Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag smooched after tying the knot Saturday in in Pasadena, Calif.
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag smooched after tying the knot Saturday in in Pasadena, Calif.
Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag smooched after tying the knot Saturday in in Pasadena, Calif.
I loved the headline:
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Married. Again.
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag Married. Again.
I'm consulting on the installation of my first Kaleidescape system and I'm completely blown away.
For those that don't know, it's a rack style media server for the uber-wealthy that will store DVD's, Blu-ray and music on detachable HDDs that plays back on individual players throughout your home.
It's a ridiculously expensive system (this complete A/V installation is almost $200K, of which almost $30K is on the Kaleidescape system alone) and as much as I've tried to emulate what the Kaleidescape does, I've never come close to the ease of use and robust power of this thing. I still think it's way too expensive, but if I were ridiculously rich I would scrap my piecemeal approach and do this without hesitation.
For those that don't know, it's a rack style media server for the uber-wealthy that will store DVD's, Blu-ray and music on detachable HDDs that plays back on individual players throughout your home.
It's a ridiculously expensive system (this complete A/V installation is almost $200K, of which almost $30K is on the Kaleidescape system alone) and as much as I've tried to emulate what the Kaleidescape does, I've never come close to the ease of use and robust power of this thing. I still think it's way too expensive, but if I were ridiculously rich I would scrap my piecemeal approach and do this without hesitation.
I don't know how I ever missed this movie coming out, but if my local Blockbuster has it, I will be reviewing it by the end of the weekend:
Tiptoes, starring Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Matthew McConaughey and Patricia Arquette.
Don't miss the Trailer.
Tiptoes, starring Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Matthew McConaughey and Patricia Arquette.
Don't miss the Trailer.
vansmack wrote:Tiptoes
Don't miss the Trailer.
I've already purchased 5 copies of "TipToes" and sent them to unsuspecting friends. Copies are .99 cents used at Amazon.
I hope to make this the Rick Roll of 2009.
vansmack wrote:vansmack wrote:Tiptoes
Don't miss the Trailer.
I've already purchased 5 copies of "TipToes" and sent them to unsuspecting friends. Copies are .99 cents used at Amazon.
I hope to make this the Rick Roll of 2009.
this is absolute GOLD, people. i'm soooooooo topping up any amazon orders i make for the next while with this nugget - especially useful if you're just a few dollars short of free shipping.
i seriously doubt i'll ever be able to sit through the whole thing, tho.
dear smax,
just 'cause i know you're not sleeping well thanks to playoff hockey, i thought i'd re-kindle an old favorite topic of yours:
Pakistan deal with Taliban 'collapses' as convoy is attacked
there ya go - now you have something to talk about to pass the sleepless hours… or another source of insomnia. for me it's the latter.
just 'cause i know you're not sleeping well thanks to playoff hockey, i thought i'd re-kindle an old favorite topic of yours:
Pakistan deal with Taliban 'collapses' as convoy is attacked
there ya go - now you have something to talk about to pass the sleepless hours… or another source of insomnia. for me it's the latter.
I did in fact wake up both yesterday and today in the middle of the night for a glass of water and silent reflection. I'm sure the Stanley Cup is playing a part in that.
Unfortunately, now that this forum is searchable, I will have to refrain from any further comment on foreign affairs as per an agreement with a previous employer. That's why I have been silent on many issues in the new forum and my thread has become rather dull in my eyes.
Unfortunately, now that this forum is searchable, I will have to refrain from any further comment on foreign affairs as per an agreement with a previous employer. That's why I have been silent on many issues in the new forum and my thread has become rather dull in my eyes.
Smackie always dreamed of the day Gwen Stefani would have a rack. Smackie doesn't care if she's almost 40, she's as beautiful as she was when he saw her at 16.
Smackie purchased tickets tonight for her tour, and upgraded from the lawn to the pit.
Smackie purchased tickets tonight for her tour, and upgraded from the lawn to the pit.
sweetcell wrote: i thought i'd re-kindle an old favorite topic of yours:
Pakistan deal with Taliban 'collapses' as convoy is attacked
there ya go - now you have something to talk about to pass the sleepless hours… or another source of insomnia. for me it's the latter.
Karzai and Zadari will be on Meet the Press tomorrow morning and I'm looking forward to it.
sweetcell wrote:
this is absolute GOLD, people. i'm soooooooo topping up any amazon orders i make for the next while with this nugget - especially useful if you're just a few dollars short of free shipping.
i seriously doubt i'll ever be able to sit through the whole thing, tho.
Well, I sat through it with Smackette and the venerables. I can assure you that the ladies did not appreciate it as much as me and venerable, but you have to sit through till the very end. I don't want to ruin the ending, but let me just say the little guy gets the girl in the end. Literally.
By far the best line in the movie was delivered by Kate Beckinsale's character to Matthew McConaughey: "So you had a circle jerk with a bunch of little people? I would love to see that!"
Poor Antonin….there's a great big world out there. You should step out of your box and check it out sometime.
Justice Scalia Responds to Fordham Privacy Invasion
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:52 AM - By Kashmir Hill
Last week, we wrote about the Fordham law professor who assigned his information privacy law class to compile a dossier on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The professor had chosen Scalia as the target for privacy invasion because of the Justice's remarks at a January conference organized by the Institute of American and Talmudic Law. Scalia's views on the privacy of personal information online are summed up nicely by this quote:
(And his views are summed up at greater length here by privacy expert and GW Law Professor Dan Solove.)
Professor Joel Reidenberg and his class now have a 15-page dossier on Scalia, including his home address, the value of his home, his home phone number, the movies he likes, his food preferences, his wife's personal e-mail address, and "photos of his lovely grandchildren."
We checked in with the Justice to see how he felt about his online information being aggregated and mined by the professor and his 15 students.
Scalia was far from pleased (though we were pleased that a Supreme Court Justice would honor Above The Law with a response). Here is Justice Scalia's response, in all its scathing glory:
Reidenberg may have terrible judgment, but it's fairly impressive he managed to get bench-slapped by One First Street from a classroom at Fordham Law School.
UPDATE: Dan Solove, who is one of the legal establishment's foremost thinkers about privacy issues, has penned a response to this post over at Concurring Opinions: Justice Scalia's Dossier: Interesting Issues about Privacy and Ethics.
Justice Scalia Responds to Fordham Privacy Invasion
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 9:52 AM - By Kashmir Hill
Last week, we wrote about the Fordham law professor who assigned his information privacy law class to compile a dossier on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
The professor had chosen Scalia as the target for privacy invasion because of the Justice's remarks at a January conference organized by the Institute of American and Talmudic Law. Scalia's views on the privacy of personal information online are summed up nicely by this quote:
"Every single datum about my life is private? That's silly," Scalia [said].
(And his views are summed up at greater length here by privacy expert and GW Law Professor Dan Solove.)
Professor Joel Reidenberg and his class now have a 15-page dossier on Scalia, including his home address, the value of his home, his home phone number, the movies he likes, his food preferences, his wife's personal e-mail address, and "photos of his lovely grandchildren."
We checked in with the Justice to see how he felt about his online information being aggregated and mined by the professor and his 15 students.
Scalia was far from pleased (though we were pleased that a Supreme Court Justice would honor Above The Law with a response). Here is Justice Scalia's response, in all its scathing glory:
I stand by my remark at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law conference that it is silly to think that every single datum about my life is private. I was referring, of course, to whether every single datum about my life deserves privacy protection in law.
It is not a rare phenomenon that what is legal may also be quite irresponsible. That appears in the First Amendment context all the time. What can be said often should not be said. Prof. Reidenberg's exercise is an example of perfectly legal, abominably poor judgment. Since he was not teaching a course in judgment, I presume he felt no responsibility to display any.
Reidenberg may have terrible judgment, but it's fairly impressive he managed to get bench-slapped by One First Street from a classroom at Fordham Law School.
UPDATE: Dan Solove, who is one of the legal establishment's foremost thinkers about privacy issues, has penned a response to this post over at Concurring Opinions: Justice Scalia's Dossier: Interesting Issues about Privacy and Ethics.
Are you currently stockpiling Mountain Dew Flashback?
kosmo wrote:
Are you currently stockpiling Mountain Dew Flashback?
OK - here's the thing. I went to Mexico for a week in February and weened myself off the Dew. It's amazing what cerveza at 9 AM can do for you.
I haven't had a Mountain Dew since Feb. 20th. Pepsi, obviously realizing the loss of my sales to their bottom line, has responded by tempting me with the original recipe - real sugar and no corn syrup! How do I, on occasion a mere mortal, withstand such a move?
Venerable is currently holding a stash for me in case (to which he says "when") I change my mind.
I'm tempted to pick up this t-shirt, which I owned when I was like 10.
vansmack wrote:kosmo wrote:
Are you currently stockpiling Mountain Dew Flashback?
Venerable is currently holding a stash for me in case (to which he says "when") I change my mind.
it's for scientific purposes. . .
i like it, i think i might go out and buy some more before pepsi stops selling them. . .although, if corn-based ethanol keeps getting subsidized, it may make sense for pepsi and coke to just go back to sugar anyway. i still won't drink pepsi, but i'll buy mountain dew.
corn on the cob = yummy
corn salsa = yummy
the corn lobby = not so yummy
corn salsa = yummy
the corn lobby = not so yummy
There's never an egg timer around when you need one….
Sony CEO Howard Stringer on music: "If we had gone with open technology from the start, I think we probably would have beaten Apple"
It's not like I didn't recommend that repeatedly Howard. It was even in my cover letter when I applied for your job!
Sony CEO Howard Stringer on music: "If we had gone with open technology from the start, I think we probably would have beaten Apple"
It's not like I didn't recommend that repeatedly Howard. It was even in my cover letter when I applied for your job!
What the hell is Michael Anthony thinking? He is dead to me, and I've basically had to look the other way for 30 years as it is….
I listened to 45 seconds max of each track. Pure crap. Worst Van Halen cover band ever.
I listened to 45 seconds max of each track. Pure crap. Worst Van Halen cover band ever.
kosmo wrote:
Are you currently stockpiling Mountain Dew Flashback?
For the record, my abstention from The Dew is officially over. Damn you Throwback and Hockey - a lethal combination. It's amazing how quickly my body remembered the original taste, although I will admit the first sip was a bit of a shock.