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Monthly Archives: July 2006

Net Crap (7/30)

30-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/30/06.

Net Crap (7/29)

29-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/29/06.

The Brooklyn Project

28-Jul-06

Shamelessly ripped off from here; good enough to share, although I’ll rip it off the site in a moment if I get a C&D letter from Tenn’s lawyers …
The Brooklyn Project
by William Tenn (Phillip Klass)

Eeep

28-Jul-06

I recently came across — I believe either via digg or reddit — an audio recording of the call Kevin Cosgrove, a September 11th victim, placed to 911, which terminates with the tower collapsing upon him.
It is harsh and it is brutal. After watching it through, my world grew quiet around me, and I [...]

A Banjo in a Galaxy Far, Far Away …

28-Jul-06

Yee-hah! “Star Wars” played on a banjo! SPACE HOE-DOWN!

Uri Geller Busted on Carson’s “Tonight Show”

28-Jul-06

A Firefox Extension Unfulfilled

27-Jul-06

EDIT: Believe it or not, the extension described below got built! I wrote up and described the idea on the Extensions Mirror, and the idea got picked up and created by Erik van Kempen, who was behind the ExtendFirefox developer contest. It now exists as BlockSite.
EDIT #2: Hey, Lifehackers! Stick around and [...]

Net Crap (7/27)

27-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/27/06.

My Little Pony: Apocalypse Ponies!

26-Jul-06

Colbert’s Hilarious Reply to GMA & Today Show

26-Jul-06

Stephen Colbert delivers a hilariously withering reply to the various morning talk shows that took Rep. Wexler’s “I like cocaine” segment seriously …

Net Crap (7/26)

26-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/26/06.

How to Leave Wikipedia

25-Jul-06

EDIT: Hi, visitors from Anil’s blog. Just added today an entry about why I left Wikipedia. I had been meaning to write this up for a while, but now that I’ve got an A/C, I can actually think in this insane Chicago heat …
Today, I left Wikipedia after two solid years of contributions. [...]

Net Crap (7/25)

25-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/25/06.

Net Crap (7/24)

24-Jul-06

This post contains entries automatically posted from my del.icio.us account on or around 7/24/06.

Teaching Kids That Skin Color Doesn’t Matter

23-Jul-06

If I ever have a kid, a great way to teach them about racism:
An easy way to illustrate to a 5 year old that skin color does not matter is to do this simple comparison.
Take a green apple and a red apple. Have your son help you compare the two. They’re both apples. Maybe one [...]