Archive for June, 2005

House panel backs ban on all wine shipments

Just remember, some guy in Brighton thinks he knows better than you. Invoking the “For the Children” mantra, Representative Chris Ward of Brighton introduced a bill to ban shipments of wine both in-state and into the state. All shipments would be banned unless, of course, you pay for a distributorship. Good luck getting one though.
Oh, [...]

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Google Earth launched

Aside from the pretty pictures and faux spy-craft, I don’t see a market for earth.google.com. I’m not saying I won’t play with it, I just don’t see where they make money from me. Maybe all will be clear when I can install it (damn lowest privileged user account!).
Google Earth - Home

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Jesus, this movie must really suck

With the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes distraction going on (I refuse to link to that idiocy), I figured War of the Worlds would suck. But if Spielberg is comparing his movie to 9/11… wow, that’s gotta be one hell of a stinker of a movie.

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Happy Luddites day!

So, it was a banner day for the legal process here in the States. Our Supreme Court managed to tell everyone in the world that, in the most uncertain terms, they’re pretty sure that, maybe, file sharing is bad, unless you meet an “intent” test, after which you might be sued. Ernest Miller has a [...]

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Dutch Quote

niet geschoten altijd mis
Coffee has two virutes; it is wet and it is warm.
Rest in peace, my grandfather. This cup’s for you.

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Firefox extensions - the downside

I’m a huge fan of Firefox extensions; it’s high on the list of reasons to never stop using the browser. But there’s always a downside, and my paranoid side has found it.
I love the Greasemonkey extension; try it and you’ll find so many uses you’ll wonder how you can write your own. Greasemonkey has one [...]

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Blogger offers free 300MB of photo space

Title says it all.
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