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Entries from December 2002

Nude gymnasts to get key to the city

December 31st, 2002 · No Comments

An update on the nude gymnastics… - The Keys to Bucharest! [via Ananova: Quirkies]…

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Tags: Life · Sport

Al-Qaeda Disk Recovery

December 30th, 2002 · No Comments

Al Qaeda acolyte Yusuf vows to die for the cause Interesting article on the previously deleted information recovered from an Al Qeada hard drive. via Afghan Daily…

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Tags: Life

Free funeral offer for drink-drivers

December 30th, 2002 · No Comments

Free funeral!? If only I had my license… via Ananova: Quirkies…

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Tags: Life

Mobile Tour Guides

December 29th, 2002 · No Comments

Palm-tops to guide tourists Lonely Planet doesn’t see this as a threat, yet, and I guess I don’t either, yet. It’s much more of a social change that has to happen before this will really take off. Planning tourist destinations…

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Tags: Web

Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against Java

December 23rd, 2002 · No Comments

Microsoft plots Macromedia coup against JavaFlash for Masters of the Universe Microsoft is rumoured, again, to be contemplating an acquisition of Macromedia. We’ve got a lot invested into ColdFusion technologies, so at first glance this looks to be a drag….

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Tags: Web · Work

Movies this weekend

December 22nd, 2002 · No Comments

If I needed any more proof that I’m not real good at the balance of consumption and production, I gotit this week. Over the past three months, I’ve gone to the movies once. This week, three times. Wednesday, I saw…

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Tags: Life

Cable, TV Makers Reach Peace Accord on Digital

December 19th, 2002 · No Comments

Looks like they’re going to finally make some good progress in the land of digital cable. Firewire output from the cable box would rock. “It also would forbid cable companies from electronically blocking off any output ports on the televisions…

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Tags: Life

Amazon Seeks ‘2-Click’ Shopping Cart Patent

December 19th, 2002 · No Comments

Ignoring the whole software patent issue, I just hope that Amazon implements this. I’ve done almost all Christmas shopping on Amazon and needed this functionality. This was the first year that almost everyone I bought for had wishlists set up,…

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Tags: Web · Work

Most Loathsome People in America, 2002

December 19th, 2002 · No Comments

From the The Beast - Buffalo’s New Best Fiend. Some good stuff, like Trey Anastasio’s entry, “Anastasio’s one redeeming factor is that at least one kid has probably died by choking on a glow stick at one of his concerts.”…

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O’Really book covers

December 19th, 2002 · No Comments

Some great spoof book covers from O’Reilly. I’ve always wanted to open an Irish bar named O’Really’s. [via Sillyness Spelled wrong Intentionally]…

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