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- Left El Paso, 2:30 p.m. Wed, arrived Austin 1 a.m. |
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- As rich mentions, Office Student and Teacher Edition is the way to go for home use of Office. $149 list, permission to install on 3 machines. So $50 a machine, and what do you get? Well the most visible improvement I see is outlook -- outlook 2003 with newsgator is a pretty good way to read all my rss feeds. |
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- "Johnny Jinky was majorly pumped." by Jon Matza posted 12/1/2003 11:47:01 PM. |
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- ~~~~~~~~~ LIES, DAMNED LIES AND STATISTICS Well, Forbes magazine doesn't seem uncertain: "Surge at U.S. factories has Q4 GDP looking strong," says its Dubious Administration-sounding headline, bolstered by these upbeat comments: "All the indica |
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- Export Growth & Structural Shift in Turkish Economy An interesting observation from Mehmet Altan at Gazetem.com regarding the structural shift in Turkish economy. The main engine seems to have shifted from textiles to electronics and automotive. "Th |
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- As some of you may have noticed, I did not "win" at NaNoWriMo. November 17th, the last day I did any actual writing, my wordcount was at 22,434, or 44%. I could have gamed the system and gotten a nifty winner's icon/certificate, by writing 28000 repetitions of "badger badger badger" or the like, but it wasn't worth it. To be fair, I just checked my journal and have written at least 25,000 words here over the month. Add in my contributions to Usenet and other blogs like Amptoons, and I probably exceeded the required wordcount for the month. |
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- I finally got the pictures from Thanksgiving on the web. They are located at Ks PhotoBlog. Go have a look!... |
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- In a Bind over Books When student Melanie Earls walks into her chemistry class at Fresno High School, odds are that the textbook she gets that day will be ragged and worn. "Those textbooks look really torn up," says Melanie, who is a junior. |
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- Medicare package a concern to seniors "Fresno seniors say changes to Medicare don't do enough to lower costs of prescription drugs and seem to benefit private insurance companies and HMOs rather than the elderly and disabled." |
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- Oink. Oink. Thomas bringing home the bacon "This year, Thomas was heavily involved in negotiations that led to congressional passage of President Bush's big tax cut, the Medicare prescription drug bill and shaping the stalled energy bill." — We the seniors who are betrayed by the prescription drug benefit (which benefits the makers of the prescription drugs, mostly and begins the end of Medicare) will never forgive him. |
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- While 80 to 90 percent of Web searchers typically forgo query operators, common wisdom is that more expert users who tailor their searches end up with more and better quality results. But this may be a holdover from earlier search systems that aren't as s |
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- On cherche tous la même chose, et finalement on passe nos journées à ça. Nos vies à ça, et même quand on le trouve on passe son temps à essayer de le garder, d'en profiter ou d'en trouver un autre. On fait tout pour ne pas être seul et partager un petit bout d'un petit quelque chose avec un autre tout seul. Hmmmmmmm. On cherche des recettes, on essaye d'anticiper, de prévoir, de comprendre. |
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- Racontez moi, dites moi tout ! Que faites vous pour les fêtes de Noel et du 1er de l'an ? à bientôt Olivier |
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- Never mind the headlines of violence in Iraq or the bickering of Lebanese politicians. What's grabbing readers in Beirut is the tale of the cocky woman bank worker and the more than $300 million missing from her bank. |
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Bad Santa (Dec 02 2003 04:44 GMT) - :: I saw Bad Santa this afternoon, and the movie really didn't work for me. The film is directed by... |
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- I think we should have a diffrent party in the oval government we have seen what republicans and Democrats can too I just want to see how a diffrent party can do for once time for a change |
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- Not an ordinary trivia website, hohohoho no! I personally couldn't get enough of the sheer bizarreness and randomness of the facts herein. |
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Clara Bow (Dec 02 2003 04:44 GMT) - Clara Bow invented the notion of sex on the silver screen. She was the first actress who visibly flaunted her sex appeal and, in turn, became the most talked-about resident of Hollywood. Idolized by Louise Brooks in the 20s, Marilyn Monroe in the 50s, and Madonna in the 80s, Clara was an icon of sexual freedom for women everywhere. But beneath Clara's radiant, carefree laughter hid a pain that she couldn't ignore forever. |
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- We didn't make it to the Bluebird, we didn't make it to the Opry, we didn't go Dancing in the District, we didn't see Brooks and Dunn, we didn't get to read in the new library, we didn't get to... |
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more hair (Dec 02 2003 04:43 GMT) - I read somewhere that people have a natural reaction to drastic changes in their lives-- they want to change their... |
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- Leading today's immigration law news, the California State Assembly has voted to repeal a law that would allow illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses. The vote to repeal, which was made by a 64-9 vote follows the California Senate's recent 33-0 vote |
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- Have you noticed the incredible rise in the number of beggars on Shanghai streets? A new law has been introduced which prevents police from locking up panhandlers at their whim. This means the streets are a lot safer for Shanghai's... |
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- [ From The New York Times ] 2004 looks to be shaping up as a very interesting and volatile one for dowlodable music services like iTunes Music Store. Will music simply become a commodity to sell hardware? |
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- The concert wil feature artists from the CD "Our 'Ohana," which includes Baba B, The 'Opihi Pickers, Pound 4 Pound, Zacc Kekona, 'Ike Pono, Vaihi, Stacie, Na Kama, and Weldon Kekauoha & Tapa Groove Saturday December 13 2003, 6:00-8:20PM. |
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- As expected, there was a lot more content on the feeds this morning. I can't believe it is December already! Wow. ASP.NET Common Web Page Class Library - I haven't tried out the code yet, but this set of ASP. |
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- It's a strange, strange thing to have an internet friend suddenly die. I met Heide in early 2000, when I... |
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- I got a strand of Majorica pearls from A Carat and |
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- Yep, slow here too. And the stupid computer keeps locking up! |
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- Yes, it was slow for me earlier today but it's not |
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- Yahoo! News - US manufacturers hit 20-year record pace More great economic news. The pickup in manufacturing might help put a halt to all the political rhetoric. Or not.US manufacturing activity unexpectedly shot to a 20-year record in November as... |
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- It Doesn't Start in Kashmir, and It Never Ends Well: "Yet the danger is that Indian and Pakistani leaders still believe it possible to have a small conventional conflict. Soviet and American leaders didn't think that way during the Cold War. As a result, Soviet and American forces never traded shots across the Iron Curtain the way India and Pakistan have exchanged fire across the Line of Control in Kashmir." |
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- Tiny but Trusted Inner Circle Surrounds Dean Dean Plugs Gaps in Experience Can Dean run out the clock? Hollywood searches for a Democratic star Dean Prepared to Go to Vietnam No Wonder Howard Dean Is So Angry |
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- Ashley Benigno offered an interesting invitation to grid-blogging. Grid-blogging is a group of bloggers tackling a specific topic on a specific day. Since I've been purposefully absent from blogging for a bit, this seemed like an interesting way to get... |
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- My mom told everyone at work that I'm now single, to which one of the guys goes, "Your daughter's single?... |
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- Slashdot has a post about Peter Jackson possibly in talks about filming The Hobbit. I predicted this back when the first Lord of The Rings movie was released. To me, it's a no brainer. I'm sure New Line feels the same way. |
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