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September, 2005
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We’re finally starting to get decent Internet speeds around here. I was on the phone with my cable provider, Charter Communications, the other day and at the end of the phone call the friendly customer service representative asked me if there was anything else she could do for me. I replied, “Yeah, you could tell…
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There’s an interesting New York Times article about World of Warcraft which contains one of the dumber quotes I’ve come across recently. The article is about whether or not the huge popularity of World of Warcraft threatens other games and/or companies. The basic idea is that someone like me is paying $15/month to play WoW…
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Wired News discovers filk music. I drive my wife crazy playing constantly playing filk and genre music, and now I can point her to this to validate that habit. This follows on Wired News’ article about nerdcore a couple months ago, which had the best quote ever from MC Frontalot on why there’s not stopping…
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A few years ago I wrote about my disdain for the tendency of pagan/wiccans to adopt relativism. Peace activist and pagan Starhawk provides an excellent example of just how nutty this view is if it is taken seriously. The title of her op-ed says it all, “Pagans reject the idea of evil — how do…
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To me it looks pretty dorky, but I’ve seen enough rave reviews for the Ergodex that I’m seriously lusting after one. According to the promotional materials and reviews, the Ergodex is essentially a keyboard construction kit. You’ve got a rectangular pad that a clear plastic tray sits on top of. Then you can place up…
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Foamy the Squirrel has some interesting criticism of the media’s performance in the aftermath of the Katrina disaster (warning, not safe for work). This morning when I checked CNN, there was a nice example illustrating Foamy’s point. There about halfway down CNN’s list of Katrina-relates stories was this item, CNN exclusive: Body carried on luggage…
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For Father’s Day, my wife hit the mother lode at a garage sale and got me a huge run of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel comic books in mint condition. I’ve already got the comics in trade paperback format, so I figured I’d frame some of them and display them. A quick Internet search…