Lifehacker: Open Clamshell Packaging With Your Can Opener
Dec 3, 2007 Gadgets
It’s that time of year again, the one where you will be screaming in frustration and pain as you struggle to get into that new mp3 player or flash memory for your camera, thanks to those horrible plastic clamshell packages. A Lifehacker reader decided to try out his manual can opener on it, and claims that it works like a charm. I am definitely giving that a try this Christmas.
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Rant: Prefoamed Hand Soap
Aug 11, 2007 Life
Prefoaming hand soap is the downfall of civilization. Seriously, when did people get so fracking lazy that they can’t make their own soap foam up? I don’t know about you, but I never stood in front of the sink in the bathroom thinking ‘You know, I’m having a hell of a time getting this soap to foam. I wish someone could do it for me’. What’s next, should we go all Ferengi and have someone prechew our food?
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Free Agency Deals a Blow to Sabres
Jul 2, 2007 NHL
I thought we were done with this, after the lockout? The Sabres lost both of their Co-Captains to free agency, and have yet to gain anyone. Briere has joined Martin Biron with the Flyers, signing an 8 year (!) 52 million dollar deal. The New York Rangers signed not one but two of the top free agent centers, adding Scott Gomez and our other Captain, Chris Drury. Dru’s deal is 5 years, $35.25 million. It’s hard to believe the Sabres will spend more than the 44 million they did last year, as they claim they will, if they don’t ever actually sign anyone. We still need a veteran center, so Zubrus is an option. I’d like a backup plan there as well, since Tim Connolly is one Chris Neil headshot away from thinking he’s Batman.
“No, I’m going to break his…damn neck.”
Jun 6, 2007 NFL
That is just a snippet of the comments from NFL Player’s Association head Gene Upshaw, upon hearing that Bills Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure was laying into him again about the pensions and care given to former NFL players.
A guy like DeLamielleure says the things he said about me; you think I’m going to invite him to dinner? No. I’m going to break his … damn neck
This was in the Philadelphia Daily News. Joe D has long been fighting for better pensions and medical assistance for the older players who helped build the league. As an example, DeLamielleure gets a pension of $800 a month for 13 seasons with the Bills and Browns. Even NOW, current players make less than one-third of the annual pension of a Major League Baseball player.
But their benefits still fall short of other leagues. A player retiring after 1998 with 10 years of experience would be eligible for an annual pension of roughly $51,000 at age 55. MLB players with 10 years of service would retire with $175,000 per year in benefits starting at age 62.
It is worth noting that the average lifespan of an NFL player is less than 55 years. Many of the ones that do make it that far have suffered at least one serious injury in that span, often more.
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Jack Thompson is a colossal tool
Apr 20, 2007 Console Games, PC Games
Jack Thompson blames Bill Gates for the shootings at Virginia Tech. The nutjob shows his ignorance as he attributes Counterstrike to His Gatesness, despite the fact the only MS involvement is the fact that they make the OS it runs on. He mentions Halo along with CS as ‘killing simulators’. It should be noted that no games were found in the search of Cho’s dormroom.
Here’s an article at Ars that gives you a little background, if this is your first time hearing about Thompson.
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