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I realized at some point that I would have to give up either drinking or driving. It was a very easy decision to make. The next day somebody offered me 1000 dollars for my car. I spent it on food and drinks.
-- Ocha Ha
Pao Tzu: On The Beat
Pao Tzu's various musings.
Pigdog Journal Articles
2008-05-28
Reefer madness or a government fabrication?
2008-02-06
Ron Paul has not secured many delegates after spending millions on his Republican campaign. Note that the opinions stated here are mine and not the opinions of the pigdog.org staff.
2007-05-29
Today google maps unveiled "street view" which gives you a 360 degree camera angle view of the nice areas of some major cities.
2006-08-08
The War on Terror has resulted in a rush of new technology useful to the general population.
2006-02-11
Counterfeit software and the Russian mafia. Is WGA a myth?
2005-11-05
San Francisco comes alive with protest on November 2nd, 2005.
2005-07-05
Homies, 8-ball, cholo, gata puta... the homies is straight collectifyin'
2005-06-21
Car technology reaches a new height with the introduction of the fuel efficient, two-seater, Bin Laden Hybrid SUV.
2001-12-09
Pigdog's own paranoid FBI-tracked superuser has researched the web and found the best American-readable radical Islamic websites out there. Read on for the detailed report and feast your eyes+ears on textual and realaudio propaganda.
2001-09-26
There may not be a hot war yet, but the ice war is surely over, with old political glaciers dumping their contents into the propaganda machine. To add to the mess, I offer up inflammatory words that may make your blue blood bubble.
2001-05-14
It is time to scrape your pipe for that resin glob, looks like Uncle Sam just fucked us over again.
2001-03-05
Picture a world in which criminals utilized powerful cryptography to do their everyday business... wouldn't that next ounce be cheaper? How about your RAM?
2001-01-08
egghead.com frightens millions of users with credit card fraud hoax.
2000-11-03
KDE 2 has been released. Go to kde.org right now.
2000-07-08
SETI@Home is not just ay-leen spacecraft anymore. Now you can get PAID in a major way for heatin' up your CPU.
2000-05-16
Disclaimer: PaoTzu's a1 illegal mushroom cultivation cookbook is meant for educational purposes only. Be aware of the techniques used by hardcore criminals! Protect your children! Read, learn, educate. Do not try this at home.
2000-03-23
Learn how to construct your own empire! Like Intel, SGI, etc.
2000-02-22
Informative guide to getting you con-artist business off the ground
2000-02-19
ramble, rant, rave
2000-01-10
A Blast from the Past! Pao Tzu goes over and under the crucial variables in the production and consumption of Salvia Divinorum. A must read for psychonauts of all stripes.
1999-05-20
Pao-Tzu reviews a clinical study of fatigue among workers using various resolution display media.
1999-04-22
E. Coli Meets the Internet--This week Pao discusses the newest rage in high-speed networking: organo-servers and bacterial streams.
1999-03-15
Pigdog Journal Gardening Columnist Pao Tzu describes how to make evil betel-nut concoctions in your own home. Powerful stimulants from an ugly palm tree!!! Nature is so fucking COOL.
1999-02-15
Green Thumber, Pao Tzu, explains how to produce "shadow people" and other hallucinations by ruthlessly cutting open your pet cactus plants. Make a mess of your kitchen AND your brain!
1999-02-02
Horticultural clone master, Pao Tzu, guides you through the ins and outs of stealing hallucinogenic cacti from your neighbors' yards. Ooh la la!
1998-12-22
Snow in Berkeley -- It snowed like hell on me last night.
1998-12-18
Iraq Flashback -- The U.S. has been good at attacking easy targets this year.
1998-12-09
Investigative Reporter extraordinaire Pao Tzu blows open the lid on an international travesty of justice.
T O P S T O R I E S
John Dvorak has passed. I’m of mixed emotions. First off I’m more positive about his contribution to the overall technology journalism of the early PC days through the 90s, despite how many things he got wrong. He was a firebrand and commanded attention. (More...)
America's National Recording Registry Inducts Culturally Significant Artist - Weezer!
America's Library of Congress calls them "defining sounds of history and culture" and "audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage." Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Weezer! (More...)
The Crossroads are real and The Blues is a place; The enduring myth of Robert Johnson (More...)
California Glory Hole attracts huge crowds
A glory hole at Napa's Lake Berryessa is drawing huge crowds. According to Chris Lee, the general manager for the Solano County Water Agency, the glory hole hasn't been active since 2019, and only restarted operations on Feb 4. (More...)
Republican State Senator busted after soliciting a teenage girl
Republican State Senator Justin Eichorn of Minnesota was arrested for soliciting a teen girl on Monday just hours after he introduced a bill proposing "Trump derangement syndrome" (TDS) as a form of mental illness. (More...)
Parents claim measles is not that bad after having only one child die
The parents of a Texas girl who died from the measles are defending their decision not to vaccinate their daughter. "She says they would still say 'Don't do the shots,'" an unidentified translator for the parents said. "They think it’s not as bad as the media is making it out to be." (More...)
C L A S S I C P I G D O G
It was the night of the Leonid meteor showers -- the perfect opportunity to break out the evil opaline liquor, get madder than hatters, and test wireless ethernet hardware... Would the plunging meteorites interfere with the 2.4GHz band? What about our delicate brain waves? (More...)
This week: another fine spocktail from the beverage researchers at SMRL! Drink it in peace, because WE DID THE RESEARCH! (More...)
The Innocent San Francisco Mule
Flesh and Abby have moved to an isolated rural location in the United States - equipped only with their sense of adventure. Recently they came down off the mountain briefly to file this report? (More...)
What do Computers and Skateboards have in Common?
They both sprang from the mind of John Mauchly that's what. (More...)
The Cross Canadian Ragweed Red Dirt Roundup
Went to one of the only really enjoyable outdoor concerts I can remember (maybe I didn't enjoy it enough). The finest in dirty hillbilly music: The Cross Canadian Ragweed Red Dirt Roundup. For those ignorants, Cross Canadian Ragweed is a horrendous allergan in Texas, and it's also a band. In a great show of humility, CCR was the worst major act in their line up. Fortunately, they have talented friends. (More...)
What the hell is going on with Sony?
Is anyone else as confused as I am with what's happening with the Sony Playstation network hack? (More...)
