2.02.2019

Really, this sounds like a whole lot more fun than a football game

For Super Bowl in New Orleans, epic boycott-party scene might be unlike anything even this city has seen | Ian McNulty | theadvocate.com


http://bit.ly/2UHiEh5

Have you figured it out yet?

It's a Patriots plot to keep Tom Brady going until he's 50. They're playing the second best team in the NFC this year in the Super Bowl, next year they'll play the third best team and so forth…. They can string it out that way for another decade, easy. Brady may have to be hauled on and off the field in a wheelbarrow then but he'll still be winning games.

The final piece of the scheme is to get the game played on Groundhog Day, which will make the whole thing more believable. They missed it by only one day this year. The game is tomorrow, Groundhog Day is today. The Pennsylvania rodent didn't see his shadow.

Spring will arrive on March 20, just like it always does.

2.01.2019

In Massachusetts saying you don't like Trump is sort of like saying it's cold this week (-5º right now)

In other words, duh.

But Massachusetts is also one of the most over-governed places on the planet; in Wellesley, MA, even the building inspector gets involved…

"The town of Wellesley, through its building inspector, will rescind the violation notice served upon Mr. Chiasson regarding a violation of section 22A (signs) of the town's zoning bylaw," Town spokeswoman Stephanie Hawkinson told the Herald on Thursday.

Wellesley backs down over 'Impeach Trump' sign – Boston Herald


All's well that ends well

Drakes Beach elephant seals: These seals took over a California beach during the shut down and won't give it back - The Washington Post


The federal government apparently does not regard the tarp-wavers as essential federal employees

[Trigger alert: Paywalled news site.]

Buzzword alert

Security expert: Facebook's response to privacy scandal is bogus

"There is a rigorous consent flow and people are compensated," Sandberg said…

Sounds sort of swooshy, doesn't it? Like if you give your consent to somebody else then somebody else can give your consent to somebody something something blah blah. In a flow. Or whatever.

I don't like it. And you have my consent to say it.

1.31.2019

Wait, the rubber's not supposed to be there?

Chicken nuggets recall: Tyson recalls chicken nuggets over rubber contamination - CBS News

In New England we call it a Polar Vortex but in Duluth they call it Winter

From the Duluth News Tribune

The state record of 60 below could fall Thursday morning, said Joe Moore, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Duluth.

"It's not guaranteed, but it's certainly looking about as good as it can," Moore said Wednesday afternoon…"Everything seems to be trending in the right direction."


Which pretty much makes the whole thing complete

Trump praises Brady, Belichick and Kraft ahead of Super Bowl


1.30.2019

Forbes Magazine must be overstocked on commas

How else can one explain the lavish use of them in this sentence?

You get the sense with Facebook, that data exploitation, treating the information exchanged by its billions of users, as a legitimate domain within which it can casually, commercially trawl, has become so entrenched in the DNA of the organization that it literally can't help itself.

Read on:

Facebook Has Just Been Caught Spying On Users' Private Messages And Data -- Again

So not much more corrupt than France, then? How bad is that?

U.S. Slips In Annual Global Corruption Rankings : NPR


The Corruption Perceptions Index 2018 finds the U.S. in 22nd place, with a score of 71, right behind France and ahead of the United Arab Emirates. 

Trash news*

*Trash news is not fake news; fake news is a whole other thing. 

Today is trash pickup day where I live. I am the designated house trash hauler to the curb on Wednesday mornings. This morning I had to shovel the way. We had about 6 inches of new snow overnight.

It was quite cold last night; the snow is light and fluffy. Very cold snow is good for shoveling but bad for making snowmen.

And another trash news:

Discarded smart lightbulbs reveal your wifi passwords, stored in the clear – Boing Boing


http://bit.ly/2UupBC2

1.29.2019

Chickens can't fly anyway, can they? So what's the big deal?

Super Bowl 53: Rams Vs. Patriots By The Numbers


1.38 billion: The number of chicken wings projected to be eaten during Super Bowl weekend, according to the National Chicken Council.

1.27.2019

I've never claimed to be an expert on parenting

But I'm not sure this advice, from a Web publication called hackread.com, is exactly the best way to go.

If you are a parent interested in knowing what your children are doing, who they are talking to, what they are looking at online or what they are thinking about, the best solution is to use a spy application. 

Still, if "monitoring" is your thing and you want to know more, here's the article:


iKeyMonitor Spy App for iPhone and Android: Best Remote Monitoring Tool