Author Archives: Mickey

Weekend

Posted on October 12 2002 by Mickey

    If it’s Saturday, it must mean one thing. Taco Bell for dinner. No, two, two things: Taco Bell for dinner and my cable modem is out.    Almost every weekend, either Friday around 11 PM or Saturday around … Continue reading →

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Googlefight

Posted on October 10 2002 by Mickey

    Just in time to help kill a dull afternoon, we discovered Googlefight. Pair up two opposing words or terms and watch them duke it out in the websearch arena.

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Another Top Ten

Posted on October 10 2002 by Mickey

    Here’s an official top ten list, straight from Late Show with David Letterman itself. This was broadcast last night and it seemed fairly appropriate.Top Ten Signs You’re Too Fat      10.   Only thing you read: takeout … Continue reading →

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Why is this not funny?!

Posted on October 4 2002 by Mickey

    Some British organization known as Laughlab is trying to compile the world’s funniest jokes. That’s all fine and dandy, but in some horrible administrative cockup they apparently never got the memo explaining what “funny” means. How can they … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Goes to the Dark Side

Posted on October 2 2002 by Mickey

    …by releasing a pan&scan version of Attack of the Clones.    Don’t know if you are a widescreen snob or a pan&scan idiot? Read starwars.com’s handy guide to letterboxing. (It’s my only hope that people will stop asking … Continue reading →

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REJECTED!

Posted on October 2 2002 by Mickey

    On Tuesday I suffered a terrible blow to my pride.    I was deemed unworthy, was found unacceptable.    I was rejected from giving blood.    Through all my years of donating, this has only happened once (and … Continue reading →

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It’s a Good Day to be a Geek

Posted on October 1 2002 by Mickey

    December 18 is so far away…

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QuickTime Two Towers

Posted on September 30 2002 by Mickey

    I guess I parked myself in front of the wrong place. The Two Towers trailer is available at Apple’s QuickTime site, rather than lordoftherings.net.    12:58 AM: It’s a good day to be a geek.    I tried … Continue reading →

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Microsoft “Help” Center

Posted on September 30 2002 by Mickey

    A week or so ago I was strongly instructed to download and install the service pack patch for Windows XP. I finally found out why. Apparently there is a server flaw in the XP Help Center which, when … Continue reading →

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The Two Towers

Posted on September 30 2002 by Mickey

    Thieving tricksy AOL has the new trailer — and we wants it!    Can’t get any screen grabs from it, can’t find the link for the broadband version, but the official site has a link to the dial-up … Continue reading →

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