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Funny Screenshot on Digg.com Re: Windows Security

Did anyone else on Digg find the following sequence rather humorous?:


Personally I’d rather not have my life support machine get cracked or have people delete any files, but maybe that’s just me…

These were posted on Feb. 1, 2007, around 2pm PST.…

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Life and the Cereal Price Index

When moving from one city to another, one should qualify whether or not his supposed wage increase is justified after a comparison of post-tax purchasing power. The question to ask is, “After taxes, can I live the same standard of living and buy/save more than I could before?”

There are several methods of obtaining this cost-of-living change, such as using the Consumer Price Index, House Price Index, or paying for a more in-depth …

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Music Review – Blackfield – Blackfield II

In England, there lives a man who writes, performs, and produces some of the most beautiful music in this world. And practically nobody will ever even hear it.

That man’s name is Steven Wilson.

Heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, Wilson has been producing music for over 20 years. His most popular works are with Porcupine Tree, Wilson’s progressive rock band. Porcupine Tree’s latest albums have come under more influence from the realm of …

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A Few More Things…

Earlier, I wrote a blog entry about what I’ll miss about Austin. I forgot two so VERY important things that I have to add a new entry:

  1. Skirts with cowboy boots. HOT. It’s awesome, I hope this catches on everywhere. Enough said.
  2. Y’ALL. I must say, I have fallen in love with the use of y’all. It’s so much more fun and easy to say than “you guys” . :”You guys” is awkward and lame,

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I Can’t Cry

It’s been a bit over a month since my LASIK surgery, so I thought I’d share an update.

Unfortunately, the news isn’t that great. The swelling in my left eye went down, so that part’s good.

However, my eyes are not producing tears well, and my tear film is basically awful. This means that my eyes are dry and dirty, which makes the vision blurrier. My left eye (the dominant one) is the worst. …

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Early Season Review: 24, Episodes 1-4 (NO SPOILERS)

After 7 months of waiting, the first two installments of Fox’s hit series “24” will finally be released to the world tonight. Due to my devastating good looks and personality, I have already made connections rather high up in Hollywood, and have secured the first four episodes of the thrilling action series.

Led by Jack Bauer and our friends at the Los Angeles CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit) must again fight our Middle-Eastern pals who find it …

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