Friday, September 26, 2008

Comment moderation enabled temporarily

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Friends and readers, I'm sorry, but I've had to enable comment moderation on this blog for at least the short term. The controversy...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

How many Google engineers does it take to tell the time?

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A few days ago I blogged about Microsoft's advertising campaign for Windows Vista being embarrassed by the revelation that some of the i...

Another victim of the Skeleton Coast

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I don't know whether many of my readers are familiar with the Skeleton Coast of Namibia . It's a wonderfully desolate place, which...
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Doofus Of The Day #71

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The doofus in this case , in France, isn't the woman passenger - it's the dumbass dealer who sold her the "souvenir"! A Br...

Controversy at The High Road

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Controversy surrounding The High Road (THR) firearms forum has recently erupted into the public eye, which is very unfortunate, in my opini...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Post-hurricane squirrel invasion!

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El Capitan has an hilarious story of his trials and tribulations with squirrels in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Go read. Peter

Wordsmiths rejoice!

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Those of us who enjoy reading and vocabulary will rejoice at a new book: " Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages " by ...
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When a table-tennis ball becomes a life-saving device

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Kudos to Dr. Albert Shun of Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney, Australia. A surgeon has used a ping pong ball to keep a little gir...
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Depressing thoughts on the current election campaign

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The writer and satirist H. L. Mencken famously wrote, "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence ...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

A new hotel - for the super-rich

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The new 1,539-room Atlantis Hotel is to open tomorrow on an artificial island in Dubai. Much of the focus at Atlantis, modeled on a sister ...
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Microsoft has egg Apple on its face

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It is to laugh . . . Microsoft recently launched a major advertising campaign to promote Windows Vista. However, the advertisements themsel...
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What are the Iranians up to now?

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For those who follow the murkier currents of international affairs, there's something very strange going on off Somalia at the moment. ...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

The one that didn't get away!

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A fisherman's tale comes to us from Sweden. Swedish angler Joel Lagekvist’s morning at the lake resulted in the most improbable of catc...
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Doofus Of The Day #69 and #70

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While on the subject of trains (see the post below), our (late) doofi come (or came) from South Africa. A couple in South Africa who were h...
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Taking train watching to its logical conclusion

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I've had friends (particularly back in South Africa) who were and are ardent railfans (train watchers or enthusiasts). They'd trav...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Cat versus printer

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I laughed aloud at this video of a cat batting at a printer. The person who uploaded it has added some sound effects, which I'd rather ...
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An amazing escape!

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Sometimes one's at a loss to explain how people can survive a tragedy. A helicopter crash in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this morning is one s...
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Lest we forget

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We should never forget the suffering of so many during World War II. Of the millions who died (estimated at anywhere between fifty and one ...

Antidotes to Palin-phobia

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Following my article yesterday about Palin-phobia , I'm very pleased to report that three articles have been brought to my attention tod...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Police entry goes awry

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(This post is in purple in honor of World Alzheimer's Day - see below.) This video shows police in the Los Guidos area of the Desamparad...
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