May 8, 2009
Kiefer Sutherland charged with assault

Looks like ol’ Kiefer is starting to think he’s Jack Bauer even when he’s not being Jack Bauer…

3:58pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/105150913/kiefer-sutherland-charged-with-assault
FILED UNDER: bad ideas 24 
April 13, 2009
Children on a Leash

There’s something about this that just makes me uneasy.

6:53pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/95888033/children-on-a-leash
FILED UNDER: bad ideas 
March 16, 2009
Sci Fi Channel Aims to Shed Geeky Image With New Name: "SyFy"

In other news, General Motors aims to shed links to troubled automovive industry with new name: GenMo.

11:10pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/87144806/sci-fi-channel-aims-to-shed-geeky-image-with-new-name
FILED UNDER: tv bad ideas 
March 11, 2009
Lawmaker wants Google Maps to blur certain buildings

Let’s just make the whole world out of Nerf while we’re at it.  Fearmongering in the name of national security needs to stop.

8:58am  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/85510724/lawmaker-wants-google-maps-to-blur-certain-buildings
FILED UNDER: bad ideas politics google maps 
March 2, 2009
Skittles: Tweet the rainbow (or racial slurs)

Skittles.com has been replaced with a Twitter search for the term “Skittles”.  Predictably, the entire site has been taken over by racial slurs and childish humor.  This has to be the worst idea in the history of bad ideas.

10:14pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/83013170/skittles-tweet-the-rainbow-or-racial-slurs
FILED UNDER: bad ideas 
January 26, 2009
Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch

For an explanation, see here and here.

10:26pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/73391508/senate-passes-bill-to-delay-digital-tv-switch
FILED UNDER: bad ideas prolefeed tech tv 
January 11, 2009
Anheuser-Busch amusement parks cut off free suds

Crap like this didn’t happen when AB was still an American purveyor of macroswill.

10:59pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/69885127/anheuser-busch-amusement-parks-cut-off-free-suds
FILED UNDER: beer bad ideas 
January 9, 2009
Lexus to roll out system that lets its cars talk to drivers

If I’m spending that much on an automobile, the last thing I want is for it to spam me as I drive down the road…no thanks!

9:24pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/69493957/lexus-to-roll-out-system-that-lets-its-cars-talk-to
FILED UNDER: bad ideas 
October 13, 2008
Bush signs RIAA-backed intellectual-property law

10:06pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/54432633/bush-signs-riaa-backed-intellectual-property-law
FILED UNDER: piracy bad ideas 
August 28, 2008
Got a pirated copy of XP? Expect to be nagged

Got a legit copy?  Expect to be nagged anyway when WGA malfunctions again.  I guess if they can’t get people to upgrade by making Vista better, they can always make XP worse…

2:51pm  |   URL: http://blog.toddboss.com/post/47808065/got-a-pirated-copy-of-xp-expect-to-be-nagged
FILED UNDER: microsoft bad ideas