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- Hello Bloggers!! Here is some food for thought: Have you ever wondered if things that you see on TV, that seem as tho they could never happen, are real?? We tell our kids that monsters are not real and that there eyes are playin tricks on them when they tell us that they see one under there bed. |
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- This story is a continuation of the story " How My Life Changed". It is being written as a result of requests by readers of that story. This is meant for the reading enjoyment of people who are considered adults in their areas. Please send any comments or suggestions to 4playd@comcast.net. |
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- Россия сегодня перечислит около 53 млн. долларов в счет погашения долга перед Международным валютным фондом (МВФ). В счет погашения основного долга фонду будет перечислено 28 млн. 255 тыс. 676 долл. |
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- Some ideas on how to use linking within video on the web on a new Wiki I created: VideoBlogging : How To Link. |
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- Links to the SEC filings here and here. From the Financial Times, the full-text of an "unconventional" letter from Google's... |
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- Symantec Client Security 2.0 provides a strong defense for PC users on your network. With its easy-to-use interface, clear documentation, and straightforward setup, SCS is a good choice for corporate protection. |
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- An attractive design, a gorgeous screen, and sufficient USB ports sounds like a recipe for a budget notebook winner, but unfortunately the eMachines M2105 comes up a bit short. |
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- The Dell Inspiron 1150 has decent performance and respectable components, but it's the outstanding battery life that makes this notebook worth a second glance. |
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- Thanks to the new Athlon XP-M CPU, the Compaq Presario R3000Z is a desktop replacement notebook that knows how to perform. |
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- The Zip-Linq Sync-N-Charge retractable cable is a convenient, portable alternative to the power-and-sync systems that come with PDAs. |
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- The Norazza Digital Cleaning Kit is an inexpensive package that provides everything you need to keep your digital camera spotless (and avoid repairs and read errors caused by dust, crumbs, and so on). |
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- Computer modifications enter the mainstream with this line of add-ons. |
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- With the Logitech MX510 Performance Optical Mouse, the company upped the ante for gaming mice by boosting the MX Optical Engine to 5.8 megapixels and a hefty 12-bit data path. |
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- [Living in Europe] - This survey with a sample size of one was conducted after coming across frequent references to Belgium as the shining sample of an uninteresting European country. To verify these claims, a complicated but nevertheless completely unscientific scoring method was developed which ranks the 25 EU member states as of 1 May 2004 by their individual lack of interest... |
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- [Living in Europe] - My Vienna is so full of details natives never notice. It takes the stranger to squeek and shout ooooh-look-at-that-isn't-that- "You are here because you love this city?" the charming Viennese will ask - and frown s. |
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- [Living in Europe] - The Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported today that before Leszek Miller leaves his office, he's (well, the Head of his office is)attempting to set up as many good positions for those in his office as possible, regardless of whether they have the right qualifications now required of civil sector workers... |
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- Spedita adesso: Gentile "Virgilio", purtroppo ... |
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- Top 100 Biggest Cities Interesting, but a list of "biggest metro areas" would be more useful. Having lived in both, I can tell you that Memphis (#19) isn't anywhere close to the size of Atlanta (#41). Memphis has an unusually high percentage of the metro residents inside the actual city limits. Atlanta, on the other hand, has an unusually low percentage. |
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- it's funny how you know me betterthan my best friends.we've only met a few short months ago.schools coming to a closeand your moving and i' |
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Phil Carter (Apr 30 2004 02:34 GMT) - Over at Intel Dump - Phil Carter has finished law school! Congratulations. Take a few days break. You will need all the strength for BarBri, PMBR or whatever bar review courses you will take for the Cal. bar. |
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- The Breeze of Hawaii, will produce and broadcast two specials this year featuring nominated artists of the 2004 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. The first special, on May 7, will feature nominees from the Female, Male and Group of the Year categories, and the second special, on May 8, will feature the nominees from the categories of Most Promising Artist, Hawaiian Language Performance and Song of the Year. Mahalo to Lea for passing on the info. |
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slugs (Apr 30 2004 02:34 GMT) - as i have been sitting here on the couch with my slug cat, T. has miraculously installed a pull chain... |
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- The results are in on this poll on the best digital camera sites. The winner is clear but there are some great sites in the minor places also. |
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- Thats right step right up and make your own M. Jackson mug shot picture. Click and drag the pieces to where you want them. |
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- Perhaps one of the best nuclear weapons pages I've found to date. The photo gallery pages are full of nuclear explosion photos: give Ivy, Redwing, and Hardtack a try, or head straight to their wallpaper-sized images. Read their nuke FAQ. |
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- This is the story of how my life changed drastically when my wife took a lover who became my master. It is meant for the reading pleasure of adults over the legal age in their area. Please send any comments on this story to 4playd@comcast.net. How My Life Changed by mwmsissy Chapter 1 My wife Mary and I had been married for over eight years and I thought our life was very good. |
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- Big Media Matt states that Euegene Volokh is close to jumping the shark: Meanwhile, Eugene Volokh seems to be poised... |
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- Nate sends in this New York Times article about the Advantage, the "video-rock band" that plays covers of classic Nintendo... |
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Good Advice (Apr 30 2004 02:33 GMT) - Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought. -Matsuo Basho [via my friend Tim Kou] |
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- As you all probably know by now, Google file for an IPO today. What you may not know is that they still refuse to pander... |
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- Creating a Simplified Asynchronous Call Pattern for Windows Forms Applications. Implement an asynchronous call pattern that allows you to consume Web services from a Windows Forms application without having to worry about threads. [MSDN Just Published] |
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- Snuff films are supposed to be urban legend. There are two good books on the legend of snuff films: Killing for Culture and Gods of Death if you are interested. |
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- Snuff films are supposed to be urban legend. There are two good books on the legend of snuff films: Killing for Culture and Gods of Death if you are interested. |
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- You'll have to excuse me if I don't put too much faith in the televised "confession" of two accused al-Qaeda plotters in Jordan. As AP had it,Azmi al-Jayousi, identified as the head of the Jordanian cell of al-Qaida, appeared Monday in a 20-minute taped program and described meeting Jordanian militant Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi in neighboring Iraq to plan the foiled plot.A commentator said the plotters wanted to kill "80,000" Jordanians and had targeted the prime minister's office, intelligence headqu ... |
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White Death (Apr 30 2004 02:32 GMT) - JLA #97: Gah. Lame cliff-hanger, lame characterizations, even the art was poor. Not worth picking up. Green Lantern #176: |
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Credo (Apr 30 2004 02:32 GMT) - Rev. Coffin just published his latest book, Credo, which is a great read. If you missed his recent interview with Bill Moyers it is available online here. |
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- Ha, who knew that one day I'd end up linked on Freespace?. And it only took me 2 months or so to find out!Actually, it is because of a quote from my favorite founding father, Thomas Jefferson, when he wrote in a letter concerning the necessary and proper clause that: "Congress are authorized to defend the nation. Ships are necessary for defence; |
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- & as william burroughs wrote in naked lunch, ‘i wipe my ass w/your treaties, pacts & alliances.’ |
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- Everybody who's looked at the Apple/NeXT deal knows that it was NeXT that really acquired Apple. Apple had the better brand viability so it says Apple on all the business cards but the executives, the philosophy, the code, they very... |
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- This music video pretty much has it all. |
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- My wife Chris had told me to get "ready", which I knew meant for me to get into my role as Slut. This process took over an hour; involving as it did shaving my body, showering, putting on makeup, doing my hair and dressing in my French maid outfit. As I completed my transformation, I wondered what Chris had planned for tonight. She never informed me ahead of time, feeling that as her slave I should accept whatever she demanded of me. |
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- Schцne Neue Welt :DJs: DJ's: THOMAS PENTON (RELEASE REC - 19 BOX REC) U.S. |
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