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Archive for March, 2005

In the News

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Wedgie makes the dictionary. You mean it wasn’t already in there? Huh.

And, as a lover of accents, how could I not enjoy this NYTimes Article about how the “Liverpool [England] accent is boldly growing thicker”

Can Firefox outfox IE?

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

CNET has an interesting article on just how uphill the battle is going to be.

Battling browsers are back. Just as in the 1990s, when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Netscape’s Navigator fought each other for supremacy, today Mozilla’s Firefox browser is trying to gain traction over IE.

Smelly Balls

Monday, March 14th, 2005

Does the world really need scented bowling balls?

iPod List

Monday, March 14th, 2005

I’ve updated the list of songs on my iPod - up to 3714 now.

Prepackaged News

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

There’s a NYTimes article about how the government is selling “prepackaged” news stories to stations. They are aired on local news stations as if they were standard segments. This isn’t anything new, but it seems that the Bush administration is using this tool most aggressively. Check out

Elliptical Trainer

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

I’ve been thinking about buying an elliptical trainer for awhile. It’s the same old debate: if I spend all that money, will I actually use it? Will it just be a new, expensive and rather large dust magnet? Well, I bought one today. I did a lot of research online …

footerStick

Friday, March 11th, 2005

Ooh! I may have to fiddle with this and give it a try. It looks like it could be a good way to format footers using css.

Macular Degeneration

Friday, March 11th, 2005

According to this article, scientist have linked macular degeneration to a gene mutation. This could be good news for the millions of people who suffer from this disorder - especially since it’s not really treatable right now.

Facing the Music

Thursday, March 10th, 2005

Well, poop:

Ever wonder why “WKRP in Cincinnati” hasn’t shown up on DVD yet (unlike, I’m sorry to say, “Too Close for Comfort”)? Wired.com reports that the release of that classic show is held up by copyright and licensing issues to do with the extensive music clips used on the

U2

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

It looks like my streak of seeing U2 at least once on every tour since 1983 will continue - I just bought tickets for the Dallas show in October. October?? Wow, that’s a long ways away.