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05/05/05

05/05/05 

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Tiger Test

    Want to instantly crash your Safari browser?Click here!    As discussed in the comments of the preceding entry, the above link invariably crashes my new version of Safari 2.0. And I don’t know why. It’s just a link … Continue reading

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I Really Hate ATI!

    It took four days but I finally got my copy of Tiger 10.4 from Amazon. I heard installation might run twenty minutes to an hour, but, as usual, things did not go quite so smoothly for me. I … Continue reading

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So Long But We Could Have Done with More Fish

      As a fan of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I should be excited by the fact its film adaptation has finally opened. But as I’ve said before, I’m so familiar with the radio shows, the books, … Continue reading

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Applecations

    Apple sure has been busy these last couple weeks. They’ve released numerous patches and updates for their software and OS, perhaps in preparation for the release of the 10.4 “Tiger” upgrade tomorrow. Also, on Wednesday, they upgraded their … Continue reading

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The Cruellest Month

    We always seem to have at least one snowfall in April. I never expected it to be this late in April. The little Bradford Pear in front of the house only started blooming a couple days ago; now … Continue reading

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Stop Global Warming.org

    I just saw the rebroadcast of Real Time with Bill Maher and had to check out the website that Robert F Kennedy Jr talked about: Stop Global Warming.org. They plan to have a virtual march on Washington DC … Continue reading

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It’s a Fact: The Internet Makes You Stupid

    It’s already a common belief that, as stated on Something Awful, “the Internet makes you stupid”.    Now it’s been scientifically proven.    From vnunet.com:     Researchers at the University of London Institute of Psychiatry have found … Continue reading

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Today in Food (2005-04-21)

    KFC to be “Kentucky Fried Chicken” again. Is it safe to use “fried” now or is “drawing on its Southern roots” a way for the company to woo the Christian right? (Maybe they could darken the Colonel’s beard … Continue reading

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Don’t [TBD] and Drive

    The intent of the Fort Wayne law was to tighten up a restriction that allowed open containers of alcohol in a vehicle if the driver’s blood alcohol level was below 0.04. But in not specifying what open containers … Continue reading

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