Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
This story about Gurkha’s winning the right to stay in the UK is a nice one, I am pleased with the court’s ruling as the Gurkhas have been really used and treated badly by the Brits in general, but the article was also very telling to me about current UK culture. Actress Joanna Lumley has [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
First up, Wal-Mart has decided to turn off its DRM servers and screw its customers who bought from them. Just like Microsoft did and Yahoo did before them. Tell us again about how DRM is the safe way to buy.
Next up is the great hobby of reenacting. Rule one, only reenact with people who won’t [...]
Posted in Baseball, Copyright, History, Music, News | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Then: Gun Fight At The OK Corral Leaves Three Dead.
Now: Gun Fight At The OK Corral Leaves Four Dead.
Explain it again to me. Why do we call the historical period the wild west again?
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Cell Phones Are the Devil. Alternate title considered, “Stupid People Shouldn’t Own Cell Phones”.
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
I am an honest undecided voter in this presidential election. This baffles my friends on both sides of the divide who can’t believe I don’t see what they are seeing so clearly, but honestly I can still see myself voting for either of the major candidates. That said, I am getting tired. I am getting [...]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
A nice bounce back for Bears with a bear attacking a man by boarding his boat. Could this be the start of a Pirate Bear movement?
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Like most people who get email I get spam. Google handles the mail on my main account they do a great job of filtering but every now and then they get too aggressive and I have to bail some piece of mail out of their spam jail so I check the spam jail once [...]
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Killer wallaby fear after boy, nine, attacked is exactly the sort of story the Summer of Fear contest is made for. Sure, the Wallaby isn’t normally considered in the terror class, but hey this could be the move that breaks it into the big time!
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Forget the squirrels, its the Nazi Raccoons we need to worry about.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Thanks to an alert from a sharp eyed reader we have uncovered an attempt by the squirrels to show how ‘harmless’ they are. The devils are trying to poison the minds of our children with pro-squirrel propaganda. In these clips from the PBS show Arthur we see the children first discover the menace that [...]
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