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Archive for October, 2005

We’ll Be Back

Monday, October 31st, 2005

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Originally uploaded by NatCHEZtheDOG.

I was browsing Flickr again (quelle surprise) and figured maybe this was the best way to get an un-biased view of the damage in the Gulf.
We’ll be back. I think that sums it up.

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A Slice Of Humanity

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

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Originally uploaded by sim_.

I saw this picture on Flickr today when I was browsing and it just kind of struck me as a little bit neat.
It’s weird to see all that horrendous taste in interior decorating exposed.
You gotta love the pink and white stripes.

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$54,294,712.00

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Isn’t that almost enough to buy… Prince Edward Island?
That’s how much ONE Lotto 6/49 player won last night. (And it wasn’t me.)
It was supposed to be a $40 million jackpot, but they had such a spike in ticket sales for the $40 million that they felt the urge to dump FOURTEEN MILLION of the […]

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Remember When E-mail Was The Pinnacle of Cool?

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

I remember back before SLIP and PPP connections (for those of you who even know what those are) to a day when I had a subscription to a dial-up service called - I think - win.net.
It was a newsgroup and mail service that was basically dial-fetch-disconnect and you read and composed your replies and then […]

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I Gave ‘Im Da Slip, Baws

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

This is just too funny for words.

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How Can I Ever Thank Apple

Wednesday, October 26th, 2005

I got an e-mail from Apple today.
They wanted to thank me for my business in the iTunes music store. I thought that was nice.
They wanted to offer me a $40 discount on my next purchase — which I thought was pretty sweet considering I’ve only spent $40 on them so far.
The catch is it’s […]

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Leo Laporte has a podcast called This Week In Tech. It’s widely distributed, it’s won awards - Yay Leo. You might know Leo from the cable television channel “TechTV”. He has hosted numerous shows there including Call For Help and The Screensavers. He’s your typical “star” broadcast personality. Ego […]

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