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Category Archives: Links
November Spawned a Monster
The folks at Silicon.com point out that this week marks the 20th anniversary of the computer virus. They arranged a panel of anti-virus experts to share their thoughts on this great millstone.
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Christmas Wish List
A short while ago I was joking how I wanted to add Pioneer’s $40,000 speaker panel to my Christmas wish list, since this single unit could produce home-theater surround sound. Today, Slashdot has a story about the Niro … Continue reading
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Doffing the Red Hat
During my latest dabblings in Linux — the OS which continues to taunt and thwart me — I was concentrating on Red Hat, since it was a well-known name and a name I thought I could trust. I … Continue reading
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Caption Contest
This photo is too good not to share. Today’s Yahoo! news has an article titled “Rumsfeld Doesn’t Know if He’s Lost His Mojo” (since he admits he isn’t sure what “mojo” is). The accompanying photo is just crying … Continue reading
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Proton Shake
Apparently the solar flares the Sun has been coughing up caused the Northern Lights to appear as far south as Texas and Florida last night. As usual I missed it, and as usual it was cloudy around here … Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet
Get a backstage tour of the Metacrawler search engine, by spying on what people are searching for.
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Gary Larson was Right
Dinosaurs did die of cancer. The Far Side comic in question
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Book Tour
It’s Natural Disaster Day at work. Not only do we have a coronal flare hitting us in an hour and threatening our satellite broadcasts, but we just discovered one of our AC units is flooding underneath our floor … Continue reading
Aspects of Evil
Getting in the mood for Halloween, I watched the Evil Dead II DVD with commentary. During the commentary they started imitating Charlton Heston and I realized how great it would’ve been to have both Heston and Bruce Campbell … Continue reading
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Mind Power
So what. Some monkey can move a mechanical arm just through thought impulses. Big deal. I have mysterious powers too, but no one’s writing news stories about me. For instance, I can make my stomach growl just by … Continue reading