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Archive for May, 2005

MSN Messenger 7

Friday, May 6th, 2005

With very little hoopla - I don’t know how anybody would find out - Major Geeks has announced that Microsoft has released an update to MSN Messenger 7.
A lot of people I know have been having connection problems since 7.0 was released. I’m thinking - hoping - that this update will cure some of […]

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I realize this story is a little deeper than I am painting it as, but it’s still funny.
The Canadian federal government is apparently considering enacting a federal registry of breast implant recipients. I KID YOU NOT. From the makers of the Federal Gun Registry come this shocking and eye-popping sequel. Who said […]

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More Poker Blues

Friday, May 6th, 2005

So I’m blowing through a slow morning and decide to hop on Poker Stars to play a few rounds.
I wander up to this table, pay my buy-in and it looks like a table from a Bond movie or Oceans Eleven. Truly an international gathering of sharks representing Asia, Europe, the Far East, and most […]

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It’s All Wheaton’s Fault

Thursday, May 5th, 2005

I’m about to participate in the time-honoured tradition of blaming Wesley Crusher for everything that is wrong with the universe. But since Wesley doesn’t exist - except in re-runs - I’m just gonna blame Wil Wheaton instead. (I’m hoping he doesn’t beat me too severely about the head for that comment when he […]

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Just go look.

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Revenge Of The Bloggee

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

Yes, that’s no typo. I said Revenge of the Bloggee. Much ado is made about “the bloggers” and “the blogosphere” but what can the blogless do to vent their anger say, for an unflattering blog entry about them?
Welcome to NetDisaster.Com. Feed it a URL and specify which of their many venues of […]

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A friend of mine - a distant friend - got married this past weekend. It’s understandable I didn’t get invited to her wedding, we haven’t spoken in years. I’m not upset about it. But I am upset about what happened to her the day of her wedding.
Her mother died in the late […]

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