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Pierson's Puppeteers - No you probably don't know what I'm talking about.

2008-02-20T05:13:29Z

So here's the thing. I happened across a new book by my favorite author Larry Niven called 'Fleet of Worlds'. Anybody who knows anything about known space knows that this is where Pierson's Puppeteers come from. I won't bore you with too many d...

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The dreams of Joe Camel

2007-05-01T20:23:07Z

I know you've always wondered what Joe Camel dreams about. Well, finally you get to see for yourself! Actually, this fine picture is the artistry of Amy Crehore.

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Veronica Mars rocks my world...

2007-04-04T15:51:58Z

Ok, so if you've never heard of Veronica Mars it's like this.... It's a tv show on the CW that is sort of a cross between The Rockford Files, Beverly Hills 90210, Nancy Drew with a light dusting of Twin Peaks and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. It's ...

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Is reality real?

2007-03-20T15:27:09Z

Have you ever noticed that we often take technological things for granted? This thought occurred to me when I was listening to The Red Hot Chili Peppers self titled album. (specifically 'Grand Pappy du Plenty') I was wearing a decent set of scav...

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Country music plus Rap = CRAP?

2007-02-23T17:05:29Z

I'm not normally one to listen to country music but I'd rather listen to it than radio commercials. So this morning I happened to hear the song 'Save a horse, Ride a cowboy' I'd heard bits and pieces of the song before but never it's entirety. ...

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Om Yoga, Take one...

2007-01-12T18:19:20Z

I picked up Om Yoga Today just before Christmas and finally tried the five minute practice. (Yeah, yeah, It took me almost a month to try something that takes five minutes. Bite me!) I enjoyed it with certain reservations which will take some exp...

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Linux disappointment

2006-12-11T16:59:19Z

Ubuntu and Linux in general has a ways to go before it's ready for mainstream desktops. I'm a techy geek (professional and personal) and a few months back loaded Ubuntu on an old laptop with what seemed like a fair amount of difficulty. After a l...

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Open Source Media player?

2006-12-08T19:12:34Z

I get tired of things like Zune coming out that are great hardware but then fall down on the software. In Open source software, you can write it to do whatever you want and share it. So, I wish there was a way to make an open source portable m...

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Alternative RIAA scheme

2006-11-28T17:29:21Z

You know, people probably wouldn't hate the RIAA so much if they changed their tactics from the "Trying to make a point/set legal precedent" to one of "trying to get the recording industries fair share" Wander with me a moment if you will... DRM...

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BitTorrent

2006-11-01T20:19:35Z

I had been using Azerus as my BitTorrent client and was reasonably happy with it. It has lots of features and settings to mess with but the torrents I was downloading (Non-copyrighted material, naturally) tended to take ages and ages to complete. ...

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