Notices by Tom Harrington (atomicbird@mastodon.social)

Back in the 90s when I used AOL, Wired magazine had a forum. One day a new user arrived and said she was married to Elwood Edwards, who was the voice that said “You’ve Got Mail!”. So we suggested a bunch of other things he should record in that voice— “You want fries with that?”, “You’ve got credit card debt!”, etc. He recorded them! You can listen to them here: http://www.aolsucks.org/aolsound.htm

@clacke @octothorpe Animaniacs did a really good version of that routine, also about band names https://youtu.be/Mdqv5xIsFLM?si=tXyuQTrCJ09Iz5xX

In the USA, non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements are now illegal. This applies retroactively. https://ogletree.com/insights/nlrb-general-counsel-says-confidentiality-nondisparagement-clause-decision-applies-retroactively/

@catvalente I did not have "99 Red Balloons suddenly becomes relevant" on my 2023 bingo card, but here we are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qfzH0vnOs