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Archive for March, 2004

A New Look At The WB, Errrrm, Matty G

Wednesday, March 31st, 2004

I dunno why everytime I see the URL for Matty’s website I think of that Warner Brothers cable station. I think it might be a loose circuit in my head. Or several.
Anyway, everybody should go and ogle over his new design. It’s very… kiwi - for lack of a better word - […]

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It’s Good To Be Canadian AGAIN

Wednesday, March 31st, 2004

Check this out. Seems Canada isn’t bending over to the RIAA (or it’s Canadian counterpart) the way the American judicial system is.
Ooooooooooh Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanada.

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AOL Does Something RIGHT!?!?

Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

This story is just too funny to summarize. Go read it.
Glad I’m not a spammer.

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Thunderbird Lives

Sunday, March 28th, 2004

After prodding a certain rabbit in the arse, he has gotten his act together and started to announce important Thunderbird releases again.
For those of you who just want the direct link to the Win32 executable, here it is.

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Let’s Make A Few More Quebecers Irate

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

[Note: A broadband connection is recommended for both of the video links in this entry.]
Don’t blast his bandwidth quota too hard, but Matty has the video from the Quebec bit that Conan O’Brien did when he was filming his show in Toronto. You know, the bit that got everybody upset. Personally I […]

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Microsoft Fined LARGE

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

Reuters has reported that the European Union has fined Microsoft 497 million euros as the result of anti-trust litigation. They will also require Microsoft to provide a version of Windows to computer manufacturers that does not include Windows Media Player.
Little ‘ole me - not knowing much about Euros - went to xe.com to figure […]

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The Penultimate Indicator of Psychosis

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

I can’t get the Home Depot jingle out of my head.
I’m losing it.

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