tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81485732009-02-22T22:25:28.347-05:00"To use technology is imperative, to trust it is disasterous". - CybercurmudgeonCybercurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17048762547365371627noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573.post-1116128335660354142005-05-14T23:38:00.000-04:002006-08-15T21:22:59.680-04:002006-08-15T21:22:59.680-04:00

And now I fear, this blog's end draws nearBut as with most things, its futures uncertainReader, I hope I wrote it clearI know I tried, of that I'm certainI blogged, because I couldMy speedbump on the information highwayNo more, no more of thisI blogged it my wayI came, I saw, I blogged.

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The Sect of Homokaasu is one of those enigmatic sites that dares you to figure out what the hell they are talking about. I say "who cares"? All I know is they have some of the more innovative online games I have seen in a long time. Requiring both fast twitch mouse skills as well as two neurons to rub together, I bounced from game to game happily wasting the first of what will probably be many

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I can only hope you read the title and thought - duh! If not, then don't hesitate to have your infant son's tonsils and appendix removed as well - just as a precaution (might as well to tattoo "Mom" on his chest while you are at it). After all, there is about as much medical evidence to support that course of action as there is for circumcision (which is to say really none at all). Circumcision

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From Fark:"Wacky scientist injects sheep with human DNA. Welshmen say, "Big deal, we've been doing that for ages""Here comes the science - Genetic Mingling Mixes Human, Animal Cells

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From Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, speaking about the International Spaces Station's ban on alcohol: "Fifty grams of wine a day like submariners get on a long mission would make working and living on the ISS more comfortable". In related news NASA asks station for license and registration, says orbit was erratic and over the speed limit.

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HDTV - the final frontier. For those of us who have watched the progress of HDTV from back in the day when it was proposed as an analog, not digital solution, it sometimes seemed it was as far in the future as the world of Star Trek. Since then, we've come a short way baby ^_^. I won't rehash the wild weird history of HDTV here, but one of the "side effects" of HDTV may soon come to pass, the end

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Seen on a T-Shirt: "Orange County Bomb Squad. If you see me running, try to keep up". Feet, don't fail me now!

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I've been told (and verified) the Tagboard Message Board generates popups. I liked the board, but I loathe popups. Since I am protected against this and many other forms of net abuse, I missed it - and I apologize. I will endeavor to better test new features to avoid inflicting such nonsense on you. If you encounter any other weirdness on this blog, please let me know (flames are not required

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From a promo for Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex: "In the future, the difference between man and machine has become academic. Existence is defined by thought, and being human has become a liability". Assuming we or something else does not cause our demise, its almost a lock this will come to pass. Just look at the widespread use of steroids and viagra among the young and healthy just to

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I've had several people tell me they are "addicted" to several of the web sites I've highlighted here, and I suspect a few more addicts are about to be created. Chuck Shepherd has been writing his "News of the Weird" weekly syndicated column since 1988, with quite a loyal following in more than 250 newspapers across the United States. In a "truth is stranger than fiction" tip of the hat perhaps

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From Andrew Donaldson, author of the blog Bread and Circuses- Thoughts on politics, life, popular culture, and whatever else comes to mind: ""The courts of this land have become the tool, in the hands of the devil, by which the culture of death has found access," Operation Rescue director Flip Benham said. Now, it is not news that a substantial majority of all federal judicial appointees were

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Gentle reader, be warned I'm about to use (gasp) "dirty words". If this would offend or otherwise cause you distress, now would be an excellent time to - recall you were warned - fuck off.Censorship (expletive deleted)! Damn it! I said censorship sucks! It most certainly applies a vacuum to my posterior (uncensored translation - it sucks ass)! I think someone once said "The only good thing about

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From Daily Show host John Stuart (speaking of the new pope) :"Who is this Ratzinger. What makes him so infallible. Who died and made him - oh.". Its good to be the king, er, I mean Pope.

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Yup, I'm a big fan of the BBC news services. If you read my post I Want My B-B-C (Insert Dire Straights Riff Here) (and if not there's no time like the present) you know the wide variety of free services they provide via mobile phone, web enabled PDA, or web (and that I use them all). But here's one I neglected to mention, and it's (imho) fantastic. You can listen (on a broadband connection) to

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From investorhome.com: "Stock markets are not non-profit organizations staffed by social workers paid by the government to provide a public service. Brokers, specialists, and market makers don�??t participate in the markets for their health. They trade only when they expect to make profits". There is no doubt in my mind :-).

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From a commercial for G4's X-Play: Her - "Baby, do these jeans make my ass look big?". Him - "No, you just have a really huge ass. The jeans are fine.". Announcer -"Brutally honest? Watch X-Play...". Finally, truth in advertising.

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Welcome to the w-o-r-l-d of t-o-m-o-r-r-o-w...It's been promised time and time again, but the fabled "a chicken in every pot and two flying cars in every garage" will most likely be a reality - Not This August, But Soon (good SF novel, check it out :-). Even NASA is in on the act with an air traffic control system for the average flying joe. Click on this post's title for a link to a CBS news

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From a bumper sticker: "Stop honking. I'm on the phone, dammit!". Truly a "sign of the times" :-).

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That's the title of a recent article by our friends over at The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF). Ever notice I have no personally identifiable information on this blog (yeah, like the fact I live in the South or wrote a national column in a computer oriented magazine really narrows it down :-)? Hey, I'm a carbon based lifeform too, bet that helps :-). Anyway, this is a conscious decision on

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From slashdot : "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious". You said it brother.

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Or so claims columinist Tom Yager in his Ahead Of The Curve column in the April 4, 2005 issue of InfoWorld magazine. Subtitled "One person who knows something about all your operations is one of you most valuable assets", all I can add is "Amen brother". Speaking as a Generalist, I made my views on the value of Generalists quite plain in my post Generalists vs Specialists - yet another salvo in

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From Fark: "Microsoft warns of five new software security flaws: Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook". (This was Fark's response to Microsoft's 04-12-05 anouncement of 5 new "critical" security flaws)

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Now this is a very cool and nicely implemented idea. YahGoohoo!gle submits your search to both Yahoo and Google then virtually "splits" your single browser window into two side-by-side pages, one an unmodified Yahoo results page and one an unmodified Google results page. After that, everything works just like you are used too, but with the Yahoo and Google pages co-existing side by side in the

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From G4 TV: "Welcome to The Whip Set. The only hour of TV bringing you the cars you want and the girls you can't have". Ain 't it always so -_-.

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This ones a twofer. You need not have lost a Blogger post (show of hands - damn, that's a lot of hands) to appreciate this one. FYI - embedded links have been removed.From Blogger News: "Saved!Q: Can I recover a lost post? A: Yes you can. �? Biz [4/7/2005 06:58:00 PM] Two ThingsA problem with the problem page is being fixed and the new recover post feature is offline for a bit while we make some

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