornography, sexploitation and softcore that is out there today.They're seeing the exploitation of the culmination of a pre-existing relationship. A relationship which was fake in the first place (contracted by the producer) yet looks very real because it's all they see in front of them.Many women have become involved in that industry and even more have taken on the physical attributes of men's magazine cover models, pussycat dolls, divas or porn stars.What men have to know is that this is NOT a woman's sexuality.And yes, this is the most ironic thing in the world but it's up to the man to know where he stands in relation to all of this pow...
By: women issues
Irony
2008-02-17 03:28:00 I find it extremely ironic that Kelly O’Connor of the Rational Response Squad takes offense to a Christian making a statement against her philosophical beliefs, but then goes on to write that atheists are under no obligation to respect the beliefs of others. The proof is in the pudding. First, Kelly acts offended at this statement ...
The irony of the Islamist response to cartoon depictions of Muhammed: Imply
2008-02-13 18:11:00 PZ Myers addresses the irony of the Islamist response to those non-Muslims who would dare blaspheme against Islam. He says “it’s simply stupid to try and protest accusations that you are violent by committing acts of violence.” PZ goes on to address what he describes as a pattern of escalation: The aggrieved Muslims are saying, “Mock our ...
Pig enjoys roast dinners, apparently unaware of horrible irony
2008-02-11 10:35:00 A piglet has gone off her usual diet and is tucking into roast dinners just as long as she is not in them.
Definition of Irony: Anti virus Company Gets Hacked
2008-02-08 23:02:00 I couldn't believe it when I read it! According to a recent post on IT Business Edge's Headline Watch, an Indian anti virus company called AVsoft Technologies, makers of SmartCop, had one of their download servers hacked and made to distribute a variant of the Virut virus.Doing a search for SmartCop on Google turns up the company's website, S-Cop.com, but if you click on the link you get this lovely block page from Google to protect your curious ass from malicious code on the company's servers:Infoworld also reported on this unusually funny event. This is taken from InfoWorld:The download section of AvSoft's S-cop Web site hosts the malicious code, according to Roger Thompson, chief research officer with security vendor AVG. "They let one of their pages get hit by an iFrame injection," he said. "It shows that anyone can be a victim.... It's hard to protect Web servers properly." The technique used on the site has been seen in thousands of similar hacks over ...
By: Bauer-Power
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