I just found out from Max’s site that I’m not allowed to donate blood! Apparently anybody who’s been to Western Europe in the last twenty years will be turned away over fears that they could carry mad cow disease. That sucks. The last time I tried to donate at school they turned me away because I’d had my ear pierced in the last year. And now this… *sniff* I’ll just have to keep my B-positive to myself.
I’m fascinated by Survivor, but unfortunately I just can’t get it on television here. This article on Survivor 2: The Australian Outback talks about the ecological impact the show had on the area of northern Queensland where it was filmed. I can’t wait til Snookums and I take our holiday Down Under so I can finally see some of the stuff I’ve been hearing so much about – goannas, dingos, monkey puzzle trees… Stubbies.
Still laughing… Salon’s InBox points to Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument. If your job is anything like mine, you’re gonna love these. My personal favorites:
1. Can you generate some USE CASES that would justify the change?
2. Jakob Nielsen wrote an interesting hit piece on that.
3. Yes, but we’re standardizing on XML.
4. I believe that’s the approach Windows NT is taking.
HA!
ESPN is taking a poll on whether ND should be #1 in the Women’s Basketball poll next week. We’re currently winning, 88.2% to 11.7%.
AHHHHH! Roald Dahl’s BMW is for sale! Willpower, don’t fail me now!
Wow. Just came across some great new LOTR images that somebody found hidden on the site…
This mad cow thing is getting out of control. Now they’ve found it at an Italian slaughterhouse that supplies beef to McDonald’s restaurants all over Europe. Ugh. I suppose this is why Mickey Dee’s has the McChicken sandwich on special this month.
I found this really cool website called the Urban Explorers Network where people can send in maps/photos/logs of their expeditions through campus steam tunnels. Notre Dame has an entry, but so far it’s just rumors of places on campus that supposedly contain cool stuff. Anybody ever been anywhere they shouldn’t have been?
Ooh, Kim at Fresh Hell links to a story about the failings of Dawson’s Creek. I agree with all of them, but I don’t agree with the conclusion. I watch the show because it sucks. It fulfills the same purpose for me that cheesy romance novels do for other women. There are only so many good programs out there, and if you’re gonna watch crap, you might as well make it good crap. And besides, a sucky show just makes for more prolific fan fiction writers!
British Telecom is urging Britons NOT to use cellphones. No, not because of cancer or anything semi-serious like that. BT is pissed that they’re earning less and less money from payphones. Well, they should be. Americans think that the red London phone box is quaint and fun, but in reality they’re dirty, expensive, and broken half the time. Most of them are also covered inside with flyers for prostitutes and escorts, which makes using them a rather uncomfortable experience (for me anyway). And besides, using a “mobile” is damn fun. I’m a text-messaging fool.