Monthly Archives: August 2006

links for 2006-08-31

Posted on August 31, 2006 at 5:04 pm by del.icio.us

Top WordPress Plugins at The Blog Joint (tags: wordpress) WSJ.com – Saying No to School Laptops (tags: education) TECH TONIC: TOWARDS A NEW LITERACY OF TECHNOLOGY There is scant evidence of long-term benefits—and growing indications of harm—from the high-tech life … Continue reading →

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Next Top Dumb Model

Posted on August 31, 2006 at 3:05 pm by psychophil

So then what do you eat? Um, chicken. A Chicken isn’t an animal? A Chicken is a bird, a cow is an animal.

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Posted on August 30, 2006 at 10:45 pm by psychophil

The author of The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead has written a new book due to be released september 12, 2006. The book is titled World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War and … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-08-30

Posted on August 30, 2006 at 5:04 pm by del.icio.us

Eudora Internet Suite 2.1 for the Palm Computing Platform (tags: Palm software treo) Stop Dropped Calls – Popular Science I get next to no cell reception in my home. Good thing for my work phone, bad thing for my personal … Continue reading →

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Who is the Secret Holder?

Posted on August 30, 2006 at 2:25 pm by psychophil

Porkbusters: Who is the Secret Holder? Senators Tom Coburn and Barak Obama have proposed S.2590, legislation that would create a single website with access to information on nearly all recipients of federal funding. The bill cannot proceed, however, because one … Continue reading →

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The Red Cross Ambulance Incident

Posted on August 30, 2006 at 1:48 pm by psychophil

The Red Cross Ambulance Incident How the Media Legitimized an Anti-Israel Hoax and Changed the Course of a War On the night of July 23, 2006, an Israeli aircraft intentionally fired missiles at and struck two Lebanese Red Cross ambulances … Continue reading →

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I be smart

Posted on August 29, 2006 at 8:04 pm by psychophil

daughter: Dad, whats the Prime Meridian? me: Uh…. me: Brain! Whats the Prime Meridian? brain: Do we have any beer? me: crap! me: Give me a second, daddy needs to finish up his work real quick google ‘prime meridian’ ah-ha! … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-08-29

Posted on August 29, 2006 at 5:04 pm by del.icio.us

Beer: The Midwife of Civilization – Beer Advocate (tags: brewing beer homebrew)

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Flickr Geotagging

Posted on August 29, 2006 at 3:03 pm by psychophil

Flickr has introduced their new photo Geotagging tool. I’ve played aroung with it briefly and have found it pretty responsive and very easy to use with a good interface. However, I can’t help but wonder how cluttered and slow the … Continue reading →

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Schools, cupcakes and peanuts

Posted on August 29, 2006 at 12:58 pm by psychophil

Well that didn’t take long. One day of school and I’ve already been hit with two letters. No, not those kinds of letter, the kind of letter where the school annouces yet more control they’re exerting over you and your … Continue reading →

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Heard on a Plane

Posted on August 27, 2006 at 6:46 pm by psychophil

From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: “I’m fucking bored!” Ground Traffic Control: “Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!” Unknown aircraft: “I said I was fucking bored, not fucking stupid!” — There’s a story about the … Continue reading →

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Strange burglars and good neighbors

Posted on August 27, 2006 at 10:51 am by psychophil

Well, not really good neighbors. Thursday morning I come out to my car to find the driver door cracked ajar. I kick myself thinking I left it open last night when I pulled my daughters birthday present out of the … Continue reading →

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Goddammit!

Posted on August 26, 2006 at 9:47 am by psychophil

Would somebody PLEASE make up their frikkin minds?! Global warming boost to glaciers Global warming could be causing some glaciers to grow, a new study claims. Researchers at Newcastle University looked at temperature trends in the western Himalaya over the … Continue reading →

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Limo Driver

Posted on August 25, 2006 at 7:17 pm by psychophil

After getting all of Pope Benedict’s luggage loaded into the limo (and he doesn’t travel light), the driver noticed that the Pope was still standing on the curb. “Excuse me, Your Eminence,” said the driver, “would you please take your … Continue reading →

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Darwin missed a ‘gimme’

Posted on August 25, 2006 at 3:32 pm by psychophil

Youth sought over 25,000 volt cable stunt British Transport Police appealed for help today to trace a youth who was seen swinging from overhead power cables by train passengers. … “The overhead cables carry 25,000 volts and, although the overheads … Continue reading →

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100 Acre Deadwood

Posted on August 24, 2006 at 11:31 pm by psychophil

Deadwood with Winnie the Pooh characters. Cracked magazine has uh… changed.. a bit since I was kid. 100 Acre Deadwood 100 Acre Deadwood” was originally supposed to run in issue #1 of Cracked—but The Powers That Be in the magazine … Continue reading →

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Not in my salad

Posted on August 24, 2006 at 10:03 pm by psychophil

You’re looking at siamese twin cucumbers. The wife pulled this… thing out of our apparently radioactive garden (radioactivity would also help explain the spider invasion two years ago). I’ve never seen this kind of freaky shit before and I don’t … Continue reading →

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links for 2006-08-23

Posted on August 23, 2006 at 5:04 pm by del.icio.us

Gratis gaming: real PC games you can download for free \ (tags: gaming software entertainment) Archiving your e-mail – MozillaZine Knowledge Base (tags: howto reference software backup thunderbird)

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links for 2006-08-21

Posted on August 21, 2006 at 5:05 pm by del.icio.us

Kimberley Kampers (tags: camping jeep) Jellystone Park camping in Maryland – Hagerstown/Williamsport (tags: camping) Hiking Gear, Backpacking Gear, and Backcountry Adventures at Trailspace.com (tags: camping hiking)

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Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator

Posted on August 21, 2006 at 4:15 pm by psychophil

Back in October of last year, I declared that Web 2.0 was Horsehit. To be specific: ‘This is all nothing more than marketing crap.’ Well it looks like the rest of the Internet has finally caught up with me. The … Continue reading →

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