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Wordpress doesn’t have a facility to automatically compensate for daylight savings time - that I know of anyway. So the time has been wrong since the clocks went forward in the spring. Now I have it fixed, just in time for the fall. No big deal, but this is the first article […]

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The Interdictor is holed up in a building in downtown New Orleans, and offers a live cam feed of the (surprisingly non-flooded) area below. Although he seems to toot his own horn a lot and use the publicity he’s getting from CNN to “seriptitiously” plug his model fiancé and his friend’s business, there is […]

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I’m reminded of a quote from the movie Armgaddon where a somewhat pious NASA official declares something to the effect that “Here at NASA, we don’t screw around…” Apparently the Army Corps of Engineers doesn’t either.
Apparently in an attempt to “close the hole” in the breached New Orleans levees in the fastest manner possible, […]

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Until 12am PDT today (which I assume is in relation to midnight tonight) you can get a FREE registration code for Opera 8.02 if you send a blank e-mail to registerme@opera.com.
It’s to celebrate Opera’s tenth birthday. Happy Birthday, Opera!

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Do you get the impression I’m excited?
After seeing the credentials of the keyboard player who is playing behind Michael on Friday night at Casinorama, I think the first thing I am going to look for when I walk into the hall is whether he actually carts a real Hammond around with him, or whether he […]

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I posted this a long time ago, but it bears repeating.
When the blog asks for your e-mail address, that information is NEVER posted on the web, even if you don’t post a web URL in the other field.
Although the e-mail address is an authentication key used to COMBAT spam, it’s main purpose is so I […]

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