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Comcast Is Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying a Toll to Deliver Streaming Video

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:55:31 -0500

Comcast Is Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying a Toll to Deliver Streaming Video:

If we don’t ensure net neutrality, expect more stories like this.

Level 3 Communications, the networking company that delivers streaming video to Netflix users, says that Comcast is demanding a “recurring fee” for the transmission of such videos to its subscribers. This, it should go without saying, is very shitty news.

A finely threaded, triple-banked tomahawk kill in Black Ops? Now...

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:59:01 -0500

A finely threaded, triple-banked tomahawk kill in Black Ops? Now I’ve seen everything.

There Will Be Blood

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:21:26 -0500

There Will Be Blood:

The fact is that one of our two great political parties has made it clear that it has no interest in making America governable, unless it’s doing the governing. And that party now controls one house of Congress, which means that the country will not, in fact, be governable without that party’s cooperation — cooperation that won’t be forthcoming.

“So, woke up with dookie on my face. It’s just one...

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:50:11 -0500

“So, woke up with dookie on my face. It’s just one of those mornings when you know it’s not going to be a good day.”

Minecraft LARP (Gary Bigham; Pro-LARPer)

[CrazyBorisProduction]

Call of Duty: Black Ops TV Commercial: “There’s A...

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:42:46 -0500

Call of Duty: Black Ops TV Commercial: “There’s A Soldier In All Of Us” (via CALLOFDUTY)

Tomorrow it begins. (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:03:52 -0500

Tomorrow it begins. (Taken with instagram)

Reset Your iOS Alarms for Daylight Savings Time

Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:21:31 -0400

Reset Your iOS Alarms for Daylight Savings Time:

If you rely on your iPhone’s recurring alarm at any point during the weekend, you may want to set it manually today. Other countries are reporting an iOS bug that causes alarms to go off incorrectly during the daylight savings time switch.

Want to Up Those Math SAT Scores? Try Electricity

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 21:59:04 -0400

Want to Up Those Math SAT Scores? Try Electricity:

If you’re not among the mathematically gifted, there’s hope for you yet—and doesn’t involve any studying. Instead, researches have found that a little electric stimulation may add up to better math skills.

In case of emergency, break the padlock. [Gizmodo]

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 20:45:54 -0400

In case of emergency, break the padlock.

[Gizmodo]

Build a Killer Customized Arch Linux Installation (and Learn All About Linux in the Process)

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:49:26 -0400

Build a Killer Customized Arch Linux Installation (and Learn All About Linux in the Process):

Popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu are great, but they don’t always provide the power and customizability you’re looking for after you’ve gotten comfortable with Linux. That’s where Arch Linux comes in, helping you create a personal, killer Linux distro.

Huge Virus Breakthrough Could Mean a Cure For the Common Cold

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:41:05 -0400

Huge Virus Breakthrough Could Mean a Cure For the Common Cold:

Researchers at a Cambridge lab have found that our bodies can fight viruses not only outside cells but inside them, too, a discovery that will rewrite textbooks and one that could save millions of lives and vanquish the common cold.

"A person always takes his home with him, wherever he goes. Worlds are vast—yet they fit easily into..."

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:55:55 -0400

“A person always takes his home with him, wherever he goes. Worlds are vast—yet they fit easily into one’s heart.”

- Ki-Adi-Mundi

[Wookieepedia]

Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:20:52 -0400

Pokémon Writer, 61, Dies:

Yesterday, Pokémon writer Takeshi Shudo was rushed to the hospital after suffering a hemorrhage and collapsing at Nara Station. He has since passed away. Shudo was 61 years-old.

Shigar Konshi and Grand Master Satele Shan

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:39:22 -0400

Konshi: "But if I fail—"

Satele: "Metaphorically speaking, if is the smallest word in the Galactic Standard lexicon, yet it stands between us and our greatest dreams. Let it be a bridge, Shigar. It's time you crossed it. I will be waiting for you on the other side."

“The test didn’t (spoiler alert) destroy the world,...

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:31:08 -0400

“The test didn’t (spoiler alert) destroy the world, but the fact that they were even doing those calculations makes theirs the coolest jobs ever.”

[xkcd]

"Oh, I have a really good feeling about this."

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:29:15 -0400

“Oh, I have a really good feeling about this.”

- Lando Calrissian

Tech Support “I recently had someone ask me to go get a...

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:07:57 -0400

Tech Support

“I recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further into the script until I had said I had done that.”

[xkcd]

The Alexandrian #006

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:18:00 -0400

The “Deuce” Edition

I’m back and a day earlier than usual. My deadline has been moved up, but luckily the news took a massive dump right before I began writing this. Let’s pick through it, shall we?

First and foremost, all 33 Chilean miners have been successfully recovered. A small capsule, called the Phoenix, pulled them out of the bowels of the Earth through a small 23” hole. It was as if the Earth was pooping them out. For some reason, this process took over 24 hours. Maybe it was constipated. Why am I making so many poop jokes? Am I eight? Most likely.

Anyway, while these miners were down there, they had access to food, Internet, and soccer matches. Why would they leave that? What’s so great about the surface anyway? We got war, disease, famine, and Jersey Shore. The surface is a truly horrid place. I may be taking a flight down to Chile and jumping down that hole.

The world welcomed two new countries this week. On Sunday, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and replaced with two new countries: St. Maarten and Curaçao. Apparently, the Netherlands replaced the Netherlands Antilles with the two new countries for no reason at all. St. Maarten and Curaçao will still be under the control of the Netherlands anyway. What ever happened to the Monroe Doctrine? Why does the Netherlands have territory in the New World? I propose that the Obama administration declare war on the Netherlands immediately. But we can’t just stop there. Denmark has Greenland. The French have French Guiana. And probably worst of all, Britain has Canada. CANADA! The country that has been sitting on our heads for the past few hundred years is actually a shill for Britain. This isn’t a British colony! THIS IS AMERICA!

Finally, the head of the Mexican investigator investigating the murder of an American man on Falcon Lake was delivered to the Mexican army. Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was sent in to find the corpse of David Hartley, an American killed by Mexican pirates near the Mexican-American border. Looks like he got a little too close. His severed head was delivered to the Mexican Army in a suitcase. It’s tough to joke about a guy being decapitated so we will end this Alexandrian on a low note. Have a great day!

All the best,

Alex Peruso

Just a watch. (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:13:36 -0400

Just a watch. (Taken with instagram)

NSFW: Generation Whine – Why I’m Relieved not to be a Millennial

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:02:31 -0400

NSFW: Generation Whine – Why I’m Relieved not to be a Millennial:

On Friday, the New York times published an astonishing story, which was itself based on an astonishing survey: apparently “Millennials” would rather give up coffee for a week than surrender seven days of wifi.