Archive for July, 2004

Account cleanup

by @ Friday, July 30th, 2004. Filed under Misc

There’s a bunch of old and useless accounts on here. Come monday, any account that hasn’t been logged into in 90 days will be deleted.

Welcome to the new neighborhood

by @ Friday, July 30th, 2004. Filed under Motorcycle

So, I haven’t actually ridden my bike for at least a month. I’ve been too busy to take it out on a weekend, and between HomeDepot trips and needing to look somewhat presentable at work, I just didn’t have the right alignment of needs and objectives. Yesterday I thought about taking the bike in, but [...]

An Open Letter to the American People by 48 Nobel Prize Winning Scientists

by @ Friday, July 30th, 2004. Filed under political perspective

.. President Bush and his administration are compromising our future on each of these counts. By reducing funding for scientific research, they are undermining the foundation of America’s future. By setting unwarranted restrictions on stem cell research, they are impeding medical advances. By employing inappropriate immigration practices, they are turning critical scientific talent away from [...]

Public Radio comes to XM

by @ Thursday, July 29th, 2004. Filed under Music

Another one of the few things standing between me and XM radio goes away. ——— Washington, DC –Attempting to carve out a new programming niche, DC-based XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite radio services with more than 2.1 million subscribers, said on Thursday that it plans to launch a new pubic radio channel and [...]

Trendy Target

by @ Thursday, July 29th, 2004. Filed under Links

Get your own Kabbalah Red String, just $26 from Target. (via Boing Boing which has more to say about the topic.)

August 2009: How Google beat Amazon and Ebay to the Semantic Web

by @ Wednesday, July 28th, 2004. Filed under Books, Stories, etc

A work of fiction. A Semantic Web scenario. A short feature from a business magazine published in 2009 It’s hard to believe Google – which is now the world’s largest single online marketplace – came on the scene only a little more than 8 years ago, back in the days when Amazon and Ebay reigned [...]

Liberal Bush

by @ Monday, July 26th, 2004. Filed under political perspective

… I’m not being entirely facetious here. The conservative “movement” in the U.S. is still firmly behind president George W. Bush’s re-election. He uses conservative rhetoric – taking the war to the enemy, upholding conservative social values, respecting religious faith, protecting the family, and so on. He is widely regarded as one of the most [...]

joke

by @ Monday, July 26th, 2004. Filed under Misc

It was in a bar in midtown Manhattan and the Frenchman and the American were talking about love over some dry Martinis. “Deed you know, sir,” the Frenchman said, “that een my country thair are 79 different ways how to make the REAL, passionate luff?” “Do tell?” said the American. “Well, that’s amazing. In this [...]

How paranoid would you be…

by @ Sunday, July 25th, 2004. Filed under Misc

If your business involved buying seized grow lights from the police and selling them on ebay? I’m gonna give it a shot – no laws will be broken and the profit margin seems quite worth it.

how I spent my summer vacation

by @ Saturday, July 24th, 2004. Filed under Uncategorized

When I was 17, I ran away and joined the carnival. Sorta. It wasn’t a carnival and I didn’t run away, but it sure sounds good…

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