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Bo Schembechler dies
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Author: ryanvis
Looks like a heart-attack. Link
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This title was supposed to reference a Jimmy Stewart movie
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Author: ryanvis
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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Author: ryanvis
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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Author: ryanvis
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
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Holy Crap! Zeeland voters overturn alcohol ban!
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Author: ryanvis
I. Am. Stunned. Congratulations Zeeland for pulling yourselves out of the 30’s. For the first time since it’s inception as a city in 1907, alcohol can be sold in restaurants and stores. Prepare for moral decay, rioting, and a murder or two now that people can buy booze in town. Oh, wait, they have that […]
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Rumsfeld's Out
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Author: ryanvis
And another Bush crony is in. As much as I want to be happy about this, I filled with dread about the devil we don’t know.
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Election Hang Over
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So, we’re officially the third-most intolerant state in the union, voting down Proposal 2. Through lies, deception, and a dubiously-worded proposal, affirmative action is now illegal in Michigan. And, although it’s only correlation, isn’t it somehow fitting that Michigan also has the third-highest rate of hate crimes in the US? Congratulations Michiganders; you really showed […]
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Go Vote, You Lazy Bastard
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Author: ryanvis
Got your attention? Good. You took the time to surf over to this site and, let’s face it, you’re not reading something in the top 1,000,000 pages on the Web so you’re scraping bottom here. You obviously have the time. Go pick a governor, vote on some propositions (PDF), maybe elect a judge or two. […]
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Close One
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Author: ryanvis
Wow, I had no idea how close to annihilation we came this past week. How close, you ask? How about a marching band forming Star Trek logos with Star Trek actors in the stadium. That’s close.Photographic Proof! Whew. (Oh, and Patrick Stewart was in the stadium; Royal Shakespeare was in town and he guest conducted.) […]
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Random Hard Drive Droppings
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Been a while… busy… blah blah blah. Instead of a long-winded “sorry I dropped off the face of the earth” post, I going to root through my hard drive and talk about something in my backup folder. Like this: This is a logo for a band named Cycle. When I lived in Grand Rapids, Cycle […]