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- I got another piece of coursework back, which also came out as a 65%! And the lecturer actually noted my organisational skills - recognition at last! At this rate I'm on my way for a 2:1 - however I don't... |
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- This is absolutely wonderful. One of the better pranks I've heard of in recent times. Creative fun. And I love the picture of that book. : |
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- http://www. annihilatormetal. com/modules. ph... |
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- I had my camera batteries charged and was ready to capture the new view of The Snuggery, but it rained most of the day, the afternoon straight through, so I wasn't able to catch a pic of it. Who knows ... maybe tomorrow? |
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- CES 2004: SanDisk has today announced the largest capacity Memory Stick to date, the new 2 GB Memory Stick Pro. This new capacity joins SanDisk's existing line of Memory Stick Pro cards which range from 256 MB to the new 2 GB and with the addition of a new range of Memory Stick Pro DUO cards are now available in a rather fetching semi-transparent blue color. "SanDisk Memory Stick PRO cards are expected to be available in February 2004 with capacities that range from 256MB to 2GB... |
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- Apple’s desire to see the iPod remain the leader in the digital music player market got a big push on Thursday when Apple and HP announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to deliver HP-branded digital music players based on the iPod. The news came at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. What’s more, iTunes and the iTunes Music Store will be available to HP customers. |
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- This one goes out to Allah. Praise be unto the Crue. Crue - Home Sweet Home mp3 If you're singing along at home, the words are below. Just remember to hit those high notes.... |
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- Finding out your child has a problem can be frightening news to parents. Once you learn the details of the problem, the next step is up to you. One Chicago family whose son has autism wrote about their experiences. |
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- Even though she's had a successful career, actress Laura San Giacomo says her most enduring role is being an advocate for educating kids with disabilities. As a mother of a child with learning and physical disabilities, Laura San Giacomo is a strong supporter for inclusive educational opportunities for all children. Last month, she was in Chicago speaking at the Annual Tash Conference. |
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- Two moms fight to protect their daughters from bullies, but face a wall of red tape. Both moms were given a chance to transfer their children to other schools, but the choices weren't any better. |
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- New medications and therapies show great success in fighting depression, but experts are pursuing another possibility: perspiration. Fighting depression by working up a sweat. |
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- Hemorrhoid: It's a touchy subject that many people don't feel comfortable talking about -- even with their doctor. Now, there's a new procedure to get rid of this embarrassing annoyance once and for all. |
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- Yaa! I am glad you picked the Rolex...you will really enjoy |
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- Amazon.com: Books: The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition -- good quick intro to design principles, primarily for the printed page, but a little for websites too. Not that it will help my page but still nice to know in greater depth what I am screwing up. |
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- Winter has returned to Vancouver. Winter that is normal for Vancouver, that is. That hiccough of cold and snow and ice has lifted, leaving only a few crystalized white reminders about the neighbourhood. When I stepped out to make the daily pilgrimage eastward across the street to the coffeeshop, I had to stop and take in the smells of wet ground and various flora in thaw. Those scents had been missing during the cold snap, held down under snow and lacking the medium of airborne moisture needed to create the luscious, almost drinkable air of the rainforest after a good soaking. |
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- "Toshiba has unveiled a prototype hard drive that's smaller than any currently on the market. The drive could start appearing in devices such as cellular telephones and digital music players before the end of this year. The drive is the same length and width as an SD memory card and is 1 millimeter thicker, says Maciek Brzeski, vice president of marketing at Toshiba's U.S. storage media division. |
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- Newsweek's Los Angeles bureau chief David Jefferson went through the interviews, negotiated over salary and start date, and accepted the high-level job of Associate Editor of the L.A. Times Editorial Pages. It put him number two to Janet Clayton, Editor... |
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- It's official. NASCAR will switch to a playoff system for the last 10 races of the 2004 season. |
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- These 10 deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, says Seattle Times baseball writer Larry Stone. An interesting look at one voter's ballot and rationale. [s'mores inside] |
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- NHL Starting All-Stars announcedIn the east: Brodeur, Niedermayer, Stevens, Kovalchuk, Thornton. In the west: Turco, Lidstrom, Blake, Modano, Guerin, Bertuzzi. Pretty much all New Jersey and Dallas(? |
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- New England PatsiesSlate on "the myth of the rough, tough Boston sports fan." |
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- The company, a maker of high-end computers and storage systems, says its loss is now expected to be between $5 million and $10 million, including a $13 million charge for restructuring. |
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- The company, a maker of high-end computers and storage systems, says its loss is now expected to be between $5 million and $10 million, including a $13 million charge for restructuring. |
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- More on the digital fingerprinting policy and reaction from Brazil: I found this paragraph, buried in a Boston Globe article on European-US relations: Brazil wants its citizens exempt from tough new US security measures requiring them to be fingerprinted and photographed upon entering the United States. Foreign Minister Celso Amorim of Brazil met with US Ambassador Donna Hrinak this week... |
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- That's the only problem with 4 hours of rabid overly caffeinated activity. Once you've ripped through your todo list you kinda float in space for a while. So, I took the opportunity to update my silly identity page with my Blogger Code, my Geek Code, and my Perl Geek Code. |
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- In einem Photoshop-Forum auf der Site des Herstellers Adobe wird derzeit heftig über eine neue "Funktion" von Photoshop 8 debattiert: Demnach erkennt die Software Bilder, die Dollar- oder Euro-Noten detailliert darstellen, und verhindert anschließend, dass die Dateien geöffnet werden. |
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- There are words that strike terror. And they are different for different times and situations. Well we have a few... |
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- Don't forget to vote in the Moveon.org anti-Bush ad campaign, Bush in 30 Seconds. Here's our votes: "If Parents Acted... |
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- From today's NY Times, something worrisome and something hopeful. On the worrisome front: WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - The Bush administration on Wednesday reasserted its broad authority to declare American citizens to be enemy combatants, and... |
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Fuck 101 (Jan 09 2004 00:53 GMT) - The blog title leaves little to the imagination about the content. a recent entry >>>>> |
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- Remember this? "That's a nice demo application you've got working on the Linux box. Now spend ten times the money and twenty times the work to do it for real." |
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Slide Show (Jan 09 2004 00:53 GMT) - Some background information for Linux desktops. |
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- Das kostenlose Tool Remove Hidden Data von Microsoft entfernt unsichtbare Informationen aus Word-, Excel- und PowerPoint-Dateien. Es genügt zum Beispiel, in Word die Funktion zum Verfolgen von Änderungen zu aktivieren, damit alle Bearbeitungsschritte mit im Dokument gespeichert werden und sich jederzeit wieder anzeigen lassen. ¬ |
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Mac Envy? (Jan 09 2004 00:52 GMT) - One of the cooler features in the new Panther (10.3) release of Mac OS X is a window management function called Exposé. It allows you to use a keyboad command or move the mouse to a designated corner of the... |
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