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Judge Says U.S. Money Violates Rights of the Blind
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Finally. Link
Month: November 2006
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The HurriQuake Nail
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What’s that phrase about necessity and invention? Check out this nail (yes, a nail) that has twice the “uplift capacity” of standard nails. That means it can hold something down twice as well as a standard nail in, say, a storm. Link [via Neatorama]
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Ohio State Defeats Michigan 42-39 In Ultimately Meaningless Game
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“I mean, come on—we could have lined up in alphabetical order in the end zone dressed in nothing but helmets and socks and whacked off for 60 minutes, and the BCS would still send us to the Tostitos Championship Game,” Tressel told the assembled reporters. “Hell, you’d all still vote for [Buckeyes quarterback] Troy Smith […]
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Galactica jumps to Sunday night
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Galactica moves to Sunday night at 10pm? WTF? Sci-Fi Storm | Galactica jumps to Sunday night
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And Another Term Passes Out of Relevance
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If all you’ve done is stick a ring through your banana bunch and hung that banana bunch from a closet rod, you are not hacking. You are being clever. Hacking involves actually doing something to the bananas, like inserting a caller-ID unit into each banana to display incoming calls on multiple lines. You know, something […]
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How is it that I've never been here before?
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Washington D.C. is pretty cool. Not “I’d like to live there” cool, but “I need to go back for more than 2 hours of tourism” cool.
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Bo Schembechler dies
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Looks like a heart-attack. Link
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This title was supposed to reference a Jimmy Stewart movie
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I’m out for the next few days, off to our nation’s capitol to hob-nob with politicians, researchers, and vendors. Well, ok, just vendors and a few fellow customers, but hob-nob I shall! I’d ask for places to go, but I don’t think I’ll have the time. I’ve never been to DC so I would have […]
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Microsoft Photosynth
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Via Scoble, the demo for a new technology preview from Microsoft Live Labs, Photosynth. I’m not usually a fan boy and I try to stay away from hyperbole, but this is simply an amazing demonstration of technology and academics intersecting. Check out the demo video. Yes, it only works in IE and via ActiveX, minus […]
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Davezilla: Clean humor, filthy comments » How to speak in Programmer
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When they say:“Is that really a good user experience?”They really mean:“You’re cutting into my World of Warcraft time.” Heh. Davezilla: Clean humor, filthy comments » How to speak in Programmer