Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
Goose Park Blog
November 29th, 2008Our next door neighbor, Jacqui, is an extremely talented flax weaver. She has put up a site that describes her flax weaving in great detail. She has also made some of her individual pieces available for sale. The site is called Goose Park Blog. She rang me up the other day and said, “I’ve put […]
Sad Guys on Trading Floors
October 8th, 2008Sad Guys on Trading Floors HA
“He spotted a triangular-shaped object measuring ‘about a mile in diameter’ in the sky, where it remained static for about half an hour”
September 30th, 2008One of the greatest WTF moments in my life occurred when I stood before, and gazed upon, the Newgrange megalithic structure in County Meath, Ireland in 1996. “What really happened on this old dirt?” was about the only thought running through my head on that chilly morning. Anyway, reading that large UFOs are flying within […]
Finally, a Presidential Ticket Worth Backing: Tigh/Roslin 2008
September 3rd, 2008Providing Strength and Purpose for all, the choice in 2008 is clear: Tigh & Roslin.
Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History
June 24th, 2008Many nerds played with Lego toys as children and I was no exception. I try not to post off topic material on Cryptogon much, but I wanted to share this because I’m sure that many of you were Lego heads at some point and might like this. Also, when I saw the space sets that […]
What Would You Pay to Never See Obama-McCain-Hillary Stories on Reddit Again?
April 18th, 2008If you answered $0, here’s the solution: Greasemonkey and the Reddit Content Filter script for Firefox. You can easily eliminate a lot of the cult/imbecile spam on Reddit with those tools. Here’s my filter string for titles: obama, hillary, clinton, mccain, pic, photo, vid, debate And look, the Politics subreddit is usable again. Priceless The […]
Nine Inch Nails in the Record Companies’ Coffins
March 3rd, 2008The new NIN album, Ghosts I-IV, has been officially released by the band on the Internet. One of the purchase options includes choices of high quality DRM-free files for $5. I took the $5 option—there are lots of other options—but I have to wait until I get on a better connection to download it! Well […]
WTF Are These Facebook Machines Doing?
February 21st, 2008I saw four machines reloading Cryptogon’s homepage hundreds of times each and I thought, “Someone’s trying to F with me.” But I looked up the machines, and it’s Facebook. You know, that admitted CIA cutout operation, Facebook. There’s some bullshit explanation on the link provided by their user agent information. Hmm. Nothing in there about […]
Catch of the Day: Cocaine
February 9th, 2008This is such a surreal story. I enjoyed it very much. Via: New Zealand Herald: At first glance, Bluefields in Nicaragua looks like any other rum-soaked, Rastafarian-packed, hammock-infested Caribbean paradise. But Bluefields has a secret. People here don’t have to work. Every week, sometimes every day, 35kg sacks of cocaine drift in from the sea. […]
Christmas Miracle: Shane MacGowan Turns 50
December 25th, 2007If this piss drunk maniac can live to see 50, it indicates to me that ANYTHING is possible. Happy Christmas!* Shane MacGowan Via: AFP: The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, whose Christmas song “Fairytale of New York” remains a classic hit, told a newspaper he never thought he would live to celebrate his 50th birthday Tuesday. […]
