August 15, 2005

Justice, Cole Valley Style

So, what do you do when you witness a hit-and-run? Leave a note? Curse under your breath? Snap a photo and print posters for the whole neighborhood? A little luck and a little technology helped Derek Powazek go straight for the posters, and I personally hope this is a prelude to a transparent society.

March 22, 2005

Keep Track of Pirates!

Aaargh, despite me tone, this is serious stuff me maties! Take a look...

December 08, 2004

Telemarketing

Yeah, well, it should be illegal, but it's not.

And now there's talk of a 411 cell phone directory. . . Oh, yeah, I even checked that one out on snopes -- Celling Your Soul!

So, in case you haven't heard of it, here is the link to the Do Not Call Registry. You can at least register your home line -- and your cell line if you're paranoid.

September 09, 2004

Dog Shoots Man

In self defense! Take that, you big jerk!

November 25, 2003

Holy Matrimony, Batman!

Will Massachusetts single-handedly destroy marriage?

This is a good article, kids, I highly recommend you read it, if only to discover "The Wiggles" website. But most importantly to support your married lesbian friends . . .

Note: Here's another good one. It's hard to respond to the ridiculousness of the issue with anything less than full blown sarcasm.

October 14, 2003

Spammers beware

I've noticed an increase in blog spam on the site, basically comments that are trying to advertise. This is official notice that such posts are a violation of this site's service agreement. Any advertising posts (you know who you are) will be removed immediately; your IP address will be noted, and you will be banned from any further posts to this site.

If anyone notices such a post, please e-mail me the URL and I'll act on it right away. Let me know if you have any questions.

September 15, 2003

Discouraging Pedophilia?

Can't make my mind up about this web site, Perverted Justice. There was an article about it on Salon.com (but it's premium, so the link wouldn't work here), and it's basically a site where vigilante types go to chatrooms and pose as underage boys and girls. When they're approached, they try to get as much information about the would-be pedophile that they can, then reveal their identities and post the whole session on this site. They're not cops, but they hope to discourage this kind of trolling for kids on the internet. I don't know whether it works - apparently people find would-be pedophiles on this site and harrass them, too. It's an interesting approach, I suppose.