Archive for March, 2006

To Buy or Not To Buy - Dyson Vaccuum

So, dear readers (there are more than one of you, right?), I need an opinion.
We have three pets, two of whom shed hair like limbs at a leper convention. The house is, understandably, a little on the hairy side. It’s getting much worse than we can take and the vacuum we have just isn’t [...]

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AOL TV

Miss Pinky and the Brain? Love F Troop? Need to welcome Kotter back one more time? Check out AOL TV; all kinds of classic (and newer) shows available for your viewing pleasure. IE only, however (kind of lame).
AOL Television: In2TV [via TWiT]

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Engadget Busted Stealing Content

Ah, the wonderful world of Engadget. I always forget how unbelievably pretentious Engadget is until they decide to step in it publically. Like today when they got called out for ripping off content from another site (one which they’ve apparently had a spat with).
Until one of those sites breaks a story. This one is the [...]

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Write Your Congresscritter - DMCA Reform (HR 1201)

Take a second, customize this letter, and send it to your Congresscritter. The DMCA is the worst piece of legislation this side of the PATRIOT Act. HR 1201 aims to reform some of that awful legislation by removing and clarifying what is and is not infringing (the current lawsuit-initiator du jour).
EFF Action Center

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Now I Really Want a PSP

They have Lemmings for the PSP! Man I love that game.
Lemmings Plunge Onto the PSP - Kotaku

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Abortion 101

Voltaire said, “If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.” He was right, and both extremes in the abortion controversy demonstrate that. But the ‘pro-life’ side has a worse case of absurdity than the pro-choicers, and that won’t change until (at a minimum) they face up to what they really want.
Say what you want about [...]

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Who says religion is boring?

Today is Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the story of Esther (full back story here). Why should us goyims care?
We are also commanded to eat, drink and be merry. According to the Talmud, a person is required to drink until he cannot tell the difference between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordecai,” though [...]

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