Quickie

Ah, Telstra. (via Kelson)

Not for the Australian cricket team, not yet. The incident: A. B. de Villiers, third ball of the second over, Australia v South Africa, 20-20 match, gets a Tait special in his gut, edging off his bat. In pain, he keels over and inadvertantly hits the stumps, out hit-wicket. The man is doubled over in pain on the grass, and the Australian team? Celebrating away, meters from the man. This is an image that will linger in my mind for a while yet - that the disgusting sporting behaviour continues, that not a man on the Australian team took a second to ask that de Villiers was ok. ...

As we approach January 20, we know that the people who will miss GWB the most is clearly the comedians, particularly when he’s the source of endless quality quotes - here’s a choice list of a few as collected by the AP: “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” - September 2000 “Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?” - January 2000 “There’s no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail.” - Oct. 4, 2001 “There’s an old saying in Tennessee - I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me… you can’t get fooled again.” - Sept. 17, 2002 “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” - Aug. 5, 2004 “We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job.” - Sept. 20, 2005 “It was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship. After all, 60 years we were at war 60 years ago we were at war.” - June 29, 2006, speaking with Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi “Make no mistake about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die.” - Dec. 7, 2006 “Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech.” - April 16, 2008, to the Pope “I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.” - June 26, 2008 “This thaw… took a while to thaw, it’s going to take a while to unthaw.” - Oct. 20, 2008, talking about the frozen credit market. Here’s hoping some other character appears to make up for the lack of Bush or Palin on the world stage. ...

Turns out, US Customs can search and seize laptops at will: Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized [by Customs officials] without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later. Holee fuck me. Between this and the TSA, I’m never going to the US again.

Any owners or frequent players of the Nintendo Wii: What do I need to know about it that I might not know already? What games do I need to get? (Note: bias towards party games) Can I hack it to do stuff that it wasn’t designed for?