http://www.freakified.net Now with 38% more high-fructose corn syrup! Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.freakified.net/news/well-thats-one-way-to-put-it-wal-mart/ Back in 2005, I got my first cellphone.  It was an Audiovox CDM-8500 that I bought used off of some guy, and locked to Virgin Mobile.  At the time, Virgin Mobile's plans were still actually prepaid (adding $20 to your account would extend the life of an account by 3 ... http://www.freakified.net/blog/capitalism-blog/the-ultimate-in-cheap-cellphone-service/ And now, to conclude the serious of strange DS games from Austria, here's what is, presumably, the most fun game of all: At only €39.99, how could I lose? http://www.freakified.net/useless/the-greatest-of-all-dictionaries/ It recently came to my attention that the US Department of Health and Human Services is currently circulating a proposal that states in completely clear, not-at-all vague and meaningless, terms: Because the statutes that would be enforced through this regulation seek, in part, to protect individuals and institutions from suffering discrimination ... http://www.freakified.net/serious-political-commentary/a-solution-to-the-conception-definition-issue/ Today marked the release of Firefox 3.0.1.  Yesterday, in response to the constant crashing I experienced with Firefox 3, I had moved to Internet Explorer and was in the process of writing a "Why I Switched Back to Internet Explorer" tirade.  However, while working on the post, I stumbled across ... http://www.freakified.net/blog/well-mozilla-i-guess-i-owe-you-an-apology/ To continue the "pictures of DS games I saw at a store in Austria" series, here's a picture of the only version of Pokemon to feature a robust regular expression engine: http://www.freakified.net/news/pokemon-perl/ I've heard time and again that English is a difficult language to learn. However, during my stay in Austria (where English training is mandatory for all students), most people I talked to expressed their view that English was a very easy language to learn, especially compared to their native ... http://www.freakified.net/news/learning-english/ It's the 4th of July, the 232nd year anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's writing of a politely indignant letter to Great Britain.  As such, you should probably watch this video: http://www.freakified.net/news/happy-4th-of-july/ At long last, Freakified.net has returned! So, what happened? Well, after Frozen Midnight Hosting (link still dead as of this writing) happily took my money, I was provided with some stellar service involving quite a bit of downtime.  However, during my journey abroad, both Freakified.net and all of Frozen Midnight's corporate sites ... http://www.freakified.net/news/how-i-escaped-frozen-midnight-hosting/ I think wordpress needs something equivalent to a vacation responder. For example, it could auto-generate inane posts for me. On that note, my excuse for not posting for the next month is that I’m in Austria. Also, http://www.freakified.net/news/vacation-responder/