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Your week in Quickies [quickie] Apr 04 2007, 14:55 EDT [permalink] Find Sounds [bobsalive] Mar 31 2007, 09:23 EST Nifty search engine for audio. If you can make your own custom ringtones, this is handy. Full Text Fifteen pounds of Joy II [jackdied] Mar 31 2007, 00:21 EDT [updated Mar 31 2007, 23:58 EDT] [permalink] My wallet has given birth (again) to a new bowling ball, a Neo-Tac "The Khameleon" SN GRE3173 (not quite 'leet but it is "Greelte"). My previous ball was non-grip plastic so it could only do straight throws. This one is high-grip resin so I can start th Full Text Is price fixing anti-competitive or free market? [jackdied] Mar 29 2007, 00:59 EDT [updated Mar 29 2007, 02:45 EDT] [permalink] It is currently illegal for a manufacturer to sell goods with the requirement that the buyer never sells it for less than a set amount. I can't sell you my watch for $10 and demand that you not resell it for less than $20. This rule (originally impos Full Text Time Magazine Inkblot Cover (1 image) [jackdied] Mar 28 2007, 22:20 EDT [permalink] The gang over at Blue Mass Group posted this picture of the four regional covers of Time magazine: With the title "Much of What You Need to Know About U.S. and our MSM is captured perfectly today on Time's website" Now when I saw this I thought "Ha, w Full Text For me but not for thee [jackdied] Mar 27 2007, 03:19 EDT [updated Mar 28 2007, 22:04 EDT] [permalink] A Senate staffer was charged with carrying a gun and "unregistered ammunition" (sarcastic finger quotes because the ammunition is worth about as much as a cup of coffee). The staffer was just carrying his boss's bag (Jim Webb, D-VA) through security. If Full Text Beers, Bowling, and Guns [jackdied] Mar 24 2007, 20:31 EDT [updated Mar 24 2007, 20:33 EDT] [permalink] teddied came to Boston for a four day visit. It was solid fraternal fun. We managed to work our way through Crowley's selection of IPAs (Harpoon, Ipswitch, and Shipyard). There was bowling with Mike & Kristy. We went to see 300. As a topper today we Full Text 300 [jackdied] Mar 24 2007, 02:14 EDT [updated Mar 24 2007, 03:03 EDT] [permalink] teddied is in town and tonight we went to see 300. From reviews and personal recommends (bobsalive saw it) I knew what to expect. It was good. The plot is ahem Spartan but there is tons of blood and some rousing speeches. Lots and lots of blood - Full Text Unlikely free energy Down Under [jackdied] Mar 21 2007, 15:28 EDT [updated Mar 21 2007, 15:34 EDT] [permalink] Some Australians have been working on extracting hydrogen from sea water. An area covering 40 square kilometers would meet the country's energy needs. 40 square kilometers is 40,000,000 square meters. The country's population is 22 million. So eac Full Text Suburan Achievers [jackdied] Mar 19 2007, 02:41 EDT [updated Mar 20 2007, 19:37 EDT] [permalink] bobsalive came down from NH this week. He got to see Jones and in his opinion I undersold Jones by a wide margin. Jones isn't just a 70s holdover; he is a rare specimen preserved in amber. Today he wore a bowling shirt (with his name on the back, natc Full Text Your week in Quickies [quickie] Mar 15 2007, 13:57 EDT [permalink] The Kegulator [bobsalive] Mar 12 2007, 20:27 EST Nifty page that calculates how much beer you'll need for a party, given the number and Full Text Power Outage + Daylight Savings == Comcast Perfect Storm [jackdied] Mar 14 2007, 22:22 EDT [updated Mar 14 2007, 22:36 EDT] [permalink] After my recent brief power outage my cable box was dead as a doornail (my TV watching is spotty - I only discovered this today). The box is four or five years old and had been acting flaky for months. I did happen to have a spare box that hadn't been p Full Text Woops [jackdied] Mar 13 2007, 04:51 EDT [updated Mar 13 2007, 05:12 EDT] [permalink] Sorry about the deleted post. I'll reinstate it or restate it someday. It is a shame if only because of the line I'm the least hircine of the group... Add it to the list of outs on your next game of scrabble. If you see it in a crossword double Full Text [jackdied] Mar 13 2007, 04:15 EDT [updated Mar 13 2007, 04:21 EDT] deleted Life imitates SciFi [jackdied] Mar 12 2007, 23:01 EDT [updated Mar 12 2007, 23:05 EDT] [permalink] I check ESR's blog every so often to see if he's come out of retirement. Nope, his last post is still June 2006. This time I noticed that his last post now has over 1600 comments. Some of his posts used to get hundreds of comments ... but 1600? Enter Full Text Somerville as Third World [jackdied] Mar 12 2007, 21:41 EDT [updated Mar 12 2007, 21:43 EDT] [permalink] The power went out today. Thankfully I bought a couple UPSs yesterday. Had I taken them out of the box yet? Heck no. A few minutes later the power came back on. A few hours later the power went out again. Where were the UPSs? If you guessed "still Full Text Suburban Achievers [jackdied] Mar 11 2007, 17:23 EDT [updated Mar 13 2007, 12:47 EDT] [permalink] Lanes & Games has its own version of Big Lebowski's The Jesus. If his shirt is to be believed his name is Jones. He found his perfect look in 1975 and has kept it up ever since. He is a wiry black guy with a mustache and man can that creep bowl. This Full Text Suburban Achievers [jackdied] Mar 07 2007, 15:46 EST [permalink] Light week. The post-football crowd refuses to materialize. Mike:148, 189, 154, 191 (avg 170!) Kristy: 112, 120, 140, 109 (avg 120) jackdied: 131, 139, 134, 137 (avg 135) Full Text Don't Mess with the OTP [jackdied] Mar 05 2007, 15:33 EST [updated Mar 10 2007, 13:30 EST] [permalink] Apparently the lag time between posting about Office of Traffic and Parking and getting your car booted is about 48 hours. Pay the outstanding tickets online ($400) Walk to the OTP Stand in line for an hour (there were only 12 people ahead of me!) G Full Text Saturday Hold'em [jackdied] Mar 04 2007, 12:06 EST [permalink] 8 guys, $20 buy in, good times. The women folk made some food and anchored the game of quarters (where busted players go between games). I had hot cards pretty much the whole night so I managed to do OK. 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