April Russo

"Name of product: Lea Panel, Loft and Bunk Beds Hazard: The bed’s side mattress support rails can break, posing a fall hazard." - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"A Florida family says their 18-year-old daughter was charged with a felony and expelled from high school as a result of a consensual, same-sex relationship with another student. Kaitlyn Hunt started dating a female classmate at the beginning of the school year when she was 17 and the girl she was dating was 15. According to an account posted to Facebook by Kaitlyn’s mother, in February, just after Kaitlyn turned 18, she was arrested on felony charges at the behest of her girlfriend’s parents. The specific crime was “sexual battery on a person 12-16 years old.” Kaitlyn’s mother believes the charges were motivated by anti-gay animus: They were out to destroy my daughter, they feel like my daughter “made” their daughter gay. They are bigoted, religious zeolites [sic] that see being gay as a sin and wrong, and they blame my daughter. But Kaitlyn’s problems did not end there. Her girlfriends’s parents appealed to the school board and had her expelled from Sebastian River High School.... more... - April Russo from Bookmarklet

Furthermore, the 15 year old's parents need to stop being douchenozzles. - Bubba was a rollin stone

I am beyond amused. :-D - April Russo

Seems to look and function fine in IE8 (the only browser we have at work...). - Hookuh Tinypants

That's a horrible way to go. - Eivind from Android

And being the founder of DonationCoder, mouser had his own Wikipedia article at one time...but some at Wikipedia thought he wasn't notable enough to deserve it and so it was deleted. - April Russo

Quote from: tomos on Today at 04:55:47 PM Somehow seemed almost cannibalistic though, what with him being vegan and all. I guess it would depend on why he was a vegan. Most vegans I know are against raising and slaughtering animals as food (meat), or keeping animals as slaves for the purpose of food production (eggs & dairy). When you consider the fact he didn't raise rabbits as food and he in no way was responsible for that animal's death, you can understand why he viewed it as guilt-free meat. - April Russo

Chip'n'Dale'n'Enhanced Questioning Techniques - Pete #TeamMonique

Stuff like this (yes, you must feel my pain) http://www.youtube.com/watch... - April Russo

Quote from: michaelkenward on Today at 11:59:34 AM Quote from: Edvard on May 17, 2013, 08:12:25 PM I hate sales tax not because of taxes per se, but because I personally think it's idiotic that no-one has the fecking common decency to tell me how much a thingamabob is after taxes until it's already rung up and I've committed to purchasing the item. This always puzzles Europeans, among others. Here all prices include tax. You pay what is on the tag. That would seriously complicate things, if a customer was the holder of an exemption certificate. Also, a re-pricing nightmare if the tax rate changes. - April Russo

So, you have set this laptop up and optimized it to be the perfect environment for making music. Has the thought occurred to you that this machine should be dedicated to making music, and nothing more? This may be one of those situations where that would make the most sense, since any updating would interfere with making music, and not updating would interfere with doing anything else. - April Russo

Quote from: Tinman57 on Today at 08:33:29 PM Quote As Heritage President Jim DeMint has said, this violates the classic American principle of “no taxation without representation.” Retailers would be forced to act as tax collectors for states in which they have no voice.  http://blog.heritage.org/... Quote Such online sales tax proposals are taxation without representation. The proposed federal law tells businesses that there is no escape from the clutches of tax-hungry politicians. That concept is antithetical to our federalist system, which promotes competition among our states for the best economic policies. http://online.wsj.com/art... Merchants are not being taxed by a state in which they do not have representation. They are not paying the tax. They are collecting it. (big difference) Their cus... - April Russo

Quote from: f0dder on Today at 08:15:15 PM Never heard of #3 - might be some legitimate reason for it, but it definitely does sound like something that can track. Ed Bott did mention that his site is now supported mostly by those that buy his book (from Amazon), which is most likely the source of the tracking mentioned in #3. And things get really fun when you combine #1 and #3, in the form of targeted ads for Amazon products, based on where you have been, in the sidebar of Facebook...right down to the very color of a teapot you may have been viewing on Amazon, or a gazillion ads for Zappos showing similar styled boots that you may have viewed on any site that has Facebook powered comments or Like buttons. They are not only tracking, they are sharing data with each other. - April Russo

This is a photo of some place I used to live, that had a serious squirrel problem. It was so bad that the post office notified all residents in this part of the complex that they would have to pick their mail up at the post office, because the mail carriers were too afraid to deliver it. [attachthumb=1] Now why would they be afraid? Because these were some very bold squirrels that were known to attack people. My own daughter was almost attacked in her stroller, but I had the sense to grab the cookie that she was eating and throw it. The owner of the property has since removed most of the trees, bushes, and ivy, and the place is much safer...but now looks like hell. (Google street view image) [attach=2] - April Russo

Quote from: TaoPhoenix on Today at 05:59:07 PM Quote from: app103 on Today at 02:22:20 PM (see attachment in previous post) From this page: http://mashable.com/2013... I am very surprised that nobody has mentioned it in the comments. I guess I am whooshed. That the two guys look similar? Or did he write his own news story under a pseudonym? Yeah, they look enough alike that one might get the idea he wrote his own news story, or wrote the story about his twin brother. - April Russo

Quote from: Edvard on May 14, 2013, 08:56:55 PM Does selling from one state to another count as an export?  Because if so, my son pointed out that this tax would be unconstitutional: Quote Article I, Section 9, Clause 5: No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State. It's not an export tax at all, not even in the states that have a sales tax. It's quite the opposite. It's an import tax on out of state goods that only applies to the residents of that state. It treats goods bought from all states, equally. It does not tax good from any state, only goods to a state that has a sales tax. So, good bought by residents of state A that has no sales tax, from state B that does have one, still would not be taxed. And goods bought by residents of state B, regardless of where they are from (in state or out), would be taxed. And as far as being unconstitutional: [quote=http://www.archives.gov/exhibit...... - April Russo

I have been a big fan of Project Wonderful for a long time. After hearing mouser's repeated complaints about Google Adsense over the years, I am glad to see he finally decided to take my advice and give Project Wonderful a try. I knew he wouldn't have the same complaints he had about the quality of advertisers and lack of control that he has with Adsense. The quality of the advertisers is so high, that I have come to regard the ads on my sites as more of a "sites of the day" feature that I get paid to display, rather than just mere ads. My only complaint with Project Wonderful isn't really their fault and would probably be fixed in part by them becoming much more popular. And that is, you just can't earn as much displaying their ads, compared to other ad networks. But they are the only ad network where I have actually placed ads of my own because they are the only one that doesn't seem like a rip-off. The transparency, amount of information available about the sites you can adverti... - April Russo

[attachthumb=1] From this page: http://mashable.com/2013... I am very surprised that nobody has mentioned it in the comments. - April Russo

Next time you get one of those annoying guest post requests, just reply to them with a link to this page. :-D - April Russo from Bookmarklet

Quote from: Brian_IT on Today at 12:22:45 AM hi app103, interesting tool, but no hotkeys for +1 or -1 makes it more a passive tool, what I had in mind was very in the moment counting tool. Definitely in the right direction though!    It can be added though, which is why I mentioned it.  I was already thinking of adding a little more to it, for adding more than +1. From my own use of it, it's kind of annoying if you need to +20, having to hit the button 20 times. Even adding a hotkey for it wouldn't help that. While I am doing that, adding -1, hotkeys, and allowing for use without a goal can also be added. (that way it acts as just a counter, the way you wanted) - April Russo

I don't have global hotkeys set on it and it doesn't count down, but is this something like what you had in mind? http://www.donationcoder....m/index... - April Russo

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When you consider that a lot of businesses are using Skype for communications between employees, handling their customer service, etc., and could be handling data that is supposed to be confidential, subject to NDA's, etc. this is not good. - April Russo

"Name of product: Anywhere Lounger Bean Bag Chairs Hazard: Bean bag chairs without a permanent zipper closure allow young children to unzip, ingest or inhale the small beads inside of the bean bag chair, posing a suffocation and strangulation hazard." - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"Name of product: Deezo boys and girls zip-up hoodies Hazard: The sweatshirts and jackets have drawstrings through the hood which pose a strangulation hazard to young children. In February 1996, CPSC issued guidelines about drawstrings in children's upper outerwear. In 1997, those guidelines were incorporated into a voluntary standard. Then, in July 2011, based on the guidelines and voluntary standard, CPSC issued a federal regulation. CPSC's actions demonstrate a commitment to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled on neck and waist drawstrings in upper outerwear, such as jackets and sweatshirts." - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"Well, this is rather unexpected. After sheriff's deputies seized cell phones containing footage of David Silva's death at the hands of nine law enforcement officers, the assumption was that Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood's promise of a full investigation would result in little more than some officious noises being made and declarations that the recordings were "inconclusive" or "unrecoverable." The unsurprising part of the David Silva beating is this: when one of the phones confiscated by law enforcement (one without a warrant, the other after an illegal nine-hour detention) was inspected at the Sheriff's office, Sheriff Youngblood discovered the footage had been deleted. The surprising part is that Youngblood decided to call in the FBI to head up a parallel investigation into the death of David Silva. Even better, he had the phones flown out to the FBI's Sacramento office for analysis. This is a rather unprecedented move. The general response from local law enforcement to... more... - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"How many law enforcement officers does it take to subdue one intoxicated man? In Bakersfield, CA, it takes nine: seven sheriff's deputies, two CHP officers and a police dog. It also appears that being publicly intoxicated and resisting arrest in Bakersfield is punishable by immediate death in the same county. At this point, consider everything regarding the beating to be "alleged." After all, we don't have any conclusive evidence of what happened, despite two people filming it (and a handful of eyewitnesses) because law enforcement made sure every recording of the event (except one -- more on that in a bit) was seized as "evidence." Also, keep in mind that David Silva, the thirty-three year old father of four who was allegedly beaten to death by nine law enforcement officers, was only allegedly intoxicated and violent. Evidence of his crime(s) disappeared along with the footage of multiple cops swinging batons. (I suppose this will be verified when the autopsy results are made... more... - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"Arguing that the American people are sick and tired of hearing the word “scandal,” a growing chorus of Republican lawmakers said they would stop using the word “scandal” in every sentence if President Obama resigns from office immediately. “Mr. President, for the past week, the American people have heard nothing but scandal,” said Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California). “Scandal, scandal, scandal, and more scandal.” “You have called for investigations to get to the bottom of these scandals,” he added. “But the American thing to do is to quit.” Agreeing that America was suffering from “scandal fatigue,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.-S. Carolina) said, “If even one of these scandals turns out to be real, it will be bigger than the creation of the universe,” adding that he and his fellow Republican senators were prepared to take turns standing in the well of the Senate chanting the word “scandal” until President Obama steps down. “Rand Paul has personally offered to say the word ‘scandal’ for... more... - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"Name of product: Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters Hazard: The heater design can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the consumer." - April Russo from Bookmarklet

"A deep divide has emerged within the Republican Party over whether to waste Congress’s time investigating Benghazi talking points or repealing Obamacare, G.O.P. lawmakers confirmed today. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), sounded the first discordant note at a press briefing this morning, telling reporters, “The time for wasting day after day investigating Benghazi is over. The American people are counting us to waste our time repealing Obamacare yet again.” Warning that “the American people don’t have an endless appetite for meaningless political theater,” Cantor added, “If we’re going to do something that’s purely symbolic, pointless, and detached from reality, I say it should be repealing Obamacare for the thirtieth or fortieth time.” Rep. Cantor’s comments drew a strong rebuke from Darrell Issa (R-California), who has spearheaded the investigation into Benghazi: “Quite frankly, we have all the time in the world to blow repealing Obamacare. The moment to waste our... more... - April Russo from Bookmarklet