Monthly Archives: March 2004

The Following Entry Takes Place Between 3:14 PM and 3:48 PM

    At last, the time has finally come. 24 is back from its five-week hiatus! To celebrate, and to geek myself up until its 9:00 PM start time, here is a list of 24 24-related links: • Detroit Free … Continue reading

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Proof It’s a Slow News Day

    Netscape’s big

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Appendix F: On Translation

    Those wacky Chinese are at it again. Overseas bootlegs are notorious for their questionable English > Chinese > English subtitles. Now they’re just getting ridiculous, just randomly banging on their U.S. keyboard.    Check out these screen grabs. … Continue reading

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Ladies & Gentlemen, Fish VI: The Undiscovered Country

      The weather being almost close to decent Saturday, I remembered what I’d said last year about waiting for it to get warm again before buying a new fish. I also remembered how my fishes’ longevity seems to … Continue reading

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Goodbye Leo

      On Thursday, there was a story on Slashdot on how Comcast had announced it was buying TechTV. There were some who joked this was in reaction to Comcast’s failed attempt to buy Disney, but in fact Comcast … Continue reading

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Diet Blog: Day Eighty-Three

    A setback. A week ago I weighed in at 210½…but that was before our Friday night poker bash. I let myself go, indulging in lots of chips, lots of varieties thereof, and especially lots of sweet tantalizing cheese … Continue reading

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Happy 50th Birthday. Color TV!

    My dear friend and constant companion, color television, turns fifty today! In honor of that, please whistle a “G” while viewing the following image…Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Today in Food (2004/03/25)

    Scientific breakthrough: the Scots have designed one of the world’s fattest snacks.

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My Plan (Again)

    I tried some experiments with my Maxtor drive and it looks like one of them might have worked. I tried reformatting the drive and this ended up with me recreating the partition too. I got a response from … Continue reading

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Bonanza of Burmese Bush Buys

    Most people spend Poker Night overeating, over-drinking, and maybe over-betting.“Pot it! Pot it! If you don’t pot it you might as well put on a skirt and walk out of here!”But here I am sitting on the couch, … Continue reading

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