Archive for December, 2004
Dave Barry Reads Coogle’s Blog
Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
Herald.com | 12/12/2004 | Can’t we all just get along?
…for those who can’t “just get along” there is always the George Bush conspiracy generator.
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Fingerprints of Jackson, boy on magazines
Monday, December 13th, 2004
CNN.com - Source: Fingerprints of Jackson, boy on magazines - Dec 11, 2004
I don’t see what is so surprising about this. I don’t see how this is damning evidence either. Put a 13-year-old and some dirty magazines under the same roof and you’re bound to find fingerprints (if nothing else) on the magazine!
Seeing that it […]
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PHP ABC
Sunday, December 12th, 2004
PHP5 goodies and more in the most up-to-date PHP ABC around
Apc
Britney Spears
CLI SAPI
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Over-the-top Form Registration
Sunday, December 12th, 2004
British Airways - Global Registration
These guys are a bit overly explicit in the ‘title’ field fof their form. Some of the options include: Chief, High Chief, Dame, Crown Prince/Princess, Contessa, Reverend, not to mention Her Royal Highness and His Holiness.
All they are missing is “The Late”
I wonder if these are ever […]
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Slashdot Ad reveals Reader Demographic
Friday, December 10th, 2004
PRESS RELEASE: In an attempt to gain more readers the popular tech news site slashdot.org has released an all new television ad featuring Barney and friends.
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USA gives money to Palistine to give to Israel
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
Top News Article | Reuters.com
The good part is that it was originally meant to go to the Palistinians…
“But pro-Israel lawmakers with close ties to the White House raised objections, arguing that adequate safeguards had yet to be put in place to ensure the Palestinian Authority would spend the money properly.
By providing the money for utilities, […]
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Spyware Free Realplayer
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
If you don’t want to use WMPClassic or don’t use the WinAMP plugin, you can get the BBC version of the official RealPlayer here.
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The most two-letter words strung together
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
I was writing a letter and noticed an impressivly long string of two-letter words… drum roll please
… tell me if it is in any way…
that’s 5 two-letter words. Pretty cool, in a wendesday-morning-slow-news-day type of way
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Programmer developed vote-rigging prototype for Florida congressman
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
The Blue Lemur - Progressive Politics and Media News » In sworn affidavit, programmer says he developed vote-rigging prototype for Florida congressman; Congressman%u2019s office silent
In the vote fraud prototype that I created things are not what they seem. Hidden on the screen are invisible buttons. A person with knowledge of the locations of those invisible […]
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That you Tarzan?
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
Top News Article | Reuters.com
No wonder Kerry lost… he had Tarzan as his spokesman.
He said Kerry “feel very comfortable” about his decision not to challenge the outcome in Ohio.
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Organization Nazi?
Monday, December 6th, 2004
Swamp Castle Notes - a photoset on Flickr
I wonder if there is a name for people who are this orgainzed? Whatever the term might be, I’m sure this guy qualifies! Even the friggin pictures are frighteningly well organized! He’s certainly using Flickr well!
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Blow-up over bomb-training bungle - Dec 5, 2004
Monday, December 6th, 2004
CNN.com - Blow-up over bomb-training bungle - Dec 5, 2004
French police test thier sniffer dogs by planting explosives on unsuspecting passenger at Paris airport. The explosives were never seen again!
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Fallujah Napalmed
Saturday, December 4th, 2004
SundayMirror.co.uk - FALLUJAH NAPALMED
US troops are secretly using outlawed napalm gas to wipe out remaining insurgents in and around Fallujah.
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Last August the US was forced to admit using the gas in Iraq.
A 1980 UN convention banned the use of napalm against civilians - after pictures of a naked girl victim fleeing in Vietnam shocked the […]
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Firefox - I am an idiot!
Friday, December 3rd, 2004
Firefox - Rediscover the web
Thanks to the tip from chregu, firefox now opens new links from external programs in new tabs… the option is right there in:
Options-> Advanced -> tabbed browsing
Click “Open Links from other applications” in “a new tab in the most recent window”.
Couldn’t be much simpler, don’t know why I didn’t find that […]
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