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Big strides for little pair (Jan 22 2005 23:30 GMT) - After just two weeks, the iPod shuffle and Mac mini have jumped to the top of Apple’s "Top Sellers" list, with the shuffle enjoying the pinnacle position, followed by iLife and iWork '05, and Mac mini. The fifth slot belongs to the standard iPod, followed by three shuffle accessories — Arm Band, Sport Case and Dock, respectively. Over at Amazon.com, the iBook still holds the top spot in its computers "Top Sellers" list, the $599 version of the Mac mini holds the No. 3 spot, and the $499 model sits in the seventh slot. |
Politics in the Zeros
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Good point! (Jan 22 2005 23:29 GMT) - From ProRev READER KM notes that Condoleezza Rice's behavior during her confirmation hearing recalls an exchange from Calvin & Hobbes: Calvin: Question my integrity, will you? Hobbes: |
RANDOM THOUGHTS on Politics
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Gonzales Written Testimony: Bopping and Weaving (Jan 22 2005 23:29 GMT) - Gonzales has been justly criticized for bopping and weaving during his confirmation hearings to avoid answering tough questions. He's continued that practice in the written responses he's provided to questions submitted by the Judiciary Committee. I've read through some of... |
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Numero Lingo 1.27 by Silvawood Software (Jan 22 2005 23:28 GMT) - Numero Lingo is the easy way to learn to count in a variety of foreign languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Even if you are fluent in all other aspects of a language, you may still find it difficult to understand numbers delivered at speed. Numero Lingo is here to teach you to interpret those rapidly-spoken telephone numbers or till totals. |
Instapundit.com
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IN LIGHT OF MY EARLIER ... (Jan 22 2005 23:28 GMT) - IN LIGHT OF MY EARLIER MENTIONS, I should note that I just ordered this William Gibson video, which sounds pretty cool. Heck, any documentary by/with William Gibson sounds pretty cool. This one sounds like a cyberpunk version of the film I'd like to make, in which James Lileks and I... |
Instapundit.com
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IN LIGHT OF MY EARLIER ... (Jan 22 2005 23:28 GMT) - IN LIGHT OF MY EARLIER MENTIONS, I should note that I just ordered this William Gibson video, which sounds pretty cool. Heck, any documentary by/with William Gibson sounds pretty cool. This one sounds like a cyberpunk version of the film I'd like to make, in which James Lileks and I... |
Axis of Жvil
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Big Yellow Nuts (Jan 22 2005 23:28 GMT) - « I don't suppose that squirrels play fetch with tennis balls tethered to trees. » The bad news: Signe Brander's photography book sold out on the first morning it was available and, when we checked back today, will remain so until another printing comes along in mid-February. |
ПОЛИТ.РУ: НОВОСТИ
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Испания: Боно сбежал от толпы демонстрантов (Jan 22 2005 23:28 GMT) - Министр обороны Испании Хосе Боно был вынужден спешно ретироваться с антитеррористической демонстрации после того, как разъяренная толпа освистала его, а некоторые из участников демонстрации пытались толкнуть и ударить, передает РБК со ссылкой на Associated Press. Демонстрации, которая была организована Ассоциацией жертв терроризма, приняло участие около 35 тыс. человек. Они собрались в честь памяти погибших от терактов, организованных баскской террористической организацией ЭТА, а также в результате терактов 11 марта 2004 года. Боно прибыл на демонстрацию вместе Розой Диес, депутатом Европарламента от Баскской социалистической партии. |
Mannes LinkLog
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Smycka din iPod Shuffle (Jan 22 2005 23:27 GMT) - Det här är otroligt häftigt. Ett av de största tecknen på iPods storhet är hur andra affärsmöjligheter och unika skapelser uppstår runt om fenomenet. Exempel är reklamfilmen som en entusiast gjorde och såg spridas världen runt på några timmar, tjänsten dit du kan skicka ett eget foto och för alldeles för många dollar få den omgjord till att se ut som om den är med i den karakteristiska iPod-reklamen och nu smycken. Elizabeth Sarah Cash Hitchcock har börjat skapa överdrag till iPod Shuffle som gör om den rent designade spelaren till ett halssmycke. Stenar, glitter, metall... |
Life and Deatherage
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Rumsfeld Cancels Trip Out of Fear of Arrest (Jan 22 2005 23:26 GMT) - Via ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society:Expatica, a newsmagazine for English-speaking expatriates in Germany, reports that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has canceled a trip to Germany out of fear of arrest. Rumsfeld's decision comes on the heels of a complaint filed by the New York based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). According to the CCR: |
Life and Deatherage
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Bad English pet peeves of the week (Jan 22 2005 23:26 GMT) - In one of those misguided online petitions, this one showing support for Think Secret owner Nick Ciarelli in his defense against Apple's lawsuit:This is a David and Goliath fight, we implore Apple not to use its power against an individual that has so little power with which to defend themself.Of course, independent sentences should be separated by a semicolon or written as separate sentences, not connected with a comma. This isn't what made me roll my eyes.The writer knows that Nick Ciarelli is a man, and there's only one of him, but the pathetic urge to use the plural to avoid either the masculine or feminine pronouns leads him to try themselves. |
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