Category Archives: Links

DCOMbobulate

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Skeptical as I am about unknown e-mail attachments, even I was puzzled by the latest file sent to me from “support@microsoft.com”. The e-mail [My Life as a Fischer has an example of it] looked official enough and, stranger … Continue reading →

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Chicks Chuck Chaps

Posted on September 23 2003 by Mickey

    I don’t know what took them so long. After the simple-minded kneejerk cries of treason and the ridiculous record burning shindigs, I was disappointed a while ago when the Dixie Chicks went to the media to apologize for … Continue reading →

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RIAA Be Damned

Posted on September 21 2003 by Mickey

    Take my advice: get a newsgroup reader right now, subscribe to alt.binaries.music.shn, and start downloading*. Someone is sharing a soundboard recording of the Universal Amphitheater show from June 3 1978! It’s from the same tour whence came You … Continue reading →

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Re-Author! Re-Author!

Posted on September 20 2003 by Mickey

    I’ve been recently been toying with the idea of trying out DVD X Copy for my DVD burner, with the purpose of archiving or backing up discs. The only problem is there are so many flavors of DVD … Continue reading →

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“Hi. I’m Isabel. Come Watch Me on My Webcam”

Posted on September 18 2003 by Mickey

    From my friends on the Buffett listserv on Yahoo!. Here are a few links to east coast webcams, with which to watch the progress of Hurricane Isabel.http://www.nc.rr.com/cams/beachcam.htmhttp://cil-www.oce.orst.edu:8080/duck.htmlhttp://www.hurricanetrack.com/hurrmap/webcam.htmlhttp://www.ci.charleston.sc.us/bridgecamhttp://www.indianbeach.org/webcam.htmlhttp://www.bethanycam.comhttp://www.exit98.com/njsurf.htm    Access may be slow due to traffic and, probably, the … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were Ten

Posted on September 17 2003 by Mickey

    I was impressed with General Wesley Clark’s appearance on last week’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Since Clark announced his candidacy on Tuesday, I’ve been trying to read more about him. All of this is simply prelude to … Continue reading →

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Excavations

Posted on September 9 2003 by Mickey

    I sure wish the meddlesome RIAA would stop messing around with my server files.    Anyway, while I was apparently being hacked, I had a chance to really delve in the foundations of my site today, courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Fyrrrwaaaaanngggoowwuuuurrmmmmmmmmm

Posted on September 8 2003 by Mickey

    At last: an explanation of why I always wet myself and run away screaming whenever I hear the THX logo.

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Friday!

Posted on September 5 2003 by Mickey

    It’s Friday and my brain has turned to mush. How else to explain why I feel so listless and am so easily distracted by bright lights and shiny things. Good thing it’s quiet at work, since I don’t … Continue reading →

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Passionately

Posted on August 26 2003 by Mickey

    After weeks of hearing about how Mel Gibson’s new movie Passion, which depicts Christ’s arrest and trial, might be anti-Semitic, I finally read this passage on CNN’s Entertainment page today: following a screening in Houston, the Anti-Defamation League … Continue reading →

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