dead bodies into diamonds

How much was $1299 in 1984? A lot more than it should have been. Can you believe we ever used to pay that much for something less advanced than today's calculators?

By the way, you should look around AdFlip more. How cool.

30 Days to Becoming an Opera Lover:“ I am sure, gentle reader, that you have had the experience of working with another browser (we won’t name names) on a relatively new machine and wondered why it seemed so slow. So who is to blame? Is it you and your outdated hardware? Should you run out and get the latest hardware available? What’s that? Your machine is only a few months old and your spouse threatened your life and the dog if you buy a new computer? Well, my friend, I have good news for you... New hardware is not what you need. What you need is new software, software that has been written, well, better. ”

Usability News: good stuff available here in the form of a monthly web-based newsletter.

One Nation, Under Blog: Have you ever not understood what Wired News was trying to say with an article? Happened to me today, so don't say it could never happen. Seems like some articles put out by more mainstream online press about blogging are about blogging simply because blogging is hot, man, cool, too. [rolls eyes]

Strange bits from the log file: somehow this site comes up in a search for boeotia OR typography OR fainter OR dairylea OR ridiculousness. Well, sure. Lots of ridiculousness here.

Another amusing search result today, pulled from the log file: last week I wrote a rant about the horror I felt when learning about a company that turns bodies into diamonds. Funny and more horrifying still is I'm now #2 on a search at Yahoo! for turning dead bodies into diamonds. Not exactly the keywords I'd normally hope to target, hmm?

posted on 2002.08.27 at 06:25 PM