Category Archives: News

Hall of Heroes

Posted on July 24 2003 by Mickey

    The RIAA has made good on threats to go after individual file-sharers. Tech TV has released a list of names of KaZaA users who are the first to be subpoenaed. May their names be forever enshrined in the … Continue reading →

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I Never Could Get the Hang of Tuesdays

Posted on July 22 2003 by Mickey

    Something feels very wrong about today. It feels different. Very different. First the Bush administration actually achieves one of its goals in Iraq today, offing two of Saddam Hussein’s sons. And now Michael Jackson is actually making sense … Continue reading →

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How about some news…

Posted on July 19 2003 by Mickey

    The BBC reports UK scientists have found coral reefs across the Caribbean have declined 80% in the last three decades.    “Suspected causes of the decline include natural factors like hurricanes and disease, and others of human origin, … Continue reading →

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Resarchers Prove the Importance of Proper Diet

Posted on July 16 2003 by Mickey

    Note to self: Put this on in the Farts & Cannibalism category.    A story from News.com.au (by way of Fark) explains how cows being shipped to the Mideast were suffocating themselves with their own flatulence! Animal rights … Continue reading →

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Behold Its Lengthy Golden Wonder!

Posted on July 3 2003 by Mickey

    Will history come to consider this moment in time as the Age of Freakishly Oversized Foods? First there was the Giant Cheeto, and now comes word of the World’s Longest French Fry, recently sold for two hundred dollars … Continue reading →

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A Bolt Out of the Blue

Posted on June 26 2003 by Mickey

    Scientists have discovered a new form of lighting — it goes up, above the clouds. The bolts also don’t form jagged branches, but fan out into shapes resembling a tree. The UK Telegraph has a good diagram and … Continue reading →

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In Space, No One Can Hear You Pop

Posted on June 25 2003 by Mickey

    When in doubt, steal stuff from Catch.com. Here’s a very cool site with QuickTime and MPEG movies of what it looks like when you burst a water balloon in zero gravity.    Bonus link: the New York Times, … Continue reading →

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A Proportional Response

Posted on June 19 2003 by Mickey

    Damn you, Senator Hatch. I went to your website…and the files in my browser cache caused my computer to blow up!    So what’s next? Chopping the hands off people who shoplift?    Okay, that was Tuesday. Now, … Continue reading →

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20 Oz of Pennies

Posted on June 17 2003 by Mickey

    Prepare yourself for the bounteous riches of the new tax cut with this Flash animation at MSN. Compare your take with that of the rarefied 1% by using the Automatic Bush Tax Cut.

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Dads

Posted on June 13 2003 by Mickey

    There are few moments as precious as watching a father teach his son how to ride a bike. This can be a defining moment in the development of a child. In a short time the child must overcome … Continue reading →

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