A dog sits in the heavy rains from Tropical Storm Erin on San Antonio’s south side Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Erin’s remnants soaked rain-weary Texas, snarling rush-hour traffic and killing at least one person. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)
With the lousy economy in Michigan, most towns and cities have been struggling with shrinking revenues from state and local property taxes. All over the state, public employees have been getting laid off. There are, of course exceptions, with Bloomfield Hills north of Detroit being one of them. How many cops have you seen cruising around your neighborhood in $100,000 Cadillac XLR-Vs?
Records show that Giuliani spent 29 hours there, far less time than that of recovery workers, who often worked consecutive 12-hour days.
People using CIA and FBI computers have edited entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on topics including the Iraq war and the Guantanamo prison, according to a new tracing program. The changes may violate Wikipedia’s conflict-of-interest guidelines, a spokeswoman for the site said on Thursday.
A Chinese couple tried to name their baby “@”, claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child.
Browsing the internet leads you to find lots of funny and scary things. This is amongst the funniest and scariest. Long live the fine line between educational and downright creepy.
The BBC comedy series “Dead Ringers” parodies Doctor Who
The Doctor Goes Sightseeing
Christmas Day at Doctor Who’s
The Doctor buys a new Tardis at Harvey’s
And if that wasn’t enough…
Torchwood Spoof
Meet the new UK Prime Minister
Australia’s 16 Piece Soul/Funk explosion plays “Hello Cheeky”. This tune features the rhythm section, Sam Moody and Nick Panousakis on guitar, Damien Steele Scott on bass, Paul White and Shane Ellery on keys and Darren Farrugia on drums.
Recorded live at their CD launch in May 2005
This gig featured guests Darren Farrugia (drums) from the “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” band, and Ross Irwin (trumpet) from The Cat Empire
I’ve been getting a lot of fanmail over this one, this is the corporate website for Reynholm Industries, the fictional organisation that Roy, Moss and Jen work for in the UK sitcom “The IT Crowd”.
Check it out at http://www.reynholm.co.uk
I built this site as a bit of fun, but I have to say after all the positive feedback I feel inspired to develop it even more!
Feedback, comments, suggestions all welcome, but please don’t ask me for the Intranet password. THERE ISN’T ONE!
Via Engadget
Dominos now accepting pizza orders via SMS… in the UK
If you thought ordering pizza online was the best thing since Deep Dish, you’ll be delighted to know that the next logical step in getting pizza to your mouth with minimal effort is here… if you reside in the UK, that is. Reportedly, Dominos is now allowing customers surrounding its 470 UK-based locations to place their orders via SMS, and this move comes after “successful trials” that began in July. To utilize the service, you must first enter in your details online, but after that initial registration, pizza is simply a text away. Impulse eaters, rejoice.
What a society we live in, now it’s too hard to even pick up the telephone and get a pizza delivered.
