Archive for November, 2006

Russian Involvement with WTO Kills AllofMP3.com

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

In an upsetting turn of events, The United States has worked out a deal with Russia and their involvement with the WTO involving, specifically, rules around copyright infringement and counterfeit products. The Russian government specifically mentioned allofmp3.com in the settlement article. As such, you may now notice that if you attempt to add [...]

Google’s Master Plan

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

What starts with Hire Steal a hardware engineer (from AltaVista.com) and ends with the purchase of Malaysia? Google’s Master Plan, that’s what. If you haven’t seen the world’s most famous white board, you owe it to yourself to do so.
UnderGoogle.com: Google’s Master Plan

Scandalous Brassieres Mock Downtown Gainesville

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Bella Lingerie has posted their new display cabinet facing Main Street at Main Street Market on downtown Gainesville, Georgia. The display includes three comfortable-looking bras hung without any sort of model or filling to present them. An upstanding member of the Gainesville community has filed some formality of a complaint with Main Street [...]

The End is Nigh; Scientists Plan to Build New Universe

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

NPR tells me that scientists are developing a theory around the potential development of synthetic universes. If that sounds vague, it’s because the explanation is based on a mathematical non-zero probability. That’s a tough concept to sell to the general public, myself included. However, I’m learning more about the ideas and am [...]

Blufr

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

I’ll bet you can’t click just one…
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I’ve Joined the Brotherhood

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Brotherhood of the Bean has invited me to do some guest writing for them because of my shared love for coffee and (I’m sure) my refined palate. I’ve just written my first piece…

Chewbacca 2007 Calendars for Sale

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

My wife’s wookie calendars are on sale through eBay just in time for the holidays (and the new year). I played the wookie, so I can recommend them for their charismatic character. If you’re a Star Wars fan (or a fan of 6′ 6″ red heads in wookie costumes), you should head over [...]

Turnabout is Fair Play

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Entertaining a child all day is a grueling evaluation of mental fitness. I always thought that it took physical fitness and general health to keep up with the active youth. Turns out I was mostly wrong. It does take physical fitness, I suppose, though I’ve worked these past few years to increase [...]

The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

The crazy Marathon Monks defy physiological science. Among their grueling regimen of double marathons a day, flip-flop runs around mountains, and sitting in front a blazing fire for days on end, they also manage to stay alive for a seven-and-a-half day water and food fast while sitting perfectly still and erect…and awake. I [...]

Curiosity Killed the Cat

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

We were quite suddenly frightened tonight when we arrived home from dinner to find our sleeping son’s finger had turned mostly black. While he drifted into sleep in his car seat, he had been playing with a Beanie Baby elephant. While doing that, he had apparently worked his finger into the label loop [...]