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Rock Star alter egos are growing in numbers
"You're forming a fake band -- that's what you do," says Sadri, calling the game "the best part of karaoke, adding in a drummer and guitars."
The Magpie Developer
Jeff Atwood is one of the best programmer/writers around. I love reading his stuff, some I agree wholeheartedly with, other stuff we disagree, but this post is about a dead-on as they come. This idea has been floating in my head for a long time, but it is hard for me to conceptualize it in words, Atwood does a brilliant job at it. Must read for any developer.
Andy Olmsted's Last Blog Entry.
(Warning: Pretty rough) No matter how you feel politically about the war, this reminds you that each number people throw around as statistics is a human life. This is extremely well written, and pretty rough on your soul towards the end, but something everyone should read. Its a shitty situation all around, but there is always a human face behind the statistics and I want to make sure I never forget that.
LSU scared of the prospect of some Moreno action?
Photos of Abandoned Swimming Pools
9 Things You Didn't Know About Rockband.
Drinking stories that put yours to shame
Via Keith


To preserve his body during the voyage home, the second-in-command stored Nelson's body in the ship's vat of rum and halted all liquor rations to the crew. Not a bad idea, but when the ship reached port, officials went to retrieve Nelson's body and found the vat dry.



Disregarding good taste (in every sense), the crew had been secretly drinking from it the entire way home. After that, naval rum was referred to as Nelson's Blood.
making vodka pills in 24 hours
Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making 'vodka pills.' I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms.
Strategy Letter VI - joelonsoftware.com
As a programmer, thanks to plummeting memory prices, and CPU speeds doubling every year, you had a choice. You could spend six months rewriting your inner loops in Assembler, or take six months off to play drums in a rock and roll band, and in either case, your program would run faster. Assembler programmers don’t have groupies.

Entire Article is Dead On. A must read for anyone in the software biz.
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(Wednesday, June 22)

Sue Jennifer Wilbanks.


It appears that run-away bride Jennifer Wilbanks and her fianc�, John Mason, are going to profit from her irresponsible and immature behavior this Spring. I am exploring the possibility of filing a class action suit against the couple to prevent them from earning anything related to her actions. Members of the class could include professionals and volunteers who gave up time and goods to aid in her search, media outlets who devoted airtime to the story, citizens who altered plans or routines out of fear, or business owners who may have lost income.
I don't listen to the radio at all, and this kinda smells of publicity stunt, but I do completly agree with the guy. She should not profit on her self induced (and criminal) mid-life crisis. It is a good idea I hope he can find a lawyer to help him and the other people who went looking and might be on the suit. SUE JENNIFER WILBANKS


Brainstorm it:

This sounds too much like people blaming the subject for the media's (and their) obsession. Who cares if she writes a book or whatever. Don't buy it--she's hardly Charles Manson. Her biggest offense was lying to the police; charge her with that.

Volunteers and "citizens who altered plans" should not even be considered. If I wreck my car and say the road was dangerous, should I pay for loss of tourism in the area? If I'm afraid to go downtown, should I sue the muggers for civil terrorism? Or, more realistically, can the city sue me for fire department wages if I accidentally burn down our condo?

This is a stupid story that just got stupider.

End rant.
# posted by Scott D. Strader : 6/22/2005 01:31:00 PM

She should be paying back the Dacula tax payers and charged with lying to police.

I agree with the DJ that she should not profit from it. (althoguh indirectly he is from this suit/website/radio show).

I am not sure his case would stand in any court, but would be nice to see her utilize all of the profit she makes and pay back the city in full.
# posted by cyan : 6/22/2005 01:41:00 PM

Yeah, this is stupid. It sounds like someone is angry that their own stupidity has been unmasked for all to see. "What? The story was a fraud? I got sucked into the vapid media circus? How dare they make me look like a fool! Someone must pay!"

And making her pay back the costs to the Dacula tax payers sounds good if you are into being indignant, which I am, but how is this even feasible? Community service? Prison time? Fines? I think all of that is part of the sentencing that goes with lying to police. You know, repaying the debt to society and all that. Making her pay two ways is a double charge.

If we are going to start suing people for making others look stupid, let's start at Fox News.
# posted by Justin : 6/22/2005 02:51:00 PM

I think her and the community of Dacula came to a settlement for somthing like $14G. So most likely there is a clause it says that they won't seek further damages. I don't know how the DJ thinks his siut it valid. I would enjoy seeing her bashed (and this "lawsuit" covered in depth) by the media, the same media that brought her into the spotlight though. Just for personal amusement because I am an ass like that.
# posted by cyan : 6/22/2005 02:56:00 PM

The wife and a friend were arguing over this at a bar when the original story came out. I pleaded: "we shouldn't even be *discussing* this!" But no matter how hard I try, I'm destined to get sucked up into the discussion (whether it's during play-by-play or post-game analysis).

There needs to be a name for this type of story. I mean, besides "news."
# posted by Scott D. Strader : 6/22/2005 04:46:00 PM

I was at a wedding in Athens last spring and Jennifer was there. I tried several times to get a picture with her but she kept running out of the picture frame. I yelled at her for this and then she started crying. She mumbled something about how I ruined all future weddings for her.
# posted by Scott : 6/24/2005 04:07:00 PM
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