Monthly Archives: October 2004

If it takes three years to realize you have the wrong person, I say stick with it. See if you can swing a deal with the father for the other one.

Pomegranate advice.

Red vs. Blue.

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John Derbyshire makes this comment in his October diary:

We are just a step away from having African missionaries come over here to convert the heathen…

Too late. There’s already Korean missionaries in the US trying to evangelize us. bet it’s only a matter of the Africans getting enough money together to send missionaries over.

No really!

Which reminds me of this one local band, the Idahomies. They were as bad as their name.

You know, all the crushing of dissent he does. Unlike that liberal and enlightened Janet Reno.

The dangers of the political season. Teh funny.

Use this article as your guide. Also, my wishlist, which I am updating even as we speak.

C’mon. Hillary Clinton, sure. John Kerry, no way. Everyone take a deep breath and step away from the election.

Russia thinking the worst about the flu.

The basics of stem cells, courtesy of Evangelical Outpost.

Russia helped move weapons out of Iraq? To Syria? What next? The Red Sox win the World Series?

The chupacabra was actually just a mangy coyote. At least that’s what they’re saying….

Arafat is sick. Tragic.

Bill Clinton wants to be head of the UN. I say more power to him. He’ll think he’s writing a great legacy and he and the UN can pat each others backs as they do nothing and the media will get all sorts of great quotes and stuff. Everyone’s happy.

Project Gutenburg is in trouble with the Gone With The Wind heirs.

I think they may actually be Ewoks. Hobbits were around four foot tall.

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UPDATE: It occurs to me that it might be a little bit geeky for me to know, and quibble about this. Well, to make myself feel better here are pictures of real geeks. There. I feel better about myself now.

Missing ballots. Freaking stupid lawsuits. Can’t we put some sort of limit on the number of lawyers that are allowed in the country. Then they would have to stay busy with important things instead of suing everyone for every slight, real or imagined.

Super Mario Bros. playing Lego robot

So, I spent yesterday barfing, hence the lack of posting. Hopefully today will go better.

The Guardian has given up its attempt to influence American voters.

There had been mounting evidence that urging foreigners to send anti-Bush letters to Clark County – an isolated slice of the rural mid-West – was only hurting Senator John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate.

Boldly going into space seems to be a huge hit.

Carbon nano-fabric.

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Isis

Piper

They’re just so darn cute.

The Sox beat the Yankees? Is that allowed?

Frank J. has the way to undivide America.

An alternate view.

Whenever the figures are actually checked in countries such as South Africa that do have reliable record-keeping, it’s found that the program grossly overestimates the actual death toll. Even after new computer models were devised the calculations have remained faulty. The model is flawed, in part, because of the way that data is collected.

I hope this is true. Not that we’ve been duped by faulty models, that Africa isn’t in such bad shape. AIDS-wise, anyway.

Check tomorrow to see if Coeur d’Alene’s crack news services get an explanation online for Atlas being blockaded by the cops.

Remember to find out why all those cops were blockading Atlas in the morning. Ooo, bad scary people in Cd’A.

Can it be more annoying? Catchy tune though.

The Revolutionary War was unnecessary. I dunno, I think it made us a better country.

The Post Falls police department has heard my plea. I saw two people pulled over so far today and saw another cop driving around. Phew.

With real writers and real actors. Of course, I don’t watch TV much, so I guess my opinion doesn’t matter. Anyway, network executives think that Americans will sit and watch people lose weight. Oh, the drama.

All the browsers have vulerabilities today.

Teehee

Until he whips out – well, you’ll see. It’s like Captain Kirk whipping out his communicator to contact the USS Fabulous. Set phasers on stunning!

Students signed what they thought was a petition to legalize weed. They were actually registering as Republicans.

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As long as nothing shakes the glass, nothing will spill.

Overall, Greenspan said, “Household finances appear to be in reasonably good shape.”

How inspiring.

If the economy tanks, blame the Yankees and Red Sox.

The Toshiba flatscreen TV. It had to call in the Air Force for reinforcement though.

Jeff Jarvis makes a couple of good points about the future of teh intarweb and TV.

via Instapundit

Iranian militia wants to observe US elections.

Handy etiquette tips from Joe the Mechanic.

I’m tempting fate and higher insurance costs, but I have to say this.

I’ve been driving three and sometimes even five mph over the speed limit regualarly for a couple weeks now. The fact that I feel confident enough to do that tells me you guys are slipping. Where has your ubiquitous presence gone? Why don’t I see people pulled over every day anymore? I haven’t been pulled over is at least 6 months. Are you guys doing okay?

Sincerely,
A Concerned Citizen

Okay, he only tried the diet, but I have a feeling the regular isn’t going to be fantastic either.

UPDATE: I just checked at the local Super 1 grocery store, but they didn’t have any. Slackers.

More or less.

Under the mag-beam concept, a space-based station would generate a stream of magnetized ions that would interact with a magnetic sail on a spacecraft and propel it through the solar system at high speeds that increase with the size of the plasma beam. Winglee estimates that a control nozzle 32 meters wide would generate a plasma beam capable of propelling a spacecraft at 11.7 kilometers per second. That translates to more than 26,000 miles an hour or more than 625,000 miles a day.

How freaking cool is that?

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RFIDs okayed for implanting in humans.

And Applied Digital certainly is thinking along these lines. Indeed, the medical care angle looks like a warm-and-fuzzy gimmick to speed adoption so that other, potentially more sinister, applications might follow.

“VeriChip can enhance airport security, airline security, cruise ship security, intelligent transportation and port congestion management. In these markets, VeriChip could function as a stand-alone, tamper-proof personal verification technology,” the company’s PR boilerplate explains.

The new Zaurus. More here.

I work a few hours a week at a drive-thru espresso stand, so I think I can offer an informed opinion—a refreshing change of pace around here, I know. Anyway, either use Starbucks lingo, or know how many ounces you want. 8, 12, 16, 20, and 32 oz drinks is a pretty common range. You say “large” and I have to then guess or play 20 Questions.

Also, if you get a blended drink, it’s just plain rude not to tip. Those things are a pain to make.

via Pete

You can send kids to private schools, but you can’t teach them street smarts, yo.

It is either a mangy dog, a coyote, a chupacabra or an antelope. Probably.

The Google Desktop beta. I think I’ll start losing things, just so I can search for them.

New cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper. That’s a lot of flavors.

Walmart is trying to force record labels to drop CD prices. Bully for Walmart, I say.

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I didn’t watch the debate, but here’s a summary I found very informative.

via Instapundit

People this worried about their paper towels and napkins matching really need to get out of the house more. I say Senate is a great place for him.

Spokane: full of hippy dippies or no?

I’m inclined to say no, but I just drive through the place mostly, I don’t have to live there.

Ladies and gentleman, The California Raisins. I loved all their stuff.

The iRiver in-dash mp3 player.

Marilyn Chen, iRiver’s CEO, made the announcement today that her company will develop in-dash players for the car. According to Chen, the units will “integrate an MP3 player, satellite radio and email functionalities on a single-chip solution”.

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Americans dominate the Nobel Prizes

I got the analysis too. I think Stratfor is right.

I was registering at the Washington Post to vote on the blogs and ihate@registering.com was already taken as an email address. What are the odds?

These are always good.

Not only does obesity surgery solve obesity, it solves obesity related problems. Boy, you’d think that would go without saying, much less an entire article on it.

Worries over Iraq’s nuclear stuff being sold on the black market.

Segway’s next hit.

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The US team won gold in Counter Strike at the World Cyber Games.

I thought Dems would be thrilled about airing an anti-Kerry film, but apparently they aren’t.

Yeah, that never gets old.

What are they teaching kids these days?

Or just really dumb burglars? Spokane is in the news.

Is the beta what’s causing all the trouble with Messenger the last few days?

Scrappleface was teh funny over the weekend.

Episode 2 of Star Trek New Voyages is available for download.

First, let me say I am shocked, shocked that the group’s name is “French Armed Islamic Front” and secondly, why are they hitting the Indonesian embassy? Shouldn’t they hit the US embassy or the Australian embassy. And don’t forget Poland. The Polish embassy?

I think Jonah is a little upset.

Okay, I successfully made it through 13 years of California public school and I have never heard this rule.

Plot: A lone marine fights off ever increasing numbers of zombified marines and demonic things. I smell an Oscar.

Do they ever have enough flu vaccines?

There’s all sorts of great quotes in this article, but this one was funniest.

Bush is “completely out of touch with reality” about the Iraq war and the economy, Edwards said during a campaign stop in West Palm Beach, Fla. “He won’t acknowledge the mess in Iraq. All you have to do is turn your television on,” the North Carolina senator added.

Yeah, cause the President of the United States needs CNN to tell him the state of Iraq. Obviously all the sources that millions of tax dollars are spent on aren’t enough.

From Instapundit.

But I just found Terragen and it’s great fun, so you guys lose. Don’t worry, I’ll get frustrated/bored/whatever with it soon and be back.

The Evil that is HALLIBURTON!

Cancelled Star Trek! *shakes fist* You are eeeevil, Halliburton, eeeeevil!

I can’t stand scanning a dozen pages, how did they do this?

Oh, the drama about Rathergate.

They’re giving away a free ticket to space.

The comedy calculator.

You know how beer is just lacking something? Yeah, Anheiser Busch is making caffeinated beer.

Even though The Lemon is gone, his magnum opus A Timeline of the Internet is still available. It deserves to be remembered.

Hamlet.

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Shatner’s new album will be out tomorrow. Probably you should go get in line now to beat the rush.

Next up, polygamy.

Hmm.

Apparently, it’s not as big a deal as everyone thought.

Disney is going to make a Bloom County movie. 20 years late, but other than that, what could go wrong?

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Hey, great another volcano erupting. Earthquakes and volcanoes this week. The plates, they are a-shifting.

Mount St. Helens. Freaking USDA Forest Service webcam is down.

UPDATE: Oh, wait, the webcam is back up. And down. Good luck with that.

FURTHER UPDATE: A local blog. Update 9 is funny

Tivo and Netflix are working together to become one giant media delivery conglomerate.

So, if I’m not going to massively overclock my CPU is water cooling all that? I love the idea of a silent computer though.