Refenestration Daily.
Rock on, Fox recommends hacked DVD players for The Simpsons! As spoken by Homer Simposon himself on Fox.co.uk’s website:
“I have no idea whatsoever what regional coding means. But it is essential that you buy a multi-regional player. Do it now.”
Nice.
I’m still watching the Buffy Season 1 DVDs that Julie loaned me, but I see that Season 2 is now out on DVD. And, I’ve also come across this review of the Season 2 DVDs.
So far, Jason and I have only made through the first two-part episode on the Season 1 DVDs. To be honest, I wasn’t all that impressed, but I’ve heard that the episodes get better over time, so I haven’t given up on it yet. Or, as the review puts it:
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer really hit its stride in Season Two. The show went beyond just the “high school sucks and monsters are bad” motif and added deep metaphors with [spoiler], [spoiler], and the arrival of Spike and Drusilla.
AskMen.com has a good article on low-calorie recipes for everyday eating. Best of all, most of them aren’t complicated. For instance:
Turkey Pita (260 calories)
Ingredients:
- 1 whole-wheat pita
- 6 smoked turkey slices
- 3 slices low-fat cheddar
- Slice of yellow onion
- Leaf of lettuce
- Slice of tomato
I’ve recently discovered the article “Why I Hate Advocacy” by Mark-Jason Dominus. The article is hosted at Perl.com, but it’s really just about language advocacy in general.
Considering that the guy is obviously a Perl guru, he’s remarkably objective to languages in general — he appears to be a strong believer in the “use the best tool for the job” approach.
You can be ‘unfair’ to a person, and you can hurt their [sic] feelings, even if you tell only the truth. But Pascal is a programming language, not a person. It has no feelings to hurt. Criticizing Pascal’s type system is like complaining that your hammer has a scratched face. There is no use getting upset about it. You just have to get a new hammer or make do. Saying that the criticism is unfair to the hammer, for whatever reason, is just silly. [...]
Hey, does anyone watch The Mole 2 on ABC?
For those not aware, the game features 14 players that complete challenges, adding money to the pot. However, one of the players is “the mole” who is working against the team, trying to sabotage the challenges. And, at the end of each weekly show, the players have to take a quiz to test their knowledge on who’s the mole — and, the player that gets the least questions right about the mole is ejected from the game. Of course, the last player standing at the end of the series wins the pot.
I have my own theories about who the mole is, but it’s more fun to have a conversation with two people ;).