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  1. lukep

    The new #1 Internet Marketer: John Boehner?

    As a sad reminder that I used to vote repugnican before I stopped voting, I just noticed in an old inbox today that I'm still on the NRCC mailing list, now penned by none other than Repug #1, John Boehner. These days they use their mailing list a little differently. Back when Dubya used this...
  2. lukep

    Who's Riding this Bike first?

    This, my comrades, is a real bike that you can buy soon: The Hoverbike: Airspeed Vne - 150 KIAS (untested) Hover (out of ground effect) - >10,000ft (estimated) Dry weight - 110kg Max gross weight - 270kg Total thrust - 295kg Engine - 80kw @ 7500rpm They said it is in testing now...
  3. lukep

    California ordered to Release 30,000 Prisoners

    Supreme Court Orders California to Release 30,000+ Prisoners; Scalia Freaks Out: SFist In other news, Lindsey Lohan is heard screaming in public: "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK MY TIMING!!!"
  4. lukep

    LinkedIn IPO - I PO'd I didn't buy.

    LinkedIn went IPO today, initially vauling their public stock at $45. -That gave them 4.5 Billion before the bell rang. Fools. LinkedIn IPO Shares Pop 84 Percent On First Trade, Opens With $7.8B Market Cap At the bell they opened at $89. It's been up to $93 so far, still around open price now...
  5. lukep

    GoogleFiber to KC MO, too!

    Google just announced that the greater KCMO area, not just KCK, will be getting the fiber NEXT YEAR! To stay or to go? I've been wanting to move away from KC for a while now, possibly to Denver. I have for a long time been planning to move away from KC, possibly to Denver. The initial KCK...
  6. lukep

    Facebook's Smear Campaign on Google

    Why haven't any of you made a thread on Facebook Getting caught smear-campaining Google? Facebook admits hiring PR firm to smear Google -- Engadget Jeez... Just because they aren't publically owned, FB thinks they can get away with any evil thing they want. ...Of course they'd be right. The...
  7. lukep

    Anybody Gettin a Chromebook?

    Not to be confused with the free CR-48s that google gave out to beta testers in January, Google Chromebooks are going to hit the stores on June 15th. Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 - The Denver Post They're designed and priced to go up against the iPad, ($150 cheaper) with lots...
  8. lukep

    Postlinks Service starts today

    I hear that one or two of you have a blog... From the makers of TextLinkAds, this shit looks pretty epic for us blog owners with some pagerank. It ain't bad for the rest of you just trying to get some backlinks either... But the news here is that it's scope and size has the potential to change...
  9. lukep

    Happy Earth Day WF!

    WTF happened to Earth day? When I was a kid in the late 70's/ early 80's it used to mean something... Now calendars don't even have earth day printed on them anymore. Do they still talk about earth day in schools?
  10. lukep

    Most Creative and Funny Advertising on eBay

    Damn, this guy is not only funny, but once you see his other auctions, you'll see he's quite smart, too: 2001 FORD FOCUS GHIA 1.8 Zetec Very Clean Interior | eBay UK This Brit has placed an ordinary, mint-green Ford Focus on eBay, and although he didn't get so much for the car (not new) he did...
  11. lukep

    Top Seven WF DDoS attack suspects

    7. The owner of the next-best-ranking Gay webmaster forum. 6. Rebecca Black, because our thread about how shitty her song is ranks well. 5. Hellblazer, for never winning any arguments here at all. (Despite trying so hard!) 4. Jon himself, (just calling it a DDoS as an excuse) for not finding...
  12. lukep

    Google's April Fools Joke: Gmail Motion

    Not funny...
  13. lukep

    Google Announcement: FiberOp goes to KC Kansas!

    Ha Ha, Bitches! I'm in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City Kansas, and the news just announced here (With google's blog post as well) that we're getting the Gigabit fiber! No date set yet but they said they chose KCK (which is pretty much an industrialized slum) because it could be...
  14. lukep

    Luke's 1000th Post... 3 Wishes for the USA

    For my 1K post I wanted to do something a little different, and have been thinking about this for a good month now. If you just want some nice booby pics, I can't do any better than you'll find Here. However if you are ready for something interesting and fun, join me in giving your opinion on...
  15. lukep

    US Invents Better Fuel than Gas from waste plant matter

    Three days ago a press release went out from the US government that will change the world forever... Yet I haven't heard a thing about it on the news at all... A total media hush-up! Steven Chu, the U.S. Energy Secretary, on March 7th announced that his team in Oak Ridge had made a major energy...
  16. lukep

    500th Post: Keyra Asspectactular!

    I've never really taken part of any forum community before despite starting out in the IRC, BBs, & MUDs back in 1992 at university... I always thought they were for ppl nerdier than myself, (although some of you are!) but after lurking in many of them throughout the years for various information...
  17. lukep

    Roddenberry hit it dead-on!

    Very cool space news today. Ever since the first discovery of an exoplanet, we've only been able to detect the giant gasballs like jupiter and larger. Many astronomers predicted that rocky planets like Earth were very rare in our galaxy. Well the Kepler team's first results are fully in...
  18. lukep

    Da Blizzard

    Todays "historic" blizzard is shutting down cities and interstates across 1/3rd of the USA. Surely some of you guys have a horror story or two to share with the rest of us about your inconvenience. ...Of course those of you who are REALLY inconvenienced don't have power right now so won't be...
  19. lukep

    How Much Windows Web Hosting do I need?

    Some great boobies & booties for your time await you below. I desperately need some hosting advice asap! I've hosted with linux servers since the early 1990s. Today I need my first windows server ever. Here's what I need it for: 1. To Megaping from constantly. (mattseh's megapinger) 2. To run...
  20. lukep

    Solar, anyone?

    *And none of this even mentions the money we've spent on wars to secure oil. (Many Trillions by this point.) Discuss.