I don’t know how my TCP/IP stack got corrupted, but it ended up being one of the most annoying Windows problems I’ve had to deal with. (tags: windows troubleshooting2013-02-25windows )
Fantastic article on how a hairstylist from Baltimore performed some practical archaeology in her spare time, and introduced a new theory on ancient dress. (tags: historyfashion2013-02-25via tumblr )
As scams go, this one was pretty bizarre. This director spent over 40 years, remaking the same movie year after year in location after location, as a way of scamming money out of parents who wanted to see their kids in the movies. (tags: filmhistoryvia boingboing2013-02-25scams )
This nice lady called me Friday before last, explaining about how her company was offering a home-delivery organic food service, and that they were going to be doing demonstrations and samples in the area. She tried to get me to sign up to have someone drop by but something didn’t seem right. I managed to get the company’s number and looked them up, and what I found is a classic oversell con. (tags: food2013-02-25scams )
After the HMS Bounty sank last year during Hurricane Sandy, I wondered what had happened. I’d been aboard the Bounty a couple of years ago when it was here as part of the Tall Ships festival. I still have pictures on my cell phone of it docked behind the library – it was the guest of honor, displacing the Niagara away from it’s usual berth. This is a phenomenal series of reports about the hearings into the Bounty sinking, with enough detail to help even a non-sailor understand what was going on. (tags: via boingboingtall ships2013-02-25hms bounty )
I haven’t played with this enough to see if the backgrounds and GIFs are randomized, but it’s pretty fun nevertheless. (tags: geocities2013-02-26funnyvia tumblr )