This bad boy is great. Compared to the Diaper Genie, the Diaper Champ does not require you to purchase expensive refills. You can use just about any type of plastic bag with the DC. Its simple to use, and keeps diaper odors away from your nose. I load it up with a regular kitchen trash bag with the yellow tie thingy so I can seal it off when I haul it to the trash bin. You can purchase one from Target.

Here is an ingenious method for freeing your junk-o-riffic printer that you got with your new Dell Super-Fantastic-Overpriced-Home-Computer Bundle of DRM. I’m optimistic that this method will also work for any DRM-crippled device as well.

This excellent article from The Register is an excellent reason not to use Winblows. Even though its a few years old, it is (unfortunately for MS users) still relevant. And not much has changed in three years on the MS front…

From CNET News.com:

…The Microsoft chairman told a group of reporters at a press conference in Lisbon that the tax agency needs special computers to handle his returns “because their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers,” according to a report by the Agence France-Presse news wire…

“Special computers”? What the hell does that mean? Looks like the IRS is running Winblow$…

Cory Doctorow writes on Boing Boing:

GLTerminal emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, and flicker.

Dude, I ran into folks still using all sorts of Televideo, Altos and DEC terminals with displays that looked just like this, circa 1996. I think that saying “1970’s terminal monitor” is not entirely accurate… ;^)

Link to full post here.