Aha! On the NetBus page was the one I was thinking of: Back Orifice.

I definitely remember the malware you’re talking about, but I cannot remember the name either. It was “rear access” or “backdoor entrance” or something in that (classy) vein that I’m unable to search for as I’m on my work computer.

I promise I’m not one of those grumper-pants who hates remakes on principal, but hundreds (maybe thousands) of listenings to Tim Curry’s version has trained my brain to expect his fluorishes (“...little brought dow-uhn...,” “... show you arown-duh...,” “transssssexual,” etc.). The lack of those made this fall flat for…

I think I remember a little bit of... upper? lower?.... BASE of Dornan Dong visible as he pulls on his pants in one of the scenes...

I think he finally realized that he’s been too-publicly wrong on this to just ignore it; he even hinted at that in his last interview. He wants to defuse things, and his strategy is to have his PR team do this release today, then address it dismissively in future interviews and the debates, a’la:

(sheepishly starts to raise hand - looks around - puts it back down)

Totally agree. No real data on this, but judging from my Facebook, plenty of Republican voters agree with his policies (or rather, what they believe his policies are, since he hasn’t enlightened anyone yet) but are uncomfortable with the obviousness of his bigotry and (rightly) think his temperament is unfitting for…

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Not sure if I just have a lemon, but my experience with this thing is that it’s almost unusable. Unlike the remotes for most modern streaming solutions, it still relies on infra-red and line-of-sight, and (mine, at least) must be pointed EXACTLY at the console to work. I usually end up long-pressing the buttons 3-4…

Not sure if I just have a lemon, but my experience with this thing is that it’s almost unusable. Unlike the remotes…

He actually signs his tweets “bore?”

I recently did a 6-week round-the-world trip by myself, and went swimming several times at various beaches. My scheme was three-fold: 1) Leave all the really valuable stuff (passport) back at the hotel; 2) take a small dry-bag to the beach and bring all your medium-valuable stuff (phone, wallet, hotel key, glasses) in…

Yeah, I get those points. In particular I hadn’t thought about the quick forgiveness of the cheating husband being justified because she was trying to “have it all.” :(

Awwww, really? What parts? My wife and I watched expecting two hours of Robert de Niro mansplaining Mad-Men-style business practices to a bumbling Anne Hathaway, and we came away surprised and mildly heart-warmed. I didn’t get a condescending vibe from de Niro at all; in fact it felt like they went out of the way to…

Is it just me, or is Anne Dudek a better doppelganger?

Two suggested revenue streams: (1) swipebuster-buster, $5 to tell if someone is searching for me; (2) swipebuster-blocker, $500 to keep my results from appearing in the search

Is the header image of Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd?

Oh man. I’ve been waiting all year for this, because I finally have a truly scary story to contribute. It is 100% true, and I still nearly break down in tears thinking about it.