Monthly Archives: November 2007

links for 2007-11-30

Decisions to name storms draw concern a controversy is brewing over decisions of the National Hurricane Center to designate several borderline systems as tropical storms. (tags: news weather environment politics pork) Study: Canadian Beer Drinkers Threaten Planet – Science & … Continue reading

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Evel Knievel Dead at 69

Iconic Daredevil Evel Knievel Dies at 69 Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-29

Preview Vista Incapable Stickers (Designed for) (tags: humor microsoft) SurfTheChannel – Home (tags: entertainment Media video television streaming TV) Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply – WSJ.com In the span of one growing season, ethanol has gone from panacea to … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-28

Michelle Malkin » Fuzzy math: A nationwide epidemic (tags: education) 2 plus 2: The Home of Mathematically Correct his web site is devoted to the concerns raised by parents and scientists about the invasion of our schools by the New-New … Continue reading

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CHART on the Web is crap.

CHART stands for “Coordinated Highways Action Response Team” and according to their website it is: a joint effort of the Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transportation Authority and the Maryland State Police, in cooperation with other federal, state and local … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-27

We are set on a course of ‘planet saving’ madness the latest US satellite figures showing temperatures having fallen since 1998, declining in 2007 to a 1983 level – not to mention the newly revised figures for US surface temperatures … Continue reading

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World’s dumbest (ex)mouse

‘Tis the season when small furry rodents attempt to get past my defenses and invade my home. usually they only make it as far as the garage. Every once in a while, one manages to invade my domicile. Now… there … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-26

Directory of UNKNOWN callers Did you receive a call but the caller did not leave a message and the Caller ID says “Unavailable”? Type the phone number in the box below and click “Get Details” to find out who is … Continue reading

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USA Network Morons

So Saturday night we settle down the family in front of the fire to watch the ‘Special Uncut’ airing of Elf on USA. It was an 8-10p schedule but it’s the PG rated movie Elf. What could possibly go wrong? … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-21

More Equal Than Others – Congress’s new luxury jets Funny how nobody in Washington ever mentions these $70 million jets as an example of wasteful defense spending. Or as an example of an unjustified Air Force mission that doesn’t support … Continue reading

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We are the web

wearetheweb.org What? Wear the web? Oh wait… we are the web. Nevermind. Save the Internet! Or don’t. Actually, that might be better.

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As God as my witness…

I thought Turkeys could fly. Incident at the Pinedale Shopping Mall

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Google Error. Yet again.

I was greeted with the Google ‘you’re denied because you look like a trojan/span/virus’ error message again this morning. Only this time I noticed something new. A captcha box has been added to the bottom of the message: It looks … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-20

Project Honey Pot Project Honey Pot is the first and only distributed system for identifying spammers and the spambots they use to scrape addresses from your website. (tags: security software tools) 90% of IT Professionals Don’t Want Vista (tags: tech … Continue reading

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Hookin’ up in Hunt Valley

People never cease to surprise me. Although in this case I can’t tell if I’m surprised by their utter brazenness or complete cluelessness. Scene: A mostly deserted Hunt Valley Industrial Park parking lot. Time: Random weekdays between 5 & 6:30p … Continue reading

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Site changes

Things have been busy as hell lately. Mostly kids and projects at work. The work changes have been especially fun since just a few of months ago things where feeling very much like a rut. We’ve recently started up a … Continue reading

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links for 2007-11-17

How beer defies the laws of supply and demand | FP Passport (tags: beer economics)

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links for 2007-11-16

U.S. Raids Issuer of Ron Paul Coins – November 16, 2007 – The New York Sun Federal agents, in a move that could have an impact on the presidential race, raided the Indiana office of the issuer of a private … Continue reading

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A moment of Zen

Six days after brewing and the ferment of the latest batch of Phat Tyre Amber Ale is still going strong. Active ferment started just 9 hours after being sealed.

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Google Error. Again.

I log on this morning and find myself greeted by the Google error. Again. This is starting to get a bit annoying and it looks like I’m not the only one having this problem (that’s a link to search results … Continue reading

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