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The Sixteen Million Dollar Face
Feb 04 2005, 00:24 EST [updated Feb 04 2005, 11:17 EST]
I ran accross this article (at ArsTechnica of all places) about a man who was just awarded 16 Million dollars by an LA jury because Taster's Choice coffee used his image on their products for five years. The CNN summary is that he did a photo shoot with
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Your week in Quickies
Jan 29 2005, 12:33 EST [updated Feb 04 2005, 11:56 EST]
Lego Church Cat Memorial
[bobsalive]
Jan 29 2005, 12:32 EST
Cat lovers can be very, very odd people. [jackdied]The exceptional
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My alma mater is whacked
Jan 28 2005, 18:33 EST [updated Feb 01 2005, 20:15 EST]
The Denver Post has an article about a CU tenured professor, the chairman of the ethnic studies department, Ward Churchill. Churchill says that the people killed on 9/11 are "little Eichmanns." Specifically:
"If there was a better, more effective, or
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Andrew Sullivan, Explained
Jan 27 2005, 21:56 EST [updated Jan 27 2005, 22:17 EST]
If you are ever puzzled by Andrew Sullivan, the why is easy to explain: he is exactly like Bill O'Reilly.
wtf?! OK, they don't want the same things (frequently they want opposite things) but the reason
I don't like either of them is exactly the same. T
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How to Reduce Domestic Terrorism
Jan 27 2005, 09:57 EST [updated Jan 27 2005, 15:45 EST]
The easiest way to reduce domestic terrorism is to just call it something else. Coptic Christians were murdered for their faith by Muslims in New Jersey. We have a name for Muslims that do that kind of thing, Islamo-Fascists. The local police have stat
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Snow Emegency in Bean Town (1 image)
Jan 22 2005, 15:16 EST [updated Jan 29 2005, 12:52 EST]
The flakes have just started falling. Since we are supposed to get 10-15 inches there is no point waiting for it to accumulate first. A Snow Emergency just means you can't park on major streets, and can only park on the odd numbered side of residential
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Your week in Quickies
Jan 22 2005, 08:20 EST
Pen Island, your one stop shop for, umm, pens
[jackdied]
Jan 21 2005, 18:35 EST
Need a thick pen? Prefer a black pen? A "novelty" pen
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Dear Goatee Guy
Jan 21 2005, 20:29 EST [updated Jan 21 2005, 20:56 EST]
The Sierra Club stopped by just now looking for new members sensitive to the possible disaster in Alaska. It is 8F outside. I don't know what kind of comission these guys make, but Goatee guy & his college roommate have to have somewhere better to be.
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Zero Day Transcripts
Jan 19 2005, 00:59 EST [updated Jan 29 2005, 11:59 EST]
"Zero Day" is a warez term meaning
releasing a pirated copy of a DVD or computer game the same day it hits store shelves.
It requires some work to get around copy protection and distribute it.
Multiple groups or individuals compete to be the first
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New Comcast Software Rolling Out
Jan 17 2005, 15:03 EST
This page on Comcast.com has some more details on the new menus. All Comcast user's digital set-top boxes are getting new software. I've bitched about the old software before. One of my friends has had the new stuff for a few months now (random guinea
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The Japanese Are Crazy... (1 image)
Jan 12 2005, 20:14 EST [updated Jan 13 2005, 02:44 EST]
...crazy like gadget-loving foxes. A friend sent me this screenshot from a GPS navigation device:
The 3D perspective is pretty cool, but of questionable value. The level of detail is amazing, with lanes marked and store signs clearly visible. Ag
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Your week in Quickies
Jan 12 2005, 13:16 EST
George W. Bush, iPod User
[bobsalive]
Jan 10 2005, 16:39 EST
Engadget found a photo of our President with an ipod. Pretty nifty.
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Family Patent History (2 images)
Jan 10 2005, 19:13 EST [updated Jan 10 2005, 19:21 EST]
While I was home for Christmas I dug through some old boxes and found a 1893 bill of sale for a patent. The US Patent Office has limited features for patents before 1970, you can only view images and you can only search by patent number (and not author,
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John's and Jack's over time
Jan 08 2005, 16:35 EST [updated Jan 29 2005, 14:49 EST]
I'm a "John" by birth, I switched to "Jack" after college (there were four Johns in my pledge class of fifteen, not a problem since we all used nicknames). Outside of fraternities people resort to using psuedo nicknames, "John from marketing", "tall John
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Williams Scandal Grows
Jan 08 2005, 14:03 EST
The topical Special Report on FNC had a segment on the Armstrong Williams' scandal last night (transcript not yet available). NPR's Juan Williams (bio), a Special Report regular was especially outraged:
It pains me to say it but Armstrong is wrong, d
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Your Friday Song Lyric
Jan 07 2005, 21:17 EST [updated Jan 08 2005, 11:21 EST]
Nothing like "Your Sunday Song Lyric" over at Volokh, and guaranteed not to be a regular feature here. I'm just smitten and stymied by this one, Simon & Garfunkle Keep Your Customer Satisfied particularly
I get slandered, Libeled,
I hear words I nev
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Your week in Quickies
Jan 05 2005, 13:10 EST
Money Wallet
[bobsalive]
Jan 05 2005, 09:29 EST
A wallet made of money, with instructions.
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Albert M Greenfield: Adequate (1 image)
Jan 04 2005, 22:29 EST [updated Jan 04 2005, 23:05 EST]
From Instapundit to an index of photoblogs to the photoblog Satan's Laundromat to, umm, this.
Not quite the ringing endorsement they have on their homepage.
Greenfield consistently ranks among the top schools in the city in scholastic performance.
Th
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Awful Basketball, Good Seats (1 image)
Jan 04 2005, 18:29 EST [updated Jan 04 2005, 19:17 EST]
I went to a Celtics game last night, courtesy of a friend of mine. He gets tickets to a couple games per season from work and the seats are pretty sweet, in section 3. Here's a pic I took with my Treo, it turned out rather well(for a phone!):
Unf
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Darwinism and Dawkins
Jan 04 2005, 10:21 EST [updated Jan 04 2005, 11:32 EST]
Richard Dawkins is a big-wig in the Darwinian Natural Selection arena. The New York Times has an article about what folks believe but can't prove. The question to the scientists at the symposium was "What do you believe is true even though you cannot pr
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That was Illuminating
Jan 01 2005, 19:07 EST
I just had a police search copter spotlight on me (no, they weren't looking for me). I waved. I don't know who they are looking for but it must be a pain in the ass with me and a few of my neighbors standing outside watching. In other news, Somerville
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