http://imapcsite.com A compilation of the internet on the internet Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:11:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en <p align="center"><object width="448" height="361" data="http://i0006.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/video1/HowNotToFireAGun.flv&#38;sr=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://i0006.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/pbhomepage/video1/HowNotToFireAGun.flv&#38;sr=1" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></p> http://imapcsite.com/blog/2009/01/06/gun-fail/ <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3141139302_45d5b3b0a6_o.jpg"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3141139302_45d5b3b0a6_o.jpg" width="573" height="400" alt="Calvin and Hobbes on the FInancial Crisis" /></a> <a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/Calvin_and_Hobbes_on_the_Financial_Crisis">digg story</a> http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/29/calvin-and-hobbes-on-the-financial-crisis/ As I posted on my<a href="http://andrewnatoli.com"> personal blog</a>... <div class="entry-content full-content"> <div id="attachment_135" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 565px;"><img class="size-full wp-image-135" title="The Internet Just Failed Me" src="http://andrewnatoli.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/stylustipinheadphone.png" alt="The Internet Just Failed Me" width="555" height="471" /> <p class="wp-caption-text">The Internet Just Failed Me</p> </div> The tip of the stylus for my Waccom Tablet stopped functioning for some reason, so ... http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/27/incredible-failure-ds-stylus-usage/ <script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&vid=/video/offbeat/2008/12/25/doggie.steals.bone.ksl" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a></noscript> Apparently so. http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/27/shopliftingdogololoo/ <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/FgBUqJzgvBo" width="425" height="355" wmode="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FgBUqJzgvBo" /></object> Some people with too much time on their hands set up microwaves to play a holiday tune. http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/25/microwave-christmas/ On behalf of the [I'm a] PC Site staff, we wish all our readers and their families a merry Christmas and a happy holiday season. Christmas reading from the blogosphere (or my blogroll, in any case): <ul> <li>The Guardian has a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/quiz/2008/dec/24/travel-christmas-quiz-2008">Christmas travel quiz</a> (via <a href="http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/58795.html">Liberty and Power</a>).</li> <li><a href="http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-christmas-reading.html">Edward Feser</a> recommends ... http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/ Malcom Gladwell's latest book on socio-psychology, <em>Outliers: The Story of Success</em> (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316017922">$16 at Amazon</a>), was released <a href="http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2008/11/outliers.html">back in late November</a>. With slightly less fanfare than Gladwell's other books, <em>Outliers</em> nonetheless has made its place in the top books of 2008.<span id="more-1075"></span> In much the same way as his other ... http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/21/review-outliers/ Following the <a href="http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/15/bush-demonstrates-reflexes/">Bush shoe incident</a> last weekend, the shoe thrown at the President has flown off the shelves. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=auI050ptHyPg&refer=europe">Bloomberg</a>: <blockquote>The shoe hurled at President George W. Bush has sent sales soaring at the Turkish maker as orders pour in from Iraq, the U.S. and Iran. The brown, thick-soled “Model 271” ... http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/20/the-bush-shoe-experiences-record-sales/ Police were called to a Family Dollar store overnight in Beaumont, Texas by its burglar alarm system. Police, inside, found a four-year-old boy... playing with the toys. Store surveillance video showed the boy trying to open one of the front doors at about 3 a.m. on Monday, however they were ... http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/16/boy-breaks-into-toy-store/ <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/9D3u5UquSsE" width="425" height="355" wmode="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9D3u5UquSsE" /></object> At a press conference in Baghdad, President Bush demonstrated his ability to duck two shoes thrown at close range. (<a href="http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/12/14/if-the-shoe-fits-duck/">via AntiWar.com</a>) http://imapcsite.com/blog/2008/12/15/bush-demonstrates-reflexes/