Check out this awesome gallery of improbable airplane runways.
(apparently, some embedded ads on that page are NSFW)
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Tarantinoed
Euthanasia Doctor Commits Suicide after Finding Patient He Killed Was Not Terminally Ill
It’s like rain on your wedding day.
What’s Your Flavor?
Here is a user-friendly tool to help decide which Linux distros are a good match for your needs: Linux Distribution Chooser
I’ve recently been carrying around a JP version of a Knoppix Live CD for use at net cafes and public terminals – very handy.
The distros that this test recommended for me include Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo, which I have been hearing a lot about but just have not had time to check out yet.
Do As I Say, Federal Emergency Management Edition
Oh my god.
It’s like something I’d consider funny, except that it’s too retarded:
If I can help people focus on preparedness, how to be better prepared in their homes and better prepared in their businesses – because that goes straight to the bottom line – then I hope I can help the country in some way
Because we all know that loss of businesses is the real tragedy, right?
Rescue teams are still searching house to house looking for 600+ missing businesses in the swampy waters, right?
Crane-kicking it in heaven
This is sad.
Ohaaaraaaaa!
I may have made my last Mr. Miyagi joke.
Time to Chill
Sit back and relaaaaaaaax:
Beginner’s Guide To Understanding The Roots Vol. 1&2
An open letter to the Japanese government
Let’s make a deal (Let’s Dealing!): I will concede to the popular belief that the shadows on the moon look like a rabbit pounding mochi as long as you wait until I’m gone to implement this bullshit.
That is all.
Shades of Cryptonomicon
“HavenCo Limited is exploiting a unique opportunity to set up the world’s first real data haven. The initial showcase datacenter is the Principality of Sealand, the world’s smallest sovereign territory. It was founded over thirty years ago and has obtained a unique legal status as the only sovereign man-made island. Its claim to sovereignty has been tested and supported in several legal challenges.”
I’d heard of Sealand before, but never really thought about what it looked like. As it turns out, it wouldn’t have looked out of place on the set of Waterworld:

Kewl.
More pics here: LINK
Times change…
From August, 1981:

The story behind this ad can be found here.
And as for the present day: Nihau, Lenovo.
Losers, one and all
Now I got these losers posting spam for free iPods on my blog by hand. SarahAnderson@yahoo.com, you are a simple bitch.
UPDATE: My blacklist let out a foul belch when he ate your site. You gots bad juju or sumfin.