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- Stephan Pastis, author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip, has a must-see comic for December 28: Pearls Before Swine. After you read his heart-breaking comic, check out this topic ... |
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- BestBuy.com offers the Compaq Presario 2190us Celeron/2.4GHz 256/40/DVD-CDRW/56k/100BT 15-inch TFT notebook with Windows XP Home for $1,099.99. Three... |
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- Windley points out that the Clark Campaign is embracing open source. Meanwhile, Dave Winer isn't too pleased by this: Wouldn't it be great if Dean and Clark went after Viacom, ClearChannel and Time-Warner, instead of the tiny companies that make blogging and social networking tools. I find myself hoping they get their asses kicked, hard. I don't expect much of Bush, but I doubt seriously that he would undermine the mostly American software industry by competing with it with free software. |
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- Como ya es conocido, los objetos en ActionScript realmente son una especie de arrays accesibles no sólo por número de índice, sino por un identificador. Por tanto, cuando queremos manipular alguna de las propiedades de un objeto lo podemos hacer... |
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- A man killed a co-worker at a drug and alcohol treatment center in North Philadelphia on Monday, then fatally shot himself, police said. |
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- This Car Can Talk. What It Says May Cause Concern.. OnStar is one of a growing number of automated eyes and ears that enhance driving safety and convenience but that also increase the potential for surveillance. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: |
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- Je tourne en rond. Je réfléchis. Je pense. Je me fais du mal comme ça. Au lieu de m'occuper je m'allonge sur mon lit, je fixe le plafond et je réfléchis. |
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- La chrysalide est en danger. |
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- > paroles de quelques chansons qui résument assez bien ce que je ressens en ce moment... |
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- [Tu sais combien le jour pleurait de ne pouvoir se lever] Dois-je encore me cacher, fuir ce que je suis réellement ? J ai Besoin de me sentir supérieur, de dominer ceux qui m entourent. Je ne puis me sentir bien que par cette supériorité. Et pour l atteindre, mon esprit est capable de mettre tous les moyens en uvre. Egocentrique, mégalomane, perfide, mesquin, traître voici tous les comportements que j endosse successivement. |
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- Né en 17 à leidenstadt Et si j'étais né en 17 à Leidenstadt Sur les ruines d'un champ de bataille Aurais-je été meilleur ou pire que ces gens Si j'avais été allemand ? Bercé d'humiliation, de haine et d'ignorance Nourri de rêves de revanche Aurais-je été de ces improbables consciences Larmes au milieu d'un torrent Si j'avais grandi dans les docklands de Belfast Soldat d'une foi, d'une caste Aurais-je eu la force envers et contre les miens De trahir: tendre une main Si j'étais née blanche et riche à Johannesburg Entre le pouvoir et la peur Aurais-je entendu ces cris portés par le vent Rien ne sera comme avant On saura jamais c'qu'on a vraiment dans nos ventres Caché derrière nos apparences L'âme d'un brave ou d'un complice ou d'un bourreau? Ou le pire ou plus beau ? Serions-nous de ceux qui résistent ou bien les moutons d'un troupeau S'il fallait plus que des mots ? |
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- Voilà c'est presque la fin, le plus dur est fait. |
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- BEST OF THE WEB is back from its holiday hiatus.... |
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- BEST OF THE WEB is back from its holiday hiatus.... |
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- According to this article: Bell to double download speed for High-Speed Internet - Improve upload performance by five times, we're... |
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- Something that has been at the back of our minds for years; do the things you own intentionally break down after a set period of time? Did that DVD player you just bought have a destruction time tuned to December... |
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- An Industry Watches Japan's Experience. Third-generation, or 3G, cellphone networks are finally catching on in Japan, in part because of better, cheaper phones, lower rates and wider coverage. Forecasters in the rest of the world are watching closely. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: |
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- President George W. Bush, according to critics of his latest declaration, is "dedicated to destroying all that is a potential threat to the U.S., like the insatiable Ahab, only more manic." In a recent press conference, of which his aides were unaware until it was too late, he outlined his plan for destroying the 4. |
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- E-mail is the weapon of choice for cyberblackmail artists, who are shaking down office workers, threatening to delete files on work PCs unless victims pay. |
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- (via The Farm) - There are lots of great insights in Anders Hejlsberg's Artima interview such as: distributed objects that look like local objects are inappropriate for most programmers. Check out the full interview for more. |
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- Interesting reading here, from a homelessness activist fed up with the opportunists and shysters.... |
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- More Music... This time a new-grass kind of band called the Waybacks. This band has a nice Tony Rice + David Grisman sound is taper friendly and has a wide touring reach. Go here to hear a sample. They'll be at the Walnut Valley Festival in ... |
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Noe Venable (Dec 29 2003 19:56 GMT) - WOW!!! This stuff is nice! Lots of great music out there. San Francisco native,Noe Venable has got a very nice sound with beautiful soundscapes and rythyms in the background. Check out a few of her tunes. |
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- After driving home from work the other day I found myself sitting in the truck listening to the radio. I am a HUGE fan of National Public Radio and I often am sad to turn it off if my journey ends during a particularly interesting segment. But this ... |
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- New photo's from the halloween balloon festival in Galena, IL. Located here. |
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- This morning we drove over to New Ulm, MN. New Ulm is the home of the August Schell Brewery The Brewery offers a tour and tasting of quite a few of their beers and 1919 rootbeer for $2.00. Schell's brews several different Schell branded beers and some Grain ... |
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- I rarely find myself in the "pop" section at a record store, but the album I stumbled on could have been located in any number of sections. Lovers, the debut album of The Sleepy Jackson is a an eclectic melding the likes of which I've never heard. The ... |
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- Once again Oak Center broadened my musical horizon's tonight. This evening Lehto & Wright played a mix of original and classic irish tunes juiced up a bit with various acoustic, and electric stringed instruments and a trap set. Oak Center describes them this way: "Taking cues from ... |
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- Last night Monroe Crossing, a MN based bluegrass band performed at Oak Center General Store in Oak Center, MN. Great show with a lot of old time, bluegrass and gospel music. The group consists of 4 men 1 woman, an electric upright base, 3 mandolin's, 2 fiddles, a ... |
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- The 3rd annual Halloween Balloon Race was held in Galena, IL sponsored by the Victorian Pines Inn and the Lindstrand Balloon Factory among many others. Friday was rained out but there were flights on Saturday and Sunday mornings, a glow and parade were held downtown on Saturday night. ... |
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- Saturday night we went to the Oak Center General Store to listen to Mike and Amy Finders and band. From a rocking rendition of Franky and Johnny to a Kate Wolf cover (not to mention the Mike finders originals) and ending with a Greg Brown tune. This was ... |
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- Over the weekend I installed the Gentoo Linux Reference Platform for the first time. If you've ever installed a previous version that compiles the entire distribution from source you will be pleasantly suprised by this version. The instructions here are very nice and walk you through the ... |
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- I just recieved the new music schedule for The Oak Center General Store. It's located in Oak Center MN, and is one of the best places in Southeastern, Minnesota to see live music. The schedule is here. This year they have John Gorka, Switchback, and Monroe Crossing. ... |
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- We spent the weekend at Eagle Ridge in Lutsen, MN. It's part of the Lutsen Mountains ski resort. It's located nearly 90 minutes north of Duluth on Hwy 61. Some of the highlights were Fitger's Brewhouse in Duluth, Gooseberry Falls, and Coho Cafe, Bakery, & Deli ... |
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- All the parts arrived for my Personal Video Recorder/MediaPC based on the MythTV project. I'm using a 2600+ and a Chaintech 7nil microatx motherboard in a coolermaster case. Pictures available soon. I plan on running Gentoo Linux 1.4 with MythTV and Mame. |
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- After biking and camping for the weekend near Lanesboro, MN we stopped at the Aroma Pie shop in Whalan, MN for a piece of pie and coffee. Great pie, friendly folks. Picture of the pie shop here. |
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- This year we've got a real treat for you. The DVD Talk Review Staff have come together to bring... |
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- In this important decision, 1-800-Contacts v. WhenU and Vision Direct, the Southern District of New York, unlike previous courts, has enjoined WhenU's use of pop-up/under ads. Aside: When Wells-Fargo sued WhenU (and lost) it was stung by the fact that a related company of Wells-Fargo allegedly used the WhenU service. |
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- I wanted to link to this piece at StrategyPage, but there are no permalinks. The thing is short enough, so I'm quoting it all. (via IP) December 29, 2003: The War on Terror has had an unintended, and welcome, side effect; world peace. |
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- getting sick is pretty bad. i mean both emotionally and physically. first of all , i get really depressed, i mean really really depressed, and i think i will never get well. then i feel ashamed that i get depressed, because i am such a failure as a human, i am a wimp. what do i have to complain about, all i have is a measly cold. |
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- getting sick is pretty bad. i mean both emotionally and physically. first of all , i get really depressed, i mean really really depressed, and i think i will never get well. then i feel ashamed that i get depressed, because i am such a failure as a human, i am a wimp. what do i have to complain about, all i have is a measly cold. |
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- FUNNY, but Peter Jennings doesn't report it quite this way.... |
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- FUNNY, but Peter Jennings doesn't report it quite this way.... |
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- (Via Vicky) REUTERS: Some Canada Muslims to Use Sharia in Civil Disputes Let the honor-killings and revenge-rapes commence, eh! In Canada, where the new plan would not cover criminal offenses, objections have ranged from concerns about institutionalizing sharia to the... |
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- Last post by Peter Object on 19:22 29/Dec/03 - Wooly mammoths. They must have been brill. |
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- A third singer-songwriter has been killed in what police now concede is the work of a serial killer. Jamie Brown, whose first album was nominated for a Mercury music prize, was shot outside his home in Brighton in the early hours of Saturday morning. It is understood that he was killed by a single shot to the head in what detectives describe as "a cold-blooded execution." Brown, whose most famous song, "Help Me Put Together The Jigsaw Of My Heart" was covered by Martine McCutcheon, had just completed a UK tour and was due to begin recording a new album next week. His death brings to three the number of singer-songwriters shot to death in the last year. |
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Spider-Man (Dec 29 2003 19:55 GMT) - Are Columbia prepping a brand new release of the first film? |
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