Posts by Ryan Livingston
I 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 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:
Read MoreYeah, Don’t Quit Your Night Job…
My place of employment is in a unique position in this spiraling economy… we are desperate for new hires! I am not at liberty to mention where I work nor the geographic local it’s in. Suffice it to say if you come across a sun bleached, weather beaten, semi-laminated sign saying “We’re Hiring”, chances are…
Read MoreSpaceballs: The Animated Series
Aw Mel… what the hell?! Seriously?! I’d heard rumors that G4 would be airing an animated version of Spaceballs. Then one day while flipping the channels I came across it. Rather, blindsided by it.
Read MoreJust Watch This
This is a video everyone needs to watch. It’s Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008 giving a speech about “Cognitive Surplus” and what we can do with all our wasted time.
Read MoreGrate (sic) Moments In Racism
July 11th, Dalas Texas… all was going as smooth as could be (read: not very) during a county commissioners meeting until the Santa Ana winds brought in a stiff breeze of stupidity. During the meeting the conditions of the growing bureaucracy were compared to a “black hole.” That’s when the breeze blew clear through the…
Read MoreThe Dark Knight
Hype… things get hyped up… a lot. Just look at sliced bread… it’s the paradigm standard we hold everything to. “Is such and such better than it?” Yet by itself nothing to look at. What does this have anything to do with The Dark Knight? Absolutely nothing. However when a film like this comes about,…
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