From Cool Stuff:
“The story of a lucky girl who chances upon a visit by a monster and experiences the change of her life! Flying through the everlasting sky, euphoria awaits everyone who embarks on this journey with the happiest monster.”
The next logical step… from BBspot:
Boston, MA – There were more tense moments today after Boston Police were forced to blow up a suspicious looking man near a lamp post.
An alert city worker called in the man after noticing that he had been leaning against the lamp post for more than ten minutes.
Officer Charlie O’Hara of the bomb squad said, “We got a report of a man loitering in a high-traffic area with a bulky coat and a backpack. We cleared the area, snuck up behind him, attached the explosives and detonated him.”
Police later learned the man, Evan Johnson, was waiting for his girlfriend, Cindy Collins, who was getting a cappuccino at a nearby Starbucks. His backpack contained books and all that was under his coat was a “Wish you were beer” t-shirt.
Collins explained why Johnson was by the lamp post. “There was a long line at Starbucks, and Evan wanted to smoke so he waited outside for me. Next thing I know I look up and I see police blowing him up. I always told him that down jacket made him look puffy.”
Related NewsMr. Johnson is only the latest scare to hit Boston. Last month a marketing stunt by a cartoon show paralyzed the city. Two weeks ago police shut down Boston’s largest mall after a teen passed gas in an Abercrombie and Fitch. Just this week police blew up a traffic counting device.
“You can never be too careful,” said O’Hara. “I’d rather blow up a hundred innocent people if I can prevent another 9/11.”
Wow – very interesting. From OnStartups.com:
I’ve come across some new information that causes me to reconsider this point of view. Business Week posted an article recently titled “Ranking The States For The New Economy”, which cites a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation, a well-known private foundation that promotes entrepreneurship. The study provides detailed rankings on how states in the U.S. are adapting to the challenges of a global, entrepreneurial, and knowledge-based economy. The study was previously conducted in 1999 and 2002.
I’ll jump to my punch-line first: In both 1999 and 2002, Massachusetts topped the list. This year, not only did Massachusetts top the list, but increased its lead over the other states.
A few things from the article and the study that I found interesting:
1. MA ranked #1 overall, and also ranked #1 in “workforce education”, a weighted measure of educational attainment of the workforce.
2. MA also ranked #1 in the “Hi-Tech Jobs” indicator defined as the jobs in electronics manufacturing, software, computer-related services, telecommunications and biomedical industries as a share of total employment.
3. MA had the fourth-highest increase in per-capita income.
4. Another surprise: #2 and #3 were New Jersey and Maryland. In case you’re wondering, California came in at #5.
5. California ranked #1 in “Inventor Patents”, defined as the number of independent inventory patents per 1,000 people.
6. The bottom two states that “didn’t adapt well to the new economy” were West Virginia and Mississippi.
7. Vermont (yes, Vermont!) ranked #1 in entrepreneurial activity. I found this surprising. The study states that this may be due to fewer traditional employment opportunities in rural areas. MA came in at #43 and CA at #9.
8. MA ranked #1 for the “Venture Capital” indicator (which I found surprising too).
Maybe it’s already too late…
Dear Mr. Gates, Mr. Ballmer, and the many good folks at Microsoft Corp.,
It’s time to sober up on Windows Vista. This just isn’t working out, and your users are getting frustrated to the point where they’re souring on Windows altogether. In case you haven’t seen some of the more noteworthy blog posts on this topic. Or check out the recent bug reports regarding product activation and security flaws. This is all stuff I managed to dredge up that was written yesterday.
People are unhappy with Vista. Really unhappy. And though I know Microsoft has its own form of Steve Jobs’ reality distortion field, it certainly can’t keep you from seeing at least some of the sobering sales figures and the crush of disappointing reviews of Vista. I don’t want to dredge up all the reasons people are unhappy with Vista in this letter. I want to talk about what you ought to do stop a mass migration to Linux and the Mac.
Now they’re blowing up non-bombs around the corner from my office building…
Suspicious package in Boston turns out to be benign
BOSTON — The bomb squad destroyed a suspicious package in downtown Boston.
Police found the small, green box on the ground in the Financial District Wednesday morning.
Investigators believe it was a pedestrian counter, but the bomb squad destroyed it as a precaution.
No one was hurt, and no businesses needed to be evacuated.
Update: Now with video!
Another update: Security guru Bruce Schneier chimes in on the subject.
c/o Boing Boing and Wikipedia:
What happens when you dial 867-5309?
From Mental Floss magazine:
In order to solve this crossword puzzle, you’ll need to know a bit of Klingon, Elvish, Furbish, Esperanto and a handful of other constructed languages. In fact, all of the solutions are in constructed languages. Thanks to Kevin Kosbab for becoming fluent in each language just to put the puzzle together. And for those of you who for some reason haven’t mastered these tongues, we’ve got a handy little word bank to help you. I don’t think I’ve said “word bank” since 3rd grade. Here’s the downloadable pdf, so you can print this sucker out. I’ll be back with the answers tomorrow. Good luck!
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