August 2008
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I Don't Know Anyone With Data Worth Stealing →
If I did… I might be in the market for one of these little cell phone hacking gizmos…
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Maybe Tom From MySpace Isn't Such a Huge Dork... →
Things were so much simpler back in the day…
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Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats'... →
“Does the DNC make you hot?”
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So Over the DNC
OK… we get it. The Democrats love Obama. He’s going to completely overhaul the country. He’s going to be the best thing for us all since sliced bread. And he’s already counting on a second term.
Blah, blah, blah.
Can we please find something better to plaster all over the news? I’m sure there’s another Bigfoot body laying around to talk about…
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100% Microsoft Free
My desktop has been a Mac for quite some time. But my laptop has had some version of Windows running on it since purchase. I’ve tried several versions of Linux in live mode and never had much luck.
But I got the newest version of Ubuntu on CD - and just now decided to give it a try. To my shock and amazement (and joy), I was able to quickly get everything working. Wireless…...
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TweakGuides.com - Vista Annoyances Resolved →
I’ve found that the best way to resolve Vista’s annoyances is to simply use MacOS instead.
I wonder why that didn’t make this list…
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Canon 50D Coming. Of Course. →
When you want your food to come out at a restaurant, you light up a cigarette. The food then magically appears. It never fails.
Apparently the same is true of cameras. If you want the newest model to be released, go ahead and buy the existing one. I haven’t even taken all of the stuff that came with the Canon 40D out of the box yet.
And here comes the 50D. Oh well. Something tells me...
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So it begins...
The vacation. Yeah. I’m on it. Until September 2nd. What the hell am I gonna do with myself for so many days?
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The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out...
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Spank Your Inner Moppet?
Cordelia: Buffy. You’re really campaigning for bitch of the year, aren’t you? Buffy: As defending champion, you nervous? Cordelia: I can hold my own. You know, we’ve never really been close, which is nice, ‘cause I don’t really like you that much, but… you have on occasion saved the world and stuff, so I’m gonna do you a favor. Buffy: And this great favor...
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What's Going on Out There?
It’s really, really sad when 3 of the 14 updates from CNN waiting for me after work are about grisly murders:
Killer pushed walking stick down man’s throat
Cringing jurors watch Duncan torture boy on tape
Slain Tennessee student was target of taunts
Add to this list stories about kids in sex shows, threatening letters with strange powder being sent to John McCain, a measles...
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FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd, and... →
Learn from the mistakes of others…
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“A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone won’t listen...”
– Joe McNally - The Moment it Clicks
I’m not done with this book yet, but it’s already far and away one of the best photography books I’ve ever read.
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Yet Another Product to Kill You
According to new research coming out of Australia, drinking just one can of Red Bull can raise your risk of heart problems:
The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings,” caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke. (via Reuters)
This article mentions caffeine several times...
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“A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a...”
– Patient dies after being left in chair 22 hours - CNN.com
Really? Is a cut in funding the only thing that happens when a hospital lets a patient die while they play cards and watch TV?
No wonder our healthcare system (and especially our mental healthcare system) is such a mess…
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“She’s extremely uncomfortable. … She’s been reminded...”
– Fugitive mom ‘uncomfortable,’ wants out of prison - CNN.com
Oh boo hoo. It’s prison, not The Ritz. It’s not supposed to be comfortable. You’re not supposed to be able to find peace. If prison is comfortable and peaceful and beautiful and fun… what’s the...
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College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age -... →
Who really thinks lowering the drinking age will actually thwart college drinking? No one who’s actually been a college student in recent years would. College students don’t drink because it’s sneaky or illegal.
What, exactly, do these people think will be achieved by making it legal to drink at 18?
Basically… it means they won’t have to deal with underage drinking....
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Pandora can't make money, may pull the plug
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The music industry’s apparent desire to shoot itself in the foot never ceases to amaze me. Alienating the public and driving legitimate services out of business with ridiculous fees isn’t going to force people into stores to buy more CDs. It’s going to force people to use more illegitimate services and increase piracy.
Funny how the rest of us realize this… but the music...
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“Police in Wichita said it appears a man broke into a house Friday night to wash...”
– Burglar in boxers steals purse, leaves jeans in washer - CNN.com
At least he was wearing boxers…
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“Outside a handful of majors — engineering and some of the sciences — a...”
– For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time - WSJ.com (via mikehudack)
No doubt I learned this the hard way at the hospital. The people with one and two-year certifications and licenses (nurses, COTAs, radiology technicians, etc) make two and three times what those of us with bachelor’s and...
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Top 6 Reasons Julia Child Was a Good Spy
It has recently been revealed that world-renowned chef Julia Child was one of about 24,000 spies enlisted during World War II to aid Washington in it’s fight against the Nazis.
While I was a bit perplexed at first, after careful consideration I realized that Julia Child was no doubt an excellent choice for spying on the Nazis.
Top 6 Reasons Julia Child Made a Good Spy
Her natural speech...
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Dude... Your Headlights Are So Dirty
Last night I saw what can only be described at the most pointless car accessory ever: the headlight wiper. Oh yes. It’s exactly what you think it is. A wiper (like the ones on your windshield)… for the headlights. A friend of mine owns a Volvo that came equipped with these little gems.
Seriously. What the hell are these for? Have you ever seen a headlight drowned out by rain? And are...
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Was It A Mistake to Let China Host the Olympics?
First we find out that fireworks during the opening ceremony were faked. Now we find out that the girl who appeared in front of millions of viewers to sing during the ceremony was lip-syncing to another girl’s voice. Why? Because the girl with the amazing voice was deemed “not cute enough” by Chinese officials:
“The national interest requires that the girl should have good...
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In Memory...
Tonight we found out that one of our colleagues - a security officer at the hospital - passed away from injuries received while trying to restrain an out-of-control patient in the emergency room on Saturday. He’d been in critical condition since the incident occurred.
He had come up to the unit to help us on numerous occasions when one of our patients got to be more than we could handle. He...
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Comments Are Back
Eh… I tried the whole “tumbleblogs are too pure for comments” thing… and I didn’t like it. So comments are back. I know… I know… thrilling, huh?
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Too Fat to Be Executed? →
How can I put this without sounding too insensitive…
Who gives a shit?
A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he’s too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs. […]
Cooey, 41, is sentenced to die for raping and murdering two young women...