Westboro Baptist Church Claims Free Speech Group Threatening to Take Away Their Free Speech

The Westboro Baptist Church falsely claimed this week that the hacker group Anonymous had threatened to destroy their websites, reports The Escapist.  Really?  That much inbred crazy under one roof and all they could come up with is "those free speech people wanna... take away our free speech.  Yeah, that's the ticket!"  Sure, picketing the funeral of a nine year-old is all kinds of we-eat-jello-out-of-the-toilet messed up, but at least they had some reason behind it.  Did they even have a notion about what they were talking about?  I can only assume they believe any organization willing to cripple another is just as screwed up as they are and as willing to go to extremes.  What's even better is that people almost believed it because, hey, attack the crazy folk spewing hate.  I can only be lead to assume that they know they are crazy people spewing hate that deserve to be attacked.  That's even more worrisome cause at least genuinely crazy people do not know they are crazy.

PS3 Hackers Catching Up To Iphone Hackers

Weeks ago, owners of jailbroken PS3s were told that they were banned if they ran software or devices that Sony disagreed with.  These hackers have recently come back at Sony with the equivalent of a large middle finger.

While hacking and jailbreaking have always been a problem for technology manufacturers in one way or another (with Apple's Iphone being the most prominent example), this is one of the first and largest that allows users of the banned tech to ban others from the network.

Will Sony react with some crazy new way to block the pirates?  Will the pirates give up on hacking this sinking ship of a product?  Will I get my break?  We may never know the answers to these questions.

Thanks to TechRadar for the article.

Facebook Breakup Notifier: Why You Shouldn't Friend Your Patrons

A new website called the Breakup Notifier has launched that sends you an alert whenever someone you are "friends" with on Facebook changes their relationship status.  Remember the days when you had to get into awkward conversations when you wanted to know if someone was still dating that jerk from the Coffee Beanery?  Not anymore!  All you have to do now is wait patiently outside their house with a gallon of coffee and pray that fight going on leads to a change on Facebook, am I right?

I say hallelujah!  I love it when the Internet goes pure creepy, ya know?  Technology has allowed me to know when my friends are ditching me for an awesome party and when my ex is no longer dating that hunky slab of beef and can come back to my flabby, fatty fat arms.  Yay!

Breakup Notifier via Geekologie

"Internet Kill Switch" Is Really Fun to Say

Senator's Joseph Leiberman and Susan Collins introducted a bill last week that, among other things, will ban an "Internet Kill Switch."  The theorized "IKS" (as I will now call it, cause my cut and paste is on the fritz) would allow the president to effectively stop the Internet in the United States for some reason or another.  Reason for the bill has been stated with the formal argument that "the president can't be that much of a dick, even in times of crisis, the old red, white and blue needs itz internetz."  While I do like the idea of a button that can create global information blackouts, think of the ramifications if such a button.  When Twitter when down for a day last year, people nearly had shit fights in the street.  If Facebook were to go down, my grandma would believe the Germans were coming back to get her and had already gotten her grandson, Moosh-moosh.  So write your congressman to vote for the Cyber Security and Internet Freedom Act of 2011, for my grandma and her Moosh-moosh.

Borders Bookstore Bankrupt! I Have Nothing to Say About That!

Borders bookstore announced it was bankrupt earlier this week.   Here is a link to an article explaining the entire boring thing.  I have nothing new or interesting to say about this, so here's a story about a monkey:

There once lived a monkey named Barnaby Russell Betsbury III, or Barbet to the kindly elderly couple who kept him in their bookstore.  The only rule the couple had was that Barbet was to never eat the books.  One day, Barbet met a cockroach named Satin.  Satin convinced Barbet to eat a book called "Bannana's Make Your Feet Stink and 99 Other Lies" and gained all the knowledge therein.  When the elderly couple found Barbet with book breath, they punished him by killing Satin with a shoe.  When Barbet kept eating more books, they gave him to a zoo, where he was picked on by the other monkeys for now he was the smartest primate of them all and they thought he was weird and liked things that were "gay."  Barbet died alone in a fake cave after attempting a stand up comedy career.  Fin

Adrianne Palicki Reads Comics? This Water Tastes Like Gin...

I don't see no Supergirl tattoo...

Former Friday Night Lights star (although we loved her in Supernatural) Adrianne Palicki claims she reads comic books, Esquire reports.  But we have to ask:  Does she really?  I mean, look at that picture.  Now look back over here.  Hey! We're typing here!  Anyway, Palicki has been recently picked to play Wonder Woman in the new television show of the same name.  So we have to ask, is she just saying this so comic nerds like us will give her a better reception at ComicCon this year?  Think about that.  If that is true, then this lady is too silly to play Wonder Woman because every cute girl at ComicCon gets a good reception.

Of course, she could be telling the truth.  With awesome exhibits on both Smallville and that ill-fated but actually okay Aquaman pilot, this lady does have the superhero background to back up her wild statements.  Also, she name-dropped Alan Moore and claims to have a Supergirl tattoo, so why not?  It is not like this is the end of days or anything.  However you look at it though, if you get a standee of this lady in a Wonder Woman outfit at your library, you won't have to worry about pointing out the graphic novel section ever again.

Book-A-Librarian: Not a Stripper Thing

Crazy Cat Smell Sold Separately

The residents of Park Ridge now have the ability to book one-on-one time with their favorite librarian for some full on research action.  The new service aims to give patrons a more personal and complete use of the library, the Triblocal reports.  While offering supervised research, the librarians are also available to give computer tutorials and classes.  Each session is for a limited amount of time, so to get your time's worth know what you want and get to it!

I think it is nice that librarians are learning from strip clubs.  Once we would have serviced everybody equally, dancing around shaking our non-profits for all to see.  Now we can get more personal and up close in the Study Room, giving special attention.  Just remember, there is no Sex Education in the Study Room.  Oh, there's studying in the Study Room.  But there is no Sex Education in the Study Room.