Self-ownage

There was a lot of brouhaha when a new search engine, Cuil, hit the intertubes yesterday. Created by some ex-Google engineers, it claims to have indexed triple the web pages that Google has. After the big debut, though, it turns out that...it kinda sucks...badly, if this article is any indication. Based on my test run, I would be inclined to agree.

Perhaps the funniest thing, though, is that when you search 'Cuil' with Cuil, it didn't initially turn up anything (now it does, but the search engine doesn't even hit the first page of its own results). Basically, that's the equivalent of punching yourself in the face. Good job, guys.

What the hell

I don't have a high opinion of the NYPD, but they've certainly gotten better over the years, particularly since Rudy Giuliani left office. But even they wouldn't get away with this kind of bullshit. Tasering a guy 19 times when it was clear he was injured and didn't have anything close to full mobility?