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Pointless Points

Tweet of the day

Actually, a cluster thereof.

grum: wondering if there is any way i can poop without leaving my desk
trib:@grum too much info, Chris
grum: @trib too much info? no way! this office chair toilet combo could make me rich!
grum: I could sell it to @jasoncalacanis to increase productivity at mahalo!

Tweet of the day

(dlsspy): Has anyone seen XKCD #404? 403's there, and 405's there, but I can't find 404.

Oh Randall Munroe, you wily sexy funny man. I want to have your babies.

Shitty, shitty journalism at SMH

SMH is running a lovely slow-news-day story today, about oddities in the latest Google Maps/Earth imagery in Sydney harbour.

The article as a whole is a lovely bit of fluff, but what really upset me was this paragraph:

The ferry "collision" appears right beside a giant cruise liner - either the Queen Elizabeth 2 or Queen Mary 2 - which was docked at Sydney Cove when the photographs were taken.

Fucking hell. If you want to pretend to be a journalist, spend a few seconds doing some basic research.

Here are some hints that might help you figure out whether it's the QEII or the QMII:

* The ship is displaying an odd string of letters. Due to the power of the interwebs, it's trivial to figure out which of the two ships this is.

* Just in case there's any doubt, search for "qmII sydney circular quay" - the top hit makes it clear (in case you weren't in Sydney at the time and don't remember) which one of the ships is too big to dock at the OPT.

I'm too angry to continue writing. Bah humbug!

So much rage!

A rant to be proud of.


Something to refresh the palette

Some light, fluffy, sweet, but lacking in substance is what we need.

Ah, I know:


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