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Mar 30, 2005
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Oh, sweet jesus…

Nintendo is running a truly bizarre contest right now. If you sign up for a nintendo.com account and then go to http://www.touchingisgood.com/ you can order a severed mannequin hand. What, you may ask, is a severed mannequin hand good for…outside ...

Mar 20, 2005
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YT and Chevette

I just found a fascinating personal account of being a bike messenger over on Kuro5hin. Well worth the read. It’s also good to know that there are certain things that would be undeniably cool to do, but for which I will never have the chops.

Mar 01, 2005
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AvP

I just finished watching Alien vs. Predator, and I seriously think it’s in the running for <Comic Book Guy>Worst Movie Ever</Comic Book Guy>. This movie seriously transcends normal concepts of badness. God forbid that it would have any continuity ...

Feb 21, 2005
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Hunter S. Thompson

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. – Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005 The odd thing is that I was just thinking about this phrase yesterday, I never knew who coined it. Little did I know I’d see it splashed over a thousand weblogs 24 hou...

Jan 29, 2005
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Testing testing

I just upgraded to Movable Type 3.15, and I’m trying to figure out if it was successful. In other news, I received an Eric Rudder Bobblehead doll yesterday. It’s watching over me when I’m at work now, which is sort of weird…

Dec 27, 2004
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2004 Recap: Music

My top eleven favorite albums from 2004. They didn’t necessarily come out this year, but I was introduced to them this last year. In no particular order. Interpol - Antics Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album Fischerspooner - #1 Ben ...

Dec 02, 2004
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A CNN WTF Moment

This was the CNN QuickPoll thing the night of Thursday, 2 December 2004. And the only thing I can even think to say is “what the fuck!?” This is utterly bizarre, and far below what I’d expect of CNN. The only thing I can even think of is that wha...

Nov 28, 2004
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What' Your Dress Code?

I just found a heinously strange link through Sahil Malik: http://www.dba-oracle.com/dress_code.htm. This details, in disturbingly exact standards, the dress code for his database consultants. Let’s walk through a couple examples here: Tie - Mu...

Oct 03, 2004
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Silly LiveJournal Quizzes

I’m getting coffee with a friend/co-worker and I just found out her little sister has a weblog (hah!). There was a dorky little quiz on it that is very typical of livejournals, and I thought I’d subject all two of you to it ;-). (x) - you’ve done...