Nov 2006
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Peace on earth, 'cept for you.

Nov/27/06 20:27 Filed in: Personal
And here I was, thinking that a big part of the Christmas was about "peace on earth for all people of good will," but it isn't, according to the president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs, in the great state of Colorado. Not only is displaying the peace symbol illegal there, when the HOA president failed to get the architectural control committee to require the offender to remove the symbol, he just fired all five committee members.

Ah, the land of the free...
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...which is like coming second in chess

Nov/27/06 19:49 Filed in: Personal
Ah, the Zune. David Galbraith reviews it, and like so many, he's not impressed:

Imagine your son waking up on Christmas (if you're into Christmas) morning and rushing to open his presents in breathless anticipation of getting a shiny new iPod, only to find out he's got a Zune, which is like coming second in chess.

There's something about the Zune that brings out the best in people. At least when it comes to disparaging it. Check out the link to Andy Ihnatko's review in the Chicago Sun-Times at the bottom of David's post. Oh, hell, here it is.
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Rejected Names for Windows Vista

Nov/09/06 22:46 Filed in: Humor
From Club Top 5:

- Advanced Security Suite: Windows Integrated Professional Edition
- Windows YT (Only runs by oppressing Windows Malcolm XP.)

You may have to think them over for a bit.
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Icon Wars

Nov/09/06 22:02 Filed in: Humor
A Japanese desktop becomes a scene of carnage.
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HBO's "Hacking Democracy"

Nov/07/06 08:30 Filed in: Personal
Just in time for votin' day, here's a nice, long (1h20') documentary from HBO about the electronic voting systems. It's not a feel-good thing.
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