Dear Piece Of Trash: – July 19, 2007 If more politicians did this, I think society would be a much better place. Absolutely brilliant.

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Kids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead | CNET News.com While this article makes it sound like the industry is falling over itself to understand why a generation eschews e-mail, I think it makes perfect sense. Recall the thrilling days of yesteryear when having ubiquitous terminal access to a VAX was a luxury, and compare [...]

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I’m proudly displaying the number of SPAM comments caught by Akismet on my blog. Yes, kids, there’s been THAT many SPAM comments that I haven’t had to sort through. Honestly, if I had to delete that number of comments, I would have turned off comments a LONG time ago. Thank you, Akismet! (And if you [...]

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Slashdot | NZ Outfit Dumps Open Office For MS Office Of course the comments on Slashdot were rife with people claiming that the switch was motivated by money or some other kickback. I’m not at liberty to say anything about the terms of the deal, but I applaud the organization for actually trying OpenOffice and [...]

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These albums are so far apart, I think they could make a music sandwich: Jami Sieber – Hidden Sky: Lush and elegant, this album inspired by the artist’s time elephants in Thailand. OK, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, this really is a wonderful, relaxing album. Dark, brooding, and hypnotic, the spell [...]

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I just finished watching a movie that I think most people haven’t heard of. Its called “The King of Masks“, and its an incredibly powerful story about an elderly street performer who lost his only son, and now has no heir. His craft, an ancient art poorly translated as “Change Masks”, is stunningly visualized in [...]

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You know you’re really not playing with a full deck this morning when you have to read a blog post on how certain modern cultures regard Friday the 13th as bad luck, read another on how Google Calendar could easily replace iCal, realize that Google Calendar isn’t running right now, bring up Google Calendar, and [...]

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Spinal Tap + Army of Bass Players – Live Earth FIXED Absolutely legendary.

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eBay: Sony CLIÉ PEG-TG50 Complete w/ 128MB Memory Stick If you’re interested in the Sony CLIE that was described in the post “The end of an era – why I’m no longer carrying a Palm Device“, then slide on over to my eBay listing. Bid early, and bid often.

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Prayer vigil tonight for men injured in fireworks explosion Can someone explain to me why these guys are deserving of a prayer vigil? Maybe I’m a bit jaded in my later years, but generally a prayer vigil is held for: Someone who was seriously injured or killed by circumstances outside their sphere of control, or [...]

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