A Dubious Distinction

20 years ago

Thanks to the articles about the Japanese bag of Doritos featuring the 'Taits-Kun' ("Tights Guys") characters in some hot foot-on-nards…

Bike Thief

20 years ago

The Bike Thief video begins with this text introduction: After years of losing wheels, seats, brakes, skewers, pedals, grips, racks…

Meanwhile, in the Middle East…

20 years ago

The photo above is one of my friend Lisa Goldman, a journalist based in Tel Aviv who blogs at On…

This Week in Local Nerd-dom

20 years ago

There are a few events of note taking place this week in the Accordion City tech scene: Monday, July 17th:…

Is "Sinfest" Making a Comeback?

20 years ago

One of the more popular webcomics when it first came out was Tatsuya Ichida's Sinfest. Here's the first comic, which…

An Introduction to Network Neutrality

20 years ago

If you're still not up to speed on the "network neutrality" debate about the internet, and you're not a hard-core…

Why Peter Might be Repeating Algebra Next Year

20 years ago

You've got to give "Peter", whose answer for the algebra test question is shown below, some credit for at least…

The Thagomizer

20 years ago

If you're in your twenties or older, chances are that you've seen the Far Side comic shown on the left:…

Third Work-a-Versary

20 years ago

In addition to being Bastille Day, it is also the third anniversary of my joining Tucows as its Technical Community…

Adopting an Eccentricity

20 years ago

One of today's questions on the Ask MetaFilter site is: In my quest to become more distinctive, I'm looking for…