Google News: Headlines Filtering Sucks

It is pretty lame for Google with its super-duper searching software not to filter out some technical HTML crap like browser requirements from their news feeds before publishing:

I friggin’ hate this city!

Sometimes people designing things seem to make very general assumptions that may be generally true. I personally like where I live, but many people apparently don’t.

I’d rather toss it into the bush.

What is the point of these lids on trash cans, exactly? I suppose they are meant to manage odors, but to be honest I haven’t seen to many stinky lidless trash cans. I have seen lots and lots of the lidded ones with such a disgusting lid that I am very tempted to just drop [...]

Elect Monster Shirakawa!

Nice double-meaning composition in San Jose downtown: “Elect Shirakawa: Monster energy!” / “Elect Monster Shirakawa!”. Disclaimer: I have no idea who this Shirakawa is. I am not into politics and neither this blog. But for Shirakawa’s supporters: it is better to take off one of the banners if you want your boss to be elected.

Where’s the second handle when you need it!

Ironically, there are cups with handles on both sides, but alas, not when the second handle is really needed, like in this case. I am actually ambidextrous when it comes to holding cups, but when I use my computer, I hold the cup in the left hand, because my right hand is for the mouse. [...]

Digg.com: your 2-letter words search sucks

Actually I have issues with Digg.com search in general. For example I always write my posts by myself. Whether they are good or bad, doesn’t matter, but they are always “original”. But when I submit something to Digg.com it is first “Digging through your submission” and then comes up with annoying message like “There are [...]

Does it really work?

Either the system has blind spots right where this sign is, or it doesn’t work at all, or whoever watches the monitors doesn’t care.

Hitchcock’s Heritage

No fail; just found this chainsaw store name amusing. I added a few minor Photoshop modifications to the picture.

What kind of plane we’ll be flying?

There is a renovation project going at the San Jose airport and, among other things, they have installed nice new monitors at each gate. When I saw those, I initially thought, “Oh, so now they show the actual plane that is going to fly us. How neat!”. Then, however, I realized that the pictured craft [...]

Yeh, this is the right place to advertise Rolex

Yeh, right. For sure this is the best place to advertise Rolex: among poor plumbers and farmers in a middle of nowhere. Except may be they are talking about stolen fake Rolex watches.