They get political

Posted on July 24th, 2001 in awful, funny by They

When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they’re there.

-George W. Bush, Jan. 2000

pop-under ads are extra-annoying

Posted on July 19th, 2001 in spam by They

Long ago, they bought a wireless x-10 controller for $5, and it works great. They did, however, use a disposable email address (which was a good thing).

The marketroids have gone and made it unbearable to think about ever making (or suggesting to anyone that they should make) another purchase from them.

So, in the spirit of public service, feel free to disable their pop-ups for many years to come.

They are considering making an image on the main page load using this technique — what do you think of that?

Irony grows exponentially

Posted on July 15th, 2001 in awful, funny, politics by They

Fact: They like purple. (Duh.)

Fact: They don’t care about dinosaurs.

Fact: They really don’t like purple dinosaurs.

Fact: They really, really don’t like officially trademarked purple dinosaurs with teams of lawyers.

(Actually, they are still laughing about this letter.) Gosh darn it — they need a new bottle of windex, as the screen they are trying to use to submit this story is now thoroughly mostened with a spit-take combination of allergies and Diet Coke.Can anybody explain why lawyers keep forgetting about the first ammendment? There’s a reason it’s the first one, right? Or have law schools been cutting corners for years, and just skipping over that constitution bugaboo? Could that be why law school takes three years, and not four?