A Modest Construct

Tag: miscellany

LOLinanimateobjects?

A new a disturbing meme.

Emo Bath is pensive Angry BBQ hates winter Happy Chair enjoys life to the fullest

I’m sick!

Nasty flu.

This is no laughing matter

Indeed, puppy. Indeed.

Don’t cry for me

CNN sure picks interesting pictures of Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton with a goofy expression

“Don’t cry for me, Argentina…”

The Farting Preacher

Lauren’s post made me research this a little more.

The subject of the videos is one Robert Tilton, a televangelist who was somewhat popular in the 1980s and early 90s before succumbing (surprise!) to scandal. His mannerisms are so odd and pronounced that the task of splicing in the sound of flatulence seems almost easy. Don’t take my word for it: have a look.

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Still think running a Windows server is a good idea?

I’m not sure how I missed this for that last 9 months, but I love it.

The following pictures are diagrams of system calls made to serve a single static HTML page with one image. The one on the left is Apache on Linux; the one on the right is IIS on Windows (I assume Server 2003). Click either for a larger version.

System calls for ApacheSystem calls for IIS

It’s businesstime

The Flight of the Conchords

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