On November 17th, 1978 – there was a disturbance in the force. Jedi at the time remember hearing the sound of a million voices screaming at once – and then 30 minutes later… silence (after the show ended)… Lets just put it this way. Bea Arthur is in it – along with Jefferson Starship and [...]
Let me start this post with a yawn. Apple had a media event for this? Not exactly earth shattering news. It turns out that reports circulating around the internet starting at ThinkSecret.com were true. Apple is making a boom-box like add-on for the iPod. It’s ugly. It’s certainly not going to replace the home stereo [...]
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I stumbled across this article the other day about a piracy raid in Europe somewhere. A guy was selling pirated games and videos out of an ice-cream truck. I guess that would make a crappy getaway car – what with the “Da de dump da de diddy diddy dum da diddy dump” playing at 120dB [...]
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Apple released a 1 GB iPod nano today (in both black and white) for $149. The 1 GB shuffle is still available – but now for only $99. The 512 MB shuffle can now be yours for $69. This is similar timing to last year when Apple released the shuffle – just in time for [...]
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Yes, today is Groundhog Day – the day of predictions. If you thought “Groundhog day? How could winter POSSIBLY be over so soon?” don’t worry – the toothless-beaver saw his shadow today. This means you have 6 more weeks of winter. CNN.com – Punxsutawney Phil predicts … – Feb 2, 2006
Creighton University has started giving their applicants the option of hearing back from them via text message – instead of via mail. This gives them near instant feedback from the admissions department – usually within 24 hours. (This would have saved some Harvard MBA students a lot of trouble earlier) Imagine the joy of your [...]
An Oregon man hurled both of his prosthetic legs at a police officer, striking him with one, after his son was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, police said today. The dad got mad, and charged at the police officer several times. The officer knocked finally knocked him down to the ground, when – according [...]
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Remember last summer, when the only thing really exciting was “Batman Begins”? Well, that’s not the case this summer. CNN has a list of the top new movies coming out this year, and reading the list makes me almost want to go get in line for tickets. Here are a few of the top ones: [...]
The African grey parrot kept squawking “I love you, Gary” as his owner, Chris Taylor, sat with girlfriend Suzy Collins on the sofa of their shared flat in Leeds, northern England. Given how Parrots take forever to pick up a new phrase – that would be a rather odd thing to hear. When the owner [...]
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