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- Interesting, sad story about the demise of long-time publisher Creative Arts Books, and the screwing of their authors/co-publishers on the way down. |
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- (Review) Dennis Prager writes that if you want to truly understand the Middle-East conflict, the earthquake in Iran tells you everything you need to know. A massive earthquake kills between 20,000 and 40,000 Iranians, and the government of Iran announces... |
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- While PDAs can be great for electronic books in many cases, I've now got even more reason to question the e-book industry's love of this platform.In dealings with PDA buyers, some Ernestine imitators at Dell are slavishly plagiarizing in real life from Lily Tomlin.Relying on outfits like Dell is a great way to screen out booklovers who aren't committed techies or expert bureaucracy-fighters. Customers had better learn to deal with morons in departments with Orwellian names like "customer care."Scary even for geeksMine isn't the only horror story inspired by Dell and other PDA vendors. |
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UI (Dec 30 2003 17:58 GMT) - Accessibility-checking Bookmarklets. http://www. accessify. com/tools-and-wizards/ accessibility-checking-favelet asp Large collection of bookmarklets to assist web developers ensuring more accessible sites. |
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UI (Dec 30 2003 17:58 GMT) - Accessibility-checking Bookmarklets. http://www. accessify. com/tools-and-wizards/ accessibility-checking-favelet asp Large collection of bookmarklets to assist web developers ensuring more accessible sites. |
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- Ein absoluter Klassiker, total im Flavor des Spiels: Some time in 1996 a couple of guys got together and smoked what was apparently a large amount of crack and then injected pure heroin into their eyes and then proceeded to create what is now known only as 'the Doom comic'. [The Doom Comic Revealed (Again)] |
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- wer jahresrückblicke liebt, der kann jetzt den seinigen mit denen von anderen verquirlen: 03.twoday.net [via kebo 11] |
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- An avalanche swept across New Zealand's tallest mountain Wednesday, killing three climbers and injuring three others, rescuers said. The injured climbers were rushed to a nearby hospital in the city of Christchurch, emergency services told reporters. It wasn't immediately clear how seriously they were hurt. |
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- Nathan Newman and Kevin Drum are praising Howard Dean's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $7 an hour. Says Kevin, And for those who... |
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- I'm selling The Princess' Nextel phone on eBay. She got a newer, upgraded one [i90c] from Santa for Christmas. So... now's your chance to own something The Princess has actually touched and placed gently against her face while driving with her knees and putting on makeup. Heh. |
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- This Bankrate article discussed, in great depth, why and how Monte Carlo simulation should be applied in retirement planning. In a nutshell, Monte Carlo simulation is far better than simple calculations used in most personal finance software and online calculators.... |
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- I haven't tried this lately.... I wonder if there's anything new....... |
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人生無常 不要放棄希望 (Dec 30 2003 17:57 GMT) - 這個標題是借用的 , 在聯合報上看到這個標 ,梁朝偉悼梅姑所說的 . 有很大的感觸 .拿來當標題 . 人生無常 對我來說已是司空見慣 , 可是不要放棄希望真的 . 它不是一種實質的困難 . |
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- If you build on MinGW, you've no doubt had build bustage in js/src/xpconnect. I've just landed Benjamin's fix from bug... |
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- InterNey.NetTeatro ReluzirTeatro Reluzir |
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- InterNey.NetFlying to the MoOnFlying to the MoOn |
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- Coulthard out at McLaren at end of 2004. In F1, Silly season now starts at the beginning of the year. |
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- Canadian eAuthors are accepting entries for their first annual short story contest. Open to Canadian residents only. First prize: $25.... |
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- "The Bluetooth Connection Kit features the Socket`s new SDIO card and the Get Connected! Setup wizard. The software runs on any Pocket PC that has a Secure Digital (SD} I/O slot and is running BSQUARE Corporation`s SDIO Now! software. The Bluetooth SDIO Connection is compatible with the following phones: |
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search (Dec 30 2003 17:55 GMT) - Grokker. Via a CNN article, Going deeper than Google, comes info regarding a nifty little visualization tool for Internet Searches, Grokker... [Michelle's Online Learning Freakout Party Zone] |
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- I need to convert two webforms to ASP so that user can fill out page and have it automatically convert to PDF and email itself to an email address that I'd like to be able to change fro (more...) Keywords: |
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brew (Dec 30 2003 17:55 GMT) - My little sister sent me a link for Shmaltz, the Chosen Beers featuring Genesis Ale and Messiah Bold. You can watch a commercial, "Two Jews Walk Into a Bar" Also in the tradition of religiously themed beer, you could drink some Pologamy Porter "Why Just Have One!" |
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brew (Dec 30 2003 17:55 GMT) - My little sister sent me a link for Shmaltz, the Chosen Beers featuring Genesis Ale and Messiah Bold. You can watch a commercial, "Two Jews Walk Into a Bar" Also in the tradition of religiously themed beer, you could drink some Pologamy Porter "Why Just Have One!" |
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- Boeing Wins Contract to Build Navy Jets. Boeing said that it had received orders worth as much as $9.6 billion to build as many as 210 Super Hornet fighter jets for the Navy. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - AP via The Ledger Dec 30 2003 12:36PM ET... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - San Francisco Chronicle Dec 30 2003 12:40PM ET... |
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- File-swapping program beats wizard Harry Potter in Yahoo's top 10 most popular web searches. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition] '-- More people looked for information about the file-swapping program Kazaa than anything else on the net in 2003, according to search site Yahoo. --' ...John |
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- For those of you who don't read my primary blog or my secondary blog I am a budding screenwriter. Yesterday I came up with this kick ass movie idea that I like to describe as a "Lord of the Rings" Xmas tale. A VERY adult Xmas tale. Anyways, I was all jacked and shit about writing my script. I was gonna bang out 10 pages last night and then 15 today, but then I got sidetracked by "The Sopranos. |
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