Can you get Ebola from an iPhone?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

My brother-in-law, let’s call him BIL, has an iPhone 3G as well. He loves it.

A couple weeks ago, he, his wife and kids were coming home from a week-end away. They stopped off at a public conservation area for a break and something to eat.

BIL had let one of his daughters use his new iPhone. Some time had gone by, his daughter was nowhere to be found, BIL started to wonder where she was at.

He was then approached by his wife and daughter, they both had rather sullen looks.

“Something’s wrong.”
What’s wrong?
“Uhhhhh.”
What’s wrong?
[silence]
WHAT”S WRONG?!

“Well, when I was going to the outhouse, your iPhone fell out of my pocket.”
Where is it?
“It, kinda fell into the hole”
“WHAT!”
[more silence - but a much different kind of silence]
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For programmers only

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I only expect programmers to “get” this one. It’s one of the cleverest vanity plates, I’ve seen.

Google Chrome patch?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Described in my previous entry, Google’s newly released browser, Chrome has a major security vulnerability.

Rumor has it, they have a quick fix.

Banning video games

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

An excellent satire: Celebrating 30 Years of Video Games Killing Children

What the Politicians Said: Space Invaders will kill your children! This dangerous “game” gives players three “lives.” This will clearly make children think they can get another life after they die, thereby causing kids to start killing themselves in droves…