Random Friday Links
Some Friday quickies.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft: “My children–in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other
children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed:
You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.” (I pulled this link from somewhere else, but I don't remember where, so my apologies uncredited site.)
Holy shit, Steve Ballmer has not only had sex, but he's done it in multiple dimensions. Steve Ballmer is, in fact, a Slider. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when Ballmer walks into little Stevey Junior's bedroom as Junior is frantically trying to clear his browser cache. “Honest father, it was porn!” Actually, I'd probably want to be like, a fairy on the wall. Or maybe just a little miniature flying me on the wall. Not sure I'd deal well with the whole extending my proboscis, vomiting, and then slurping it back up thing. I wonder if flies tend to suffer from self-loathing more often than humans.
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I was going to save this one for a MBOTW, but that would be like shooting harp seals in a barrel, which, while entertaining, is hardly sporting. I'm not a Linux geek (although I think Linus Torvalds is one cute Finn) but I'm happy to know that I'm at least more clueful than a Tuttle, Oklahoma City Manager.
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If you're Steve Ballmer's kids, The Movie Timeline might be a little more useful than MSN search for that history paper you're working on. Because the simple truth is, no matter how well you do on that paper, you are not getting an iPod, and your grade doesn't matter anyway. Your father is outrageously fucking rich. You are going to an ivy league school even if he has to buy them a new science wing. Where they could study the effects of self-loathing on houseflies. (note to The Movie Timeline maintainers: does “Alien vs Predator” really warrant 187 goddam entries? We get it. The Aliens come back every 10 years. We fucking get it.)
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If you're easily creeped out like I am, skip MyDeathSpace. From the site:
MyDeathSpace.com memorializes deceased MySpace users and picks up where a regular obituary leaves off.
I made it through about 2 pages before I had to stop. I'm not real sure what to make of the site, but there's something not quite right about “memorializing” people who have nothing more in common than their MySpace accounts. (link found at BoingBoing)
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After all my feminazi ranting of late, Damion points us to what women really want. See, is that so hard?
Peace, and have a great weekend!