Sitting in Reykjavik, suddenly missing my kids more than I can say.

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Dads. Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.

I recently made a decision to cancel a work trip that I look forward to every year because I’ve already been out of the country for two full weeks this year and I didn’t want to be away from my family again, and this post has made me so very, very glad I did. I’m even leaving this current trip a day early, and I cannot wait to see my kids and give them their Icelandic gifts and hug them so hard and tell them how much I love them so many times that they’ll be sick of it. And I’ll never stop.

$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog — How Anyone Can Get Anything Past The Scanners

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This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort. The TSA has been provided this video in advance of it being made public to give them an opportunity to turn off the scanners and revert to the metal detectors.

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This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort. The TSA has been provided this video in advance of it being made public to give them an opportunity to turn off the scanners and revert to the metal detectors. I …

 

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…I think we are terrible animals. And I think our planet’s immune system is trying to get rid of us and should.”

– Kurt Vonnegut, on The Daily Show (via nevver)

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frakintosh:

The part where you worry about everything in your life coming unhinged and falling apart. All of the time.

Hey yeah this.

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Update: Whooooaaaaa…hold your horses. Microsoft says it ain’t so: A Microsoft spokeswoman issued this statement: “The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We have no further comment.” Corroborating earlier reports, Rupert Murdoch’s tablet-only magazine The Daily apparently saw a work-in-progress version of Microsoft’s native Office app for iPad, and the publication posted the above screenshot to prove it exists. The Daily’s first impressions? The app’s user interface is …

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’8-Bitty’ Nintendo-style iCade controller for iOS devices, coming soon for $25

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ThinkGeek gave us a glimpse at an upcoming iCADE controller mimicking the classic Nintendo controller layout and decorated with a retro 8-bit themed graphics. The “8-Bitty” is compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, connects over Bluetooth (two AAA batteries required), and is compatible with all iCADE supported games, including the Atari Classics collection. Unfortunately, you are going to have to wait until later this year when ThinkGeek starts selling them for $25. You can sign up now …

I don’t even play that many games on my phone but I want this so freaking bad.