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Archive for November, 2005

Mom Makes Teen Stand on Street With Sign

She made Coretha stand at a busy Oklahoma City intersection Nov. 4 with a cardboard sign that read: “I don’t do my homework and I act up in school, so my parents are preparing me for my future. Will work for food.”

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Leeroy Jenkins Parody

Everyone who has played World of Warcraft knows who Leeroy Jenkins is. Here is a little parody that I found.

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What is World Of Warcraft?

Leeroy Jenkins makes his first prime time television appearance tonight, on Jeopardy. “This role-playing game out in 2004 returns to the “World” of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle.”

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Beijing blocks foreign newspapers

Communism always isolates it’s inhabitants. Not just with internet but with print.

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Unveiled today Photos of the MIT $100 laptop! look its real

Unveiled today: A prototype $100 laptop computer, designed for distribution to millions of students in developing countries. It has a hand crank for power. Who wouldn’t love this?
These laptops are not yet in production and are not for sale.

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AOL Bleeding 300 Customes an Hour

A quick blurb on the death spiral AOL is in.

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No more .99 songs on iTunes

Looks like Jobs is getting pressured to raise the prices of songs…

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The story behind Apple’s Famous 1984 ad

An amazing ad and the story behind it, it almost doesn’t get played. Plus at the bottom there’s a link to the ad in both it’s 60 second and 30 second versions. Plus a behind-the-scenes look at it.

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New Photo’s


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Originally uploaded by JPhilipson.

I recently took some photos by Ave. K and 165th st. east. There’s this old building out there that I’ve always wanted to go out there and take pictures of…you can click here and see the ones that I took. I don’t know why but I really like them. Maybe you can tell me what you think.

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Hard Disk in 1975


Hard Disk de 1975
Originally uploaded by .: Regis Photo Book :..

500kb Hard drive circa 1975

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Google Registers A Few New Domain Names

+ GoogleMagazines.com
also registered in the .net, .org, and .info domains.

+ GooglePapers.org
also registered in .net and .info domains. GooglePapers.com is registered to a person in British Columbia.

+ GoogleMicrofilm.com
also registered in the .net, .org, and .info domains. Forget books. We do know that LOTS of microfilm needs to be digitized. (-: Other than that, speculate all you want, or not.

+ GoogleLibrary.org
GoogleLibrary.com, .net, and .info are registered to others. Here’s a chance to get at least one domain.

Here is a list of all their registered Domain names.

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Kuwait’s biggest field starts to run out of oil

We better start implementing some other types of fuel, and soon so we are prepared for what might happen. I don’t think we’ll run out in my life time but it may become a rare commodity.

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New Safety Signs


Got these from theonion.com

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Google map of Sex Offenders Near you!

This is very scary but very useful. It is a very accurate listing of all sex offenders on a google map. It shows the address along with a picture. There is one literally a block from where I live. Very useful.

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New Linksys Wireless-G IP phone!!

“A new Linksys Wireless-G IP phone WIP300 has appeared to the public on the FCC pages. It will allow you to make phone calls using your braodband connection whether your at home, in the office or a public hotspot.”

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Build a submarine out of PVC pipe.

Story about how I built a Remote Operated Vehicle out of PCV pipe, and powered by some small 12v builge pumps. There are some pictures and a short video taken with the SUB.

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Physicist claims the universe is not 3D, it’s only an illusion.

The holographic principle is a new theory of quantum physics that claims that the universe is not in fact three dimensional at all.

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The Expository List of Linux Viruses

Here is a link that shows the entire library of linux viruses. Yes, I scrolled through this massive list and I do admit it was an arduous task but yea I can add that to “things I have done.”

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Why Every Windows User Needs a Linux Live CD

Has your Windows computer ever failed to boot or refused to go online? You know that if you could just get online you could search for an answer to your problem. Thats why you have to get one of that Linux Live Cds.

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Hard Drive prices over the last 25 years

Stroll down memory lane to 1995 when $2900 got you a 2.9 GIG Seagate or better yet, to 1980 when $4000 got you an 18MB North Star…

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HOW TO: Install Linux on an iPod Nano

It was recently anounced that linux could be run on an iPod Nano. This is a very simple guide on doing this throgh windows xp. Be sure to back up your iPod before doing this

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Wikipedia founder admits to serious quality problems

“Encouraging signs from the Wikipedia project, where co-founder and überpedian Jimmy Wales has acknowledged there are real quality problems with the online work.”

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First Computer Ever !

Has manual crank for driving the clock frequency by hand.

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70 Free Songs From iTunes!

Download 70 songs on iTunes made by Stanford student. the songs include “A wide range of musical performance by Stanford student,faculty, alumni and artists-in-residence.

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