“Let us think the unthinkable
Let us do the undoable
Let us prepare to grapple with ineffable itself
And see if we may not eff it after all”
Douglas Adams
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Fart Filter: Doctor Recommended – Flatulence Deodorizer(tm)… Quote: “Take Back Your Life Again! No Need to Remain Trapped in Your Home! Now you can go out in public without fear of embarrassment due to the odour of excessive intestinal gas:…
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Checking out that DiVinci book
No, not that DaVinci book. I mean an actual DaVinci book. The British Library has digitized and posted images of classic books, including Leonardo DaVinci’s famous notebook of mirror writings. The site uses the Shockwave plug-in to display the book…
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SphereXP
Holy crap is this cool! 3D desktop; check out the movies to get a better feel for how it works. If MS puts this in Longhorn, it would be incredible. Link [via Channel9 Forums]
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Earth, Wind, & Zire
Ok, I stole that headline from Gizmodo. I don’t know why, I just think it’s funny. Actually, since Jamie sent me a link to an MSNBC/MSN story about the new Palms, my brain was tuned to scan for reviews of…
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Stupidest Description Evah
Comcast digital cable provides an on-screen menu to select what to watch. Very handy usually; especially the Reminder feature (Note to any Comcast people; provide more listings… go like two weeks out so I can set reminders farthur out.) The…
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This "Controversy" Over the War Dead Photos
This idiocy of the pictures and Bush “hiding” the dead returning from Iraq needs to stop. From “Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins” by Dana Milbank (Washington Post, 21 Oct 2003): Since the end of the Vietnam War,…
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Used cellphone market
This is the article on BoingBoing: Used cellphone market taking off The NYT reports on the growing US market for refurbished, used cellphones. But there is also the cellphone equivalent of the preowned BMW. ReCellular, a company based in Dexter,…
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Wrap rage – "Extreme anger caused by product packaging that is difficult to open or manipulate"
Wrap rage? Aren’t we all becoming just a little overly sensitive? I mean, I don’t like that I have to whip out scissors to get at my headphones, but rage? I think there’s enough misery and injustice in the world…
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Express owner in 'Nazi' tirade
God I love British politics. If only Americans were this funny. Express owner in ‘Nazi’ tirade Goosestepping Richard Desmond mocks German takeover bid for Telegraph in extraordinary outburst. [via Guardian Unlimited]
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Detroit Gets High-Tech Parking Meters
Bravo Detroit… now don’t screw this up. The meters are part of a 90-day experiment with battery and solar-powered, online-operated parking meters. Some issue receipts that drivers leave on their dashboards to show parking enforcers how much time is left…