Bad Domain Names – Oldie but a Goodie

I’ll take “The Rapist” for $100 Alex!
The category is “Therapist” Mr Connery.

Along the same lines, here’s some real domain names that can be misread…

1. Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is
www.whorepresents.com/

2. Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange Advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com/

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net/

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com/

5. There’s the Italian Power Generator company,
www.powergenitalia.com/

6. And don’t forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales,
www.molestationnursery.com/

7. If you’re looking for IP computer software, there?s always
www.ipanywhere.com/

9. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site,
www.speedofart.com/

More Motricity Thoughts

The possibility that many of my friends at Motricity might be laid off, and the possibility that they ALL may be laid off if Motricity moves to Washington has got me thinking about my ~3 year stint at “The Mo.”

I left Motricity in April of 2007 because I disagreed with how the IT department was being run. Everyone has to draw their line in the sand when it comes to a job, and when you reach that line you have to decide whether to move the line, or find a new job. I chose the latter. That being said, I have no regrets what-s0-ever in regard to my time at Motricity. The IT professionals I worked with at Motricity were top notch, and all-around great people. I learned a lot at Motricity and because of my time there my career has gone in a very positive direction. I wish everyone I worked with at Motricity all the luck in the world, and if there is any assistance I can offer them during this time of “flux” I will.

Can’t Say I’m Shocked

With More Investors in the Tent, Motricity Undergoes Painful Changes

From WRAL.com :

“Word leaked to WRAL Local Tech Wire and WRAL.com about massive layoffs across Motricity’s holdings. In a company of 600 people or so, layoffs in the three figures is huge. Plus there’s talk that Motricty’s still-new tent – er, headquarters – is in play with the possibility it might be relocated to Bellevue, Wash.”

Click title for full article.

Funny, and True?

Next Generation To Take A Pass On Aerosmith

“We are aware the classic American band has, since their rise to fame in the 1970s, repeatedly come out of nowhere to penetrate popular culture…but we are respectfully declining. No Aerosmith for us, thanks.”

Time Machine Wackiness

From MacOSXHints.com :

“A little-known fact about Time Machine is that it depends on the MAC address of a computer to tell one system from another. This means that if you have your Mac repaired with a new logic board, or replace your system with a new one, you can’t resume backups where you left off.”

To find out how to remedy this situation, read the rest of the article HERE

Kevin James – Not the Comedian, the Illusionist

As many of you guys know, my father was a magician in his spare time (see StevePressley.com) so I inherited his appreciation of good magic. I tend to enjoy slight of hand magic over gimmicky illusions, but this guy’s take on sawing someone in half is super impressive. Check it out HERE.

Edit : File is now fixed. If you couldn’t play the video before, try it again.

Tom Cruise Talking About Scientology

CooCoo…CooCoo…

Tom Cruise Discusses Scientology

Since the majority of us haven’t been taught Ron L Hubbard’s made up words for Scientology here’s a glossary of the terms that Cruise uses :

• KSW: Short for Keeping Scientology Working, a policy written by Hubbard in the 1960s that requires all Scientologists to follow his words and his rules exactly.

• Orgs: An abbreviation for “organizations”; describes all churches of Scientology throughout the world.

• David Miscavige: He is the current leader of Scientology. He’s the equivalent of the Pope to the Catholics.

• Out-ethics: Any behavior that violates any of Hubbard’s rules of conduct.

• Put ethics in someone else: Make others conform to Hubbard’s rules of behavior.

• Criminon: Scientology front group that tries to recruit through the prisons.

• SP: Suppressive Person. Anyone who doesn’t like Scientology and/or criticizes Scientology.

• PTS/SP: Another bogus Hubbard term to define behavior that goes against Scientology rules.

• LRH technology or “tech”: All of the Scientology policies, rules, mandates, and procedures.

World of Warcraft Performance Improved

I’ve been an “on-again, off-again” WoW player since the WoW beta. In the beginning I played the game on my G4 eMac with an NVidia 7200 video card. It ran OK with all the detail turned down. I then bought myself a MacBook Core Duo, and on that machine, WoW played WELL with the detail turned down, and OK will the detail at it’s medium settings. I recently upgraded the OS on the MacBook to Leopard, and installed World of Warcraft after a long hiatus. After an entire day of downloading all the WoW patches I needed to catch up on, I began playing the game. My first reaction was WOW. (No pun intended.) You see, some serious OpenGL tweaks have been made to both WoW, and to the newest version of the Mac OS, Leopard. Now, WoW runs WELL with all the graphics settings at their default (medium) levels. Now, to uber-gamers, this post will sound awfully unimpressive; but what you have to realize is that the graphic card in a MacBook is not a very impressive one, especially in gaming circles. I’m quite impressed that with software tweaks alone, Apple and Blizzard have made it possible for WoW to run quite well on an Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics card that shares system memory. The improvement is enough for me to enjoy WoW a lot more than I used to, and because of that – I’ve renewed my WoW subscription.