Archive for 2009
Normans finally develop WMDs!!!
Nine-hundred and forty-three years since the first mechanically fired bolt streamed across the battlefields of Europe, the crossbow has been upgraded for the 20th century (yes, yes I know its the 21st… read on).
Read MoreThe Afghan Province Printy
Seeing that we’re sending 30,000 more men and women into this area, it may be a good idea to know where we’re goin’ (cause we don’t know where we been)…
Read MoreOver the Top Holiday
Dear Mr. Eccentric, I am having a huge holiday soiree is a few days for a few thousand of my closest friends. But, as I make my plans, I realized I could very well make a total ass of myself if I went too over the top. So, I need your humble advice: Which appetizer…
Read MoreWindows 7 – The Aftermath
There are a lot of senior citizens in my area. This is, after all, Florida. And contrary to popular belief, not all of them are technologically challenged. One of my neighbors was a lead programmer on the DARPA net project after his days doing communications on a nuclear sub. So they can know their stuff.…
Read MoreI Must Be Crazy – Windows7 Edition
So a month and a half ago I bought a brand new computer because nothing was wrong with my previous one. Not a thing. Ergo, it had to go. It was XP and reliable, and I needed Vista, so I too could share in the woes and gripes of the customers that came in the…
Read MoreThe OS Hall of Fame Printy
Yep, this is part of the NWOt’s Windows 7 extravaganza. It’s got a difficulty rating of “Where’s the Start button again?”
Read MoreNear Manhattan Data Transfer
Dear Mr. Eccentric I’m not the most tech savvy person these days. I used to be – I mean, I always had the latest digital calculating devices, just take a look at my pride and joy HP-35 (see attached photo). But lately I’ve been seeing ads on my Philco (that is till the vacuum tube…
Read MoreThe Health Insurance Company Printy
They’re in the news, they’re on TV, now they’re in a children’s word find. See if you can sort out these HMO’s even if congress can’t.
Read MoreA Crappy Post
I am a vigilante plumber. The Phantom Plunger. I didn’t choose this life of clearing errant drains, it was thrust upon me out of desperation – for, no matter where I go there seems to be a jammed potty. A jammed potty that needs JUSTICE… or a good snaking.
Read MoreThe Random Selections From the 1994 ed. of the QPB Dictionary of Difficult Words Printy
This puzzle has a difficulty level of WTF. Find the following selections from the 1994 ed. of the QPB Dictionary of Difficult Words:
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