Month: October 2002

Here’s quite an interesting story. A Mustang mechanic took an ‘03 Cobra for a joyride and posted about it. Unfortunately (for him), the owner read his post. Bye bye, job! If you read the entire thread in that second link, you’ll see just how quickly it propagated throughout different forums on the Internet. It sounds as if the owner is on the right track towards some compensation, which is definitely warranted in this case. Car dealers and service departments regularly piss me off, but this situation is just unconscionable.

Here’s quite an interesting story. A Mustang mechanic took an ‘03 Cobra for a joyride and posted about it. Unfortunately (for him), the owner read his post. Bye bye, job! If you read the entire thread in that second link, you’ll see just how quickly it propagated throughout different forums on the Internet. It sounds as if the owner is on the right track towards some compensation, which is definitely warranted in this case. Car dealers and service departments regularly piss me off, but this situation is just unconscionable.

Although I like the song, I never really knew all of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” Well, I don’t think I’ll forget them anytime soon now that I’ve seen this Flash video of the song that stars marauding Viking kittens.

Although I like the song, I never really knew all of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” Well, I don’t think I’ll forget them anytime soon now that I’ve seen this Flash video of the song that stars marauding Viking kittens.

“The Demon In The Freezer” is a New Yorker article written in July 1999 by Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone (about the Ebola virus). It’s a pretty scary look at the smallpox virus, going into the deadly effects of the virus, the eradication efforts completed in 1979, and the catastrophic implications of an outbreak. Some of the information is thankfully dated, especially that of less than effective vaccine research and production in the late ‘90s that has since been put into a new focus after the events of last year. Still, I’m left with a great feeling of dread after reading this article…

“The Demon In The Freezer” is a New Yorker article written in July 1999 by Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone (about the Ebola virus). It’s a pretty scary look at the smallpox virus, going into the deadly effects of the virus, the eradication efforts completed in 1979, and the catastrophic implications of an outbreak. Some of the information is thankfully dated, especially that of less than effective vaccine research and production in the late ‘90s that has since been put into a new focus after the events of last year. Still, I’m left with a great feeling of dread after reading this article…

A new trailer for The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is available. For a scarily thorough, frame-by-frame analysis of the trailer take a look here. I can’t wait until December 18th!

Update: Here’s some better, higher-res links for the trailer.

A new trailer for The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers is available. For a scarily thorough, frame-by-frame analysis of the trailer take a look here. I can’t wait until December 18th!

Update: Here’s some better, higher-res links for the trailer.