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Archive for November, 2004

Trojan Victims Rejoice!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004

I got a call from the idiot hole today. Actually it was an MSN Messenger distress call followed by a phone call. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling! My Internet Explorer doesn’t work!”
Then after a few minutes he added “Oh. I forgot to tell you. The online […]

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Sims 2 Patch Coming “Very Soon”

Sunday, November 21st, 2004

Maxis has announced there is a Sims 2 patch coming “real soon now”.
I’m pleased that one of the bugs I was the first to report has been erradicated.
For details on the contents of the patch thus far, click here.

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This just makes me laugh.

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There Is Some Justice In The World

Friday, November 19th, 2004

There truly is some justice in the world.

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Loblaws Knocks One Outta The Park Again

Monday, November 15th, 2004

Went grocery shopping tonight. Had an absolutely TERRIBLE experience at their new “self serve” check-out line. But that’s another story.
I was on the cookie aisle. And I’m not much of a cookie eater, but I stopped to look and nothing was on sale and nothing caught my eye so I kept walking.
So […]

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Virus Software Recommendations

Monday, November 15th, 2004

D@D.com writes:
“Is there any anti-virus software you would recommend that doesn’t massacre performance?”
Well, based on that criteria I certainly will not recommend Norton under any circumstances, although it is my favourite in the dependability and ease-of-use categories.
For the longest time I was using nothing and it was making me squirm. Before that, I was […]

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A Real Shady Idea

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

Did I mention recently how much I love Cargo Magazine? Oh yeah. I did. They just have the coolest stuff.
In this month’s issue they have a little write-up about a set of sunglasses from Oakley. A real news story you say? These shades from the “Thump” line have an integrated […]

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