• Archive for August, 2005

    “Victory means exit strategy” – Gov. G. W. Bush

    by  • 8/19/2005 • politics • 0 Comments

    Quotes from when Clinton committed troops to Bosnia (promising they’d be out in one year): “You can support the troops but not the president.” –Rep Tom Delay (R-TX) “Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?” [...]

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    The Slashdot Crystal Ball

    by  • 8/18/2005 • geek • 0 Comments

    Ah, slashdot The BrownFury writes “At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4″ wide by 4″ tall by .78″ thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as [...]

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    30 Days Again

    by  • 8/17/2005 • geek, life • 0 Comments

    The show that I can’t admit to having legally watched is being renewed; if I would have enjoyed watching this show, I’m sure I would be very happy to see it coming back. Though, if I had indeed seen it, I would be hoping that the binge drinking episode wasn’t indicative of the quality to [...]

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    Hanzel und Gretyl Interview November 15, 2004

    by  • 8/16/2005 • live music • 0 Comments

    It’s not an easy one to transcribe, as there’s a lot of cross-talk between Loopy and Vas. Ana and Mark kick in on every so often, but not often enough, because Ana’s rather funny. (‘I don’t think your band’s name means what you think it does; it means “sweater”‘ — in reference to a band [...]

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    Spam that I can completely support

    by  • 8/15/2005 • geek, music • 0 Comments

    Pay me a dollar to read your information. Okay, in this case, they’re not so much paying me as they are giving me an iTunes song, but it amounts to the same thing in my books. Hey, if you don’t use the iTunes Music Store, I’d happily accept donated codes. Paypal has been referred to [...]

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    Justifying the 367 annual vacation days

    by  • 8/15/2005 • angst, politics • 2 Comments

    If there were only a laugh track on the speeches, at least I could write it all off as a bad sitcom. “But whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else, there’s somebody who has got something to say to the president, that’s part of the job,” Bush said on the ranch. “And [...]

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    The US Owns The Internet

    by  • 8/15/2005 • geek, insanity • 1 Comment

    I still don’t quite understand how this continues to this day, with the US Government deciding policy decisions in how the root domain servers are used. Maybe I should just accept our overlords and move on with my life… Bush Administration Objects to .XXX Domains, and so they’re delayed; likely indefinitely. Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary [...]

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    Half Empty Halls Video Online

    by  • 8/11/2005 • life • 0 Comments

    Go watch it now; it’s all professionally shot and everything; Half Empty Halls (2005) – the quality of the 60 MB file isn’t as good as it should be for the size of it; grab one of the little ones. If you’re in the mood for more, there’s also the Super Secret New Year’s Eve [...]

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    Nardwuar’s Band “The Evaporators” release new video

    by  • 8/10/2005 • music • 0 Comments

    Got this from Nardwuar today; Kinda exciting news! Tomorrow (Aug 11) on MuchonDemand, the Evaporators video Half Empty Halls will be played! Plus it will also be airing with some behind the scenes footage! this Sunday AUGUST 14th at 8pm(pacific) on Going Coastal on MuchMusic. Behind the scenes footage may mean anything… I coujld be [...]

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