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An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

Archive for May, 2007

If you are afraid of pigs - or bacon - I strongly suggest against clicking this link. I’m just beyond words.

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What To Do When Your iPod Nano Locks Up

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

It might work with other iPods too.
A hat tip to my friend George Castanza Matt who saved my bacon when I was miles from a computer in the middle of nowhere on a tour bus when my iPod Nano locked up tighter than a drum.
Hold down MENU and the center button for ten seconds. […]

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Attention Gran Turismo Fans

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Remember when you took that little tiny car and stuck a huge engine in it? And you thought “wouldn’t it be fun if you could accomplish this in real life”?
Well.
Some fellas in Germany stuck a 350 hp Suzuki engine in a heavily-modified Volkswagon Golf and they have the video to prove it.
Some people have […]

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It appears that Cerberus Capital Management is going to own Chrysler - and Magma isn’t. Such a shame that Belinda left politics to go back and work with Daddy thinking she’d become the boss at Chrysler. Too bad.
Seems the CAW is a little upset about Cerberus’ acquisition of Chrysler. They seem to […]

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Y’know…
I fully realize that I rant. I know I have pet issues that I harp on or spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about. Realizing that, I was going to let the whole passport thing slide this week because I know I harp on it a lot. In fact, just […]

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HOW MANY In One?

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Just when you thought 10-in-1 card readers were extreme, along comes this.

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An Interesting But Useless Discovery

Monday, May 14th, 2007

I was recently researching Alfred Hitchcock and was browsing his Wikipedia entry. (Sorry, too lazy to link.)
Long time Seinfeld fans will remember the famous Seinfeld episode where Kramer was convinced he met the famous author Salmon Rushdie who Kramer proposed was operating under the assumed name of “Saul Bass”. Kramer said “He’s just […]

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