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Your week in Quickies [quickie] Apr 01 2005, 16:57 EST [permalink] Mitch Hedberg Dead [bobsalive] Mar 31 2005, 16:40 EST The funnyman was found in a New Jersey hotel room. Full Text Toshiba Perpetual Motion Machine [jackdied] Mar 31 2005, 23:34 EST [updated Apr 01 2005, 08:29 EST] [permalink] Hey bobsalive, explain to me why this new Toshiba battery that can "can recharge 80% of a battery's energy capacity in only one minute" doesn't asplode or at least melt plastic? It uses "nano" technology which means stuff at the molecular level but to me Full Text Downtime, Yay [jackdied] Mar 31 2005, 22:40 EST [updated Mar 31 2005, 22:53 EST] [permalink] We had an hour of downtime. After 426 faithfull days of uptime the kernel went tits up. An ssh session just stopped responding, but the box above it was fine, and the box below it was fine. Arggh. So I had to swing over to the other side of town to an Full Text After Action Report from Iraq [andrewdied] Mar 25 2005, 13:54 EST [permalink] I was going to put this in a quickie, but it's too got not to share on it's own. This is an AAR from a convoy ambushed in Iraq. Don't read it if you don't like descriptions of close-quarter combat. Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 21 2005, 11:29 EST [permalink] Bust-Up Gum [bobsalive] Mar 21 2005, 11:28 EST A Japanese company claims that chewing its popular gum three or four times a day can "enh Full Text Jordan Final+1, the ride home [jackdied] Mar 17 2005, 22:06 EST [updated Mar 18 2005, 19:08 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew has been sending these by emails, and I got behind in putting them up. Hence his item over in quickies about being in Slovenia dated between two Jordan posts.] This is my first time in Germany. Most of the signs are in German, of cours Full Text Jordan Final [jackdied] Mar 17 2005, 22:04 EST [updated Mar 17 2005, 22:15 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, where he is as part of his service in the National Guard.] There were a bunch of peddlers in Petra. These guys could speak five languages fluently, and were ill Full Text Jordan Part VI [andrewdied] Mar 15 2005, 11:09 EST [updated Mar 15 2005, 13:55 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, where he is as part of his service in the National Guard.] One of my co-workers had a JD20 expire. She got it here a year ago, and it had the picture of the old Full Text Jordan Part V [andrewdied] Mar 14 2005, 20:46 EST [updated Mar 14 2005, 20:47 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, where he is as part of his service in the National Guard.] So you don't like US CNN? Wait'll you try International CNN! I'd just been puttering around in the mor Full Text Jordan Part IV [andrewdied] Mar 14 2005, 20:45 EST [updated Mar 14 2005, 20:47 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, where he is as part of his service in the National Guard.] The food in Jordan is great. I've eaten the Arabic meal every chance I get, and only been disappoint Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 11 2005, 19:14 EST [permalink] Semen-Frosted Brownies [bobsalive] Mar 10 2005, 21:45 EST I'm speechless. Full Text Jordan Part III: Observations [andrewdied] Mar 11 2005, 16:25 EST [updated Mar 11 2005, 16:26 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, where he is as part of his service in the National Guard.] Ok, I'm wrong on traffic. I took a walk around the streets by the hotel, and folks drive fast. Fort Full Text Be on the Lookout for a man of Medium Complexion [jackdied] Mar 11 2005, 15:44 EST [updated Mar 11 2005, 15:50 EST] [permalink] The cable news networks are going nuts about the felon who shot a judge during his trial and has escaped. I understand it makes for a good 'live' news story - a dangerous man just killed two people and is on the loose. What I don't get is the physical d Full Text Jordan Part II: The City of Amman [andrewdied] Mar 10 2005, 15:57 EST [updated Mar 10 2005, 21:04 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, as part of his service in the National Guard.] Amman is about 2 million people. It's Philadelpia, actually, seven hills and all. Not, not Philthydelphia, the one Full Text Jordan Part I: Backgrounder [andrewdied] Mar 10 2005, 15:56 EST [updated Mar 10 2005, 21:02 EST] [permalink] [Ed note: Andrew is posting from Jordan, the sister state of his current home of Colorado, as part of his service in the National Guard.] The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is sandwiched between Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Land-wise it's a bit s Full Text Microsoft to acquire Groove [jackdied] Mar 10 2005, 12:29 EST [updated Mar 10 2005, 20:17 EST] [permalink] As reported on Slashdot, Microsoft announced it will buy Groove Networks. This is remarkable for two reasons. One, Groove makes a networky group software thing like the one in the movie AntiTrust (2001). Two, the Groove software is a piece of shit. Ho Full Text Word of the Day [jackdied] Mar 08 2005, 21:33 EST [updated Mar 08 2005, 21:58 EST] [permalink] Gluckschmerz, personal misery because of someone else's happiness. Supposedly invented to be the opposite of the much better known schadenfreude. Seen today in Rich Lowry's article at NRO. The google search only shows three entries, one of which gives Full Text Guys like this really exist? [jackdied] Mar 03 2005, 14:39 EST [permalink] Instapundit links to this strange Pravda interview with a guy who has variously been a member of the Utopian Anarchist Party, International Socialist Organization, Communist Party UA/Libertarian Party (at the same time, go figure), Reform Party (under Buc Full Text	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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