It's a few years old and I no longer have a computer with a CD tray, but I enjoyed this guide to removing ham from optical drives all the same. I might have to head up to the attic to find my old machine, as a large cotto salami is in its Blu-Ray player and I'm excited by the prospect that the same trick might work.
How to remove ham from your disk drive
Chocolate Factory prequel "WONKA" greenlit
Warner Bros. is to make a prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory titled WONKA. It will cover the rise of the young chocolate magnate, stripping mystery from wonder and spackling the scoured bones with empty pathos. Warner Bros is eyeing Tom Holland or Timothée Chalamet to play Willy Wonka in Warner Bros. 'WONKA'. If… READ THE REST
Lawyer charged with contempt after abandoning client: "I bet I don't appear again"
Louisville lawyer Shameka O'Neil faces a contempt citation after ditching her client during a remarkable virtual hearing last week. Calling into the court session, she claimed her client suffered from an undiagnosed mental illness only to be corrected by the client himself. Then O'Neil asked to withdraw from the misdemeanor case, and was denied by… READ THE REST
Cory Doctorow investigated by FBI
Cory was investigated by the FBI over a post on his new blog Pluralistic. The post, of course, is just a link to an article with a summary and some commentary—a surprisingly common target for legal action of one kind or another. As soon as they realized Cory was media-literate and had legal representation, they… READ THE REST
Whether you have a PS5, an Xbox Series X, or a Switch, this sale can help elevate your game
So, with the heightened holiday frenzy to land a next generation video gaming console for under the tree, who topped the sales charts in December: Microsoft's Xbox Series X or Sony's PlayStation 5? It's a trick question…because the real answer is the same answer that's dominated game system sales since 2017: the Nintendo Switch. As… READ THE REST
These blue-light-blocking glasses are here to protect your eyes from the screens you look at all day long
Add another piece of bad news to COVID's destructive fallout: it might be further wrecking your eyesight. With so many of us working from home, the time many now spent in front of a screen is on a drastic rise, now reaching up to 13 hours a day or more. All those device screens just… READ THE REST
These Star Trek smart key organizers are as brilliant as Data and as logical as Spock
Sometimes, you run across an item that's so functional and necessary that you've gotta have it. Other times, you find something that's so wonderfully geeky that you've gotta have it. The sweet spot is when you can find something that scratches both of those distinct itches. These Star Trek edition KeySmart Pro Key Organizers with… READ THE REST