Tommy Smothers: “Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT’S bad for you!” [Quotes of the Day]

Unfortunately, my parents are already on the internet. But if yours aren’t, here’s How to keep your parents off the internet (Flash) [via jenett.radio [via mini]]

Bah. My DVD player died today. Well, not completely, but enough to make it pretty much unusable. Anytime it hits the layer change on a disk it stops playing. And in some cases even pops open the drive drawer. So, I did a bit of DVD player shopping and ended up ordering a Panasonic RV-32. It got pretty good reviews and I ordered one that is modified so that it can play multiple regions and is macrovision free. I almost went with one of the under $100 players like the Digix DV-288, but I wanted something a little bit nicer than that. Hopefully I’ll have it by mid-week. At least I can still play region 1 DVDs on my laptop.

Ahh. I think it’s going to be one of those popcorn and DVD nights. Sometimes I think I have a serious popcorn addiction.

Elbert Hubbard: “Never explain–your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.” [Quotes of the Day]

The Accordion Guy has an interesting post about going Microsoft free (found via a post on The Scobleizer Weblog). It’s always nice to see I’m not alone in my thinking.

I’m one of those recently (well, I guess not so recently anymore) switched to Mac people. Though I also admit that I’m not necessarily your normal home user. I’ve been a unix guy for over 15 years, so I’m very comfortable doing all kinds of goofy stuff in OS X.

Can you tell Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?. [via Ellen]

ADV’s manga division has announced the release date for the first Volume of Azumanga Daioh. This series is great, it’s more of your typical newspaper comic than a comic book.

Azumanga Daioh Vol. 1
It’s not manga, it’s Azumanga (and it’s smart, fun and totally addictive)! Created by the iconoclastic Kiyohiko Azuma (hence the name), Azumanga Daioh is strongly character driven, telling the story of the precocious Chiyo (promoted to high-school at age 12), a group of her classmates, and their hilarious daily tribulations. Azumanga Daioh boasts exceptionally strong name recognition, including overwhelming fan enthusiasm about the anime series (forthcoming 2004 from ADV Films).

It’s due out in September 16th and I can’t wait.

Alfred North Whitehead: “Seek simplicity, and distrust it.” [Quotes of the Day]

Wired has an interesting article on spam and why spammers keep doing it.

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — A security flaw at a website operated by the purveyors of penis-enlargement pills has provided the world with a depressing answer to the question: Who in their right mind would buy something from a spammer?

An order log left exposed at one of Amazing Internet Products’ websites revealed that, over a four-week period, some 6,000 people responded to e-mail ads and placed orders for the company’s Pinacle herbal supplement. Most customers ordered two bottles of the pills at a price of $50 per bottle.

Do the math and you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal regulators. [Wired News]

Even for the money, I just can’t see doing that. It would just feel too slimy.