Shakin’ not Stirred
by jpreardon on July 31, 2003
In response to Florida’s smoking ban, a Ft. Lauderdale bar is serving up Sun-Sentinel reports that the owner of the Cathode Ray Club is offering various cocktails made with his home brewed tobacco vodka including the nicotini. Patrons can choose (…)
The Real Underground
by jpreardon on July 29, 2003
Learn a bit of history about the London Underground, namely the schematic layout of the system map that was created in 1933. This map is still in use today, with some changes of course. This particular map allows you to (…)
Free Wireless Internet in NYC
by jpreardon on July 27, 2003
Bryant Park has offered free wireless Internet access for well over a year. Today was the first day that I actually checked it out though. It really beats the hell out of working in the office, so from now on, (…)
Coney Island Quotables
by jpreardon on July 27, 2003
“Y’all ready to shoot the freak?” A question posed by a barker on the boardwalk at Coney Island. For those of you who don’t know: Shoot the Freak is a game where one can pay a few bucks to take (…)
Kinkos Key Logger
by jpreardon on July 25, 2003
CNN has a story about Juju Jiang who pled guilty to installing keystroke logging software on public computers at 14 Kinko’s shops around New York City. He admitted that he has been doing this since February 14, 2001. Covertly installing (…)
NJ Might Start Drivers Vision Tests
by jpreardon on July 25, 2003
A lawsuit by a pedestrian who was hit by an 80-year old driver alleges that the driver’s vision should have been tested. New Jersey officials admit that they have not been enforcing the mandatory 10 year eye examinations for drivers. (…)
Two Great Tastes
by jpreardon on July 24, 2003
I thought that Hershey Foods seemed to be going a little overboard with the Reese’s line as of late. For years all you could get was the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Sure they had different size packs; the single, the (…)
DWT: Driving While Talking
by jpreardon on July 24, 2003
The San Jose Mercury News reports that talking on a cell phone while driving is actually more dangerous than driving drunk. The University of Utah study also concluded that using a hands free device doesn’t help. The evidence seems to (…)
Mailinator
by jpreardon on July 23, 2003
If you’ve ever needed a quick email address but don’t want to encourage the free flow of spam to your personal address, Mailinator is the answer. You can use any email address you wish @mailinator.com and then retrieve the mail (…)
Empire State AIDS Ride
by jpreardon on July 22, 2003
Two summers ago I rode my bicycle across Montana to raise money for an AIDS vaccine. Due to the kind donations of friends and family, I raised over $5,000. This year I am participating in the Empire State AIDS Ride (…)