Sometimes I’m forced to question humanities ability to survive. This is one of those times. Being a member of a terrorist organization won’t necessarily land someone on Canada’s no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned. Proposed criteria would limit inclusion on the roster to those who pose “an immediate threat to aviation security,” say internal [...]
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Professionally, computers and software are not my job. As a hobby, I go a lot of tinkering, but I am by no means a guru. I consider myself more advanced than the average user, and probably a little ahead of the sophisticated user. I’m certainly not a guy who can tear down the inner workings [...]
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I admit I lead a bit of a sheltered life when it comes to ordinary things like grocery shopping. I wouldn’t pull a George H.W. Bush moment at the site of an electronic price scanner, but I’m not really in tune with the latest and greatest products to hit the grocery shelf. So forgive me [...]
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DIIS.net – Budlight Radio Commercials Quite a collection! (tags: humor beer)
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I had a short conversation with a friend the other day, and unusually for us, the topic turned to the War in Iraq and the general state of US anti-terror policy. We don’t normally venture into this territory, not for any particular reason – it just doesn’t come up often. The conversation was certainly civil [...]
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I think we’ve seen something like this before. Burns (choosing a cow to kill): I’ll have that cow. (waiter kills cow) Oh, didn’t put much of a fight. I’ll have that cow. (waiter kills another cow) Hmm. Why don’t you pick a cow for me? (waiter, annoyed, kills another cow) On second thought, I’ll just [...]
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OK, this is strange. Sunday I get on the blog and see a bunch of garbage (no, NOT the content, but garbage formatting and characters). I tinker for awhile and I just can’t get a clean page render. When I go to log in to the admin section, I get the same thing – lots [...]
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Working to solve the problem. Please excuse the mess.
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How to help someone use a computer In reading through this, I recognized quite a few bad behaviors in myself. (tags: howto computer)
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File this one in the ‘stupid hobby’ section. Today I took possession of one of these: Why? I don’t know. It was bouncing around here in someone’s office and had about ten years of dust on it. I haven’t plugged it in yet, but I’ll be checking into all of that this weekend. Check out [...]
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Preloadr, the Ultimate Flickr Companion Nice utility. (tags: flickr) Zidane headbutt outrage: new video evidence | The Register HAH! (tags: Zidane soccer) Bad Language / How I trained myself to get up earlier in the morning What are you waiting on? (tags: sleep lifehacks) Bullet in uber slow motion – Google Video Always cool (tags: [...]
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Israel is busting heads. No one likes to see war, but I think everyone is pretty sick of the past two generations of constant bloodshed as the Israelis try to build a civilized nation only to suffer the constant, barbaric intrusions of those wonderful re-branded Jordanians known as ‘Palestinians’. My sympathy for them went away [...]
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In light of the recent success of the FIFA World Cup in terms of American TV ratings, I thought I’d pass along a multi-part Soccer Primer to the faithful readers. This is my attempt to do what I can to promote US Soccer, so just humor me. PART ONE – US CLUB SOCCER There are [...]
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This post is essentially pointless, but I’ve invested enough time in it to feel like I should post it. You’ve been warned. I woke up on Saturday with the overwhelming need to avoid housework. I’ve found the best method to achieve such avoidance is absence from the house. Given that the weekends are usually devoted [...]
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ATM Skimming Fascinating how bold people can be. (tags: theft)
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From Steven – Iron Maiden has a new album on the way. Details here. I can’t wait, even if I am pushing forty.
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Who gets a cold in the middle of July? I have a number of posts partially written, so you’ll probably see some updates soon. Meanwhile, how about those Indian train bombings with 130+ dead? I suspect those militant Lutherans again, how about you?
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The Big Religion Comparison Chart – ReligionFacts (tags: religion reference comparison)
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[GUG] Tutorials Cool GIMP tricks. Since I’ve never learned Photoshop, this might be a better path. (tags: design freeware howto media photo photography Photoshop picture pictures programming reference tips tutorial Tutorials Web work) Ian’s Shoelace Site – “Ian Knot” = Ian’s Fast Shoelace Knot A friend once told me to go online and learn how [...]
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