No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

This is too funny…
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News Channel threatened to sue the makers of “The Simpsons” over a parody of the channel’s right-wing political stance, the creator of the hit US television show has claimed. [Yahoo! News - Most Emailed]

Watching these fires in California is a grim business. My parents are in San Diego, and until 5 or 6 years ago, had a beautiful home at Lake Arrowhead as well. It’s sad to think that whole wonderful community could go up in flames.
They’re looking for the mutts who tossed a burning object out of [...]

Few pics taken with my new Sony Ericcson T616 while in Scotland. The digital camera’s battery bonked, so I had to rely on the phone to document my hike from Stirling to Bannockburn.
Here are the pics.

Michael Moore’s new book, Dude, Where’s My Country? is out, and Salon’s got an excerpt this morning.

What is the worst lie a president can tell?

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

Or …

“He has weapons of mass destruction — the world’s deadliest weapons — which pose a direct threat to the [...]

From Scripting News:
Google’s directory of weblog tools. None of the tools I wrote made the list. Centralized directories on the Web are like buggy whips for cars. Let’s fix this bug. Google, this makes you look like a total asshole company. Your tool is listed first, and your competitor’s tools aren’t listed at all. When [...]

From Reuters:
“I’ve been lucky because I do regard myself as a slightly aging character and I’ve been able to be in scenes with delightful women, like KATE WINSLET, CATE BLANCHETT, SALMA HAYEK, GOLDIE HAWN … It’s been a perk of the job. And the prettiest of all, of course, was JOHNNY DEPP.”
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Steve interviewed on MSNBC. Only problem I have is his assertion that there are 50 million DVD players that cost between $300 and $500 dollars (the price range of the iPod). I disagree. The DVD revolution has been helped dramatically by $75 players from Target and Safeway.