The New Hooverville

Those who lost the homes in foreclosure are making new homes with RVs and tents on the outskirts of LA:

http://consumerist.com/369096/ex+sub+prime-borrowers-live-in-tent-cities-on-la-outskirts

LA Times Article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tents18mar18,1,5139391.story

Movie Poster Baby Announcements

Movie Poster Baby Announcements

This is totally awesome! I’m totally getting one of these, or trying to make one on my own in Photoshop. Thanks Boing Boing!

E-mail inventor: I didn’t foresee spam – Times Online

“…at around 7pm one autumn evening in 1971, the first message using Mr Tomlinson’s fledgling software, known then as the ‘Send Message Program’, travelled the short distance of a metre from one computer to a neighbouring machine, and electronic mail was born.”

Cool!

read more | digg story

GoDaddy Silences Police-Watchdog Site RateMyCop.com

More news on the story I posted yesterday. I’m not surprised by this move my godaddy.

read more | digg story

Saudi women make video protest

Saudi women’s rights activists have posted on the web a video of a woman at the wheel of her car, in protest at the ban on female drivers in the kingdom.

BBC

I hope they change some of their laws soon…

1% of America in Jail!

Way to go America! More than any other country according to CBS

Link updated.  Thanks.

There is a guy living in an IKEA store

After a long holiday stint of not posting anything, I thought this merited a post.  I like these kind of stories since I find it hard see how these people come up with the idea to do such things.

There is a guy living in an IKEA store