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Rock Star alter egos are growing in numbers
"You're forming a fake band -- that's what you do," says Sadri, calling the game "the best part of karaoke, adding in a drummer and guitars."
The Magpie Developer
Jeff Atwood is one of the best programmer/writers around. I love reading his stuff, some I agree wholeheartedly with, other stuff we disagree, but this post is about a dead-on as they come. This idea has been floating in my head for a long time, but it is hard for me to conceptualize it in words, Atwood does a brilliant job at it. Must read for any developer.
Andy Olmsted's Last Blog Entry.
(Warning: Pretty rough) No matter how you feel politically about the war, this reminds you that each number people throw around as statistics is a human life. This is extremely well written, and pretty rough on your soul towards the end, but something everyone should read. Its a shitty situation all around, but there is always a human face behind the statistics and I want to make sure I never forget that.
LSU scared of the prospect of some Moreno action?
Photos of Abandoned Swimming Pools
9 Things You Didn't Know About Rockband.
Drinking stories that put yours to shame
Via Keith


To preserve his body during the voyage home, the second-in-command stored Nelson's body in the ship's vat of rum and halted all liquor rations to the crew. Not a bad idea, but when the ship reached port, officials went to retrieve Nelson's body and found the vat dry.



Disregarding good taste (in every sense), the crew had been secretly drinking from it the entire way home. After that, naval rum was referred to as Nelson's Blood.
making vodka pills in 24 hours
Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making 'vodka pills.' I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms.
Strategy Letter VI - joelonsoftware.com
As a programmer, thanks to plummeting memory prices, and CPU speeds doubling every year, you had a choice. You could spend six months rewriting your inner loops in Assembler, or take six months off to play drums in a rock and roll band, and in either case, your program would run faster. Assembler programmers don’t have groupies.

Entire Article is Dead On. A must read for anyone in the software biz.
Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village




 
 
 
 


(Thursday, April 29)

Google files for $2.7 billion IPO

Don't be drawn in... Google files for $2.7 billion IPO


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TheState.com: Your guide to news, sports, jobs, homes, cars

Ingenious Idea.. New Device Allows Recording at Concerts TheState.com: Your guide to news, sports, jobs, homes, cars


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Warflying Los Angeles - The Wireless Weblog - wireless.weblogsinc.com

Warflying? Kick arse... Warflying Los Angeles - The Wireless Weblog - wireless.weblogsinc.com


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(Wednesday, April 28)

OTOFTC Home Page

I am sure Billy Graham is loving this one.. OTOFTC Home Page


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Mintek - Portable DVD Player with 5" LCD Monitor - MDP-5860

Rememeber when these things were like $500? God bless more's law. Mintek - Portable DVD Player with 5" LCD Monitor - MDP-5860


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(Tuesday, April 27)

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

This thing got both Mussolinni and Kimberly Drummond right. I swear it. Very neat. http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html


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?????GZeasy???? -> NA???????????????YY???Xenon???????

CHECK THIS OUT: Everyone is saying this is the circuit diagram (crudly done) of the new Xbox 2. I had Joanna (Chineese coworker) translate and the word above picture says "Super Strength". Pretty cool. ���ǵ�GZeasy���� -> NA֮��ʵ�����ġ�����YYһ��Xenon����ϵ�ṹ


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this guy built a satelite watch kit from and terraservers the xml garnered from the watches GPS to create path images. Pretty bad ass. GPS/Terra Server


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DotNetRocks

Last weeks Friday show is posted... DotNetRocks


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The Cult of Mac Blog

Interesting article abotu iPod Design... The Cult of Mac Blog


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Ananova - Batman and Robin fighting crime - in Whitley

Quality find by James... Ananova - Batman and Robin fighting crime - in Whitley


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(Monday, April 26)

Images - Spaghetti Westerns

I was wondering where the term 'Spagetti Westerns' comes from... and blam... thank you Teoma..Images - Spaghetti Westerns


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(Sunday, April 25)

Hey Crackhead

Letters to a crackhead.. Hey Crackhead


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(Friday, April 23)

Can you afford not to own Uranus?

I know the joke is old, but I laugh everytime I think of 'your anus' Can you afford not to own Uranus?


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::STEAMBOY::

New movie by Akira creator. Pills anyone? ::STEAMBOY::


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Page 23 mem

There's this meme doing the rounds of various blogs. It tells you to do this: Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 23. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. Here is mine: "it's easy to confuse aggregation and acquaintance, because they so often implemented in the same way." DP By GoF, aka...Design Patterns


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mfish

109 pictures of from a Tokyo Market


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eBay item 2475019485 (Ends Apr-30-04 20:08:19 PDT) - DeLorean : Gullwing

Why just have the Ecto-1 when you can also have a car that can use 88.8 giggowats to... eBay item 2475019485 (Ends Apr-30-04 20:08:19 PDT) - DeLorean : Gullwing


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pinvoke.net: the interop wiki!

for all my PInvoke brothas out dere.. pinvoke.net: the interop wiki!


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eBay item 3716461982 (Ends Apr-13-04 11:32:09 PDT) - air guitar

Sold... eBay item 3716461982 (Ends Apr-13-04 11:32:09 PDT) - air guitar


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(Thursday, April 22)

Visual Basic: Navigate the .NET Framework and Your Projects with "My" -- MSDN Magazine, May 2004

VB.Net programers need all the help they can get I guess *MOVE TO C#* :) Visual Basic: Navigate the .NET Framework and Your Projects with "My" -- MSDN Magazine, May 2004


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Dave Winer's Test Site: Google flexes its muscles?

Interesting discussion on the speculation that Google will not crawl RSS feeds just Atom feeds... Man that would blow chunks. Dave Winer's Test Site: Google flexes its muscles?


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Cadillac Eldorado pictures and photos

All hail Keith for this awsome find... Cadillac Eldorado pictures and photos


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http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/

If this is real, it is amazing... http://www.r50rd.co.uk/research/internal/v2i/engin/


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(Wednesday, April 21)

BBspot - Top 11 RPG Office Supplies

Awsome "RPG Office Supplies 11.Striped Tie of Resist Management 10.Mouse of Negate Firewall 9.Large Potion of Replenish Toner 8.Blinking Hub of Brilliance 7.Rusty Wand of Postpone Deadline 6.Potion of Manager Detection 5.Amulet of Blame Reflection 4.Ring of Pager Control 3.Scroll of Create Intern 2.Coffee Cup of Holding 1.Wand of Project Cancellation" BBspot - Top 11 RPG Office Supplies:


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- rock and roll trivia - classicbands.com_

Interesting bits.... "Eric Clapton was born to an unwed mother and to shield him from the shame, Eric grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his sister. " James Brown's wife tried to get her traffic tickets dismissed because of "diplomatic immunity" in June of 1988. She claimed her husband is the official "ambassador of soul". She lost the case Former Animals bassist, Chas Chandler discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. Dick Clark's wife suggested that Ernest Evans change his name to "Chubby Checker" as a parody of "Fats Domino". Elvis Presley had a twin brother named Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. Jimi Hendrix was thrown out of high school for holding the hand of a white girl in class. On December 12, 1957, 22 year old Jerry Lee Lewis married 14 year old Myra Gale Brown, his second cousin. Barry Manilow was once a page boy at CBS and was later Bette Midler's musical director. Before having his first hit record, Barry earned a living writing commercials, including the jingles for State Farm Insurance , Band Aids, Stridex, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, and McDonalds. (For the American Idoler's) Over 400 musicians applied for a part in The Monkees, including Stephen Stills, John Sebastian and Harry Nilsson. (Thank God he didn't make it. Where would CSNY Be without the man today?) Scotland's Bay City Rollers chose their name by sticking a pin in a map of the United States. The pin landed near Bay City, Michigan. (There orginal landing place was Snellville, and were gonna call them selves 'The Everybody's that were not Somebodys') Stevie Wonder was placed in an incubator when he was born and given too much oxygen, causing permanent sight loss. (well we know it didn't get to his *Fingers*... Note: God bless him Stevie Wonder makes me smile everytime I hear him. I am a HUGE fan.) Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston are cousins. (I saw it commin.) In 1978, ABBA was Sweden's most profitable export. Car maker Volvo was number two. (The White 240DL was not out yet) A one-string African guitar is called a "bo diddley". That?s where bluesman Ellas Bates got his stage name. When Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in the summer of 1967, one of the rejected applicants to be auditioned was a young piano player named Reginald Dwight, who would later launch a solo career, re-naming himself, Elton John. (*A Different Light...**) Rod Stewart's 1977 hit "The First Cut Is The Deepest" was written by Cat Stevens. (Is this the same song Cheryl Crow Molested?)


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(Tuesday, April 20)

Television Without Pity » 24 » Recaps & Extras » Season 3 Episode 18

This Website makes me laugh my ass off. Kudos to the writers.. Great writing. Cutting remarks. Scathing... Television Without Pity � 24 � Recaps & Extras � Season 3 Episode 18


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eBay item 4103315470 (Ends Apr-10-04 18:20:43 PDT) - Pentium 2 Motherboard Necklace Sean John 50cent bling

Thanks to Keith for the Apperal Shopping.. eBay item 4103315470 (Ends Apr-10-04 18:20:43 PDT) - Pentium 2 Motherboard Necklace Sean John 50cent bling


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MSNBC - MCI emerges from bankruptcy

Pretty damn impressive. I know other companies (Xerox) and other have emerged from Bankruptcy to go on and rule thier respective roosts again. But man after all that, MCI is back out. Still sucks for those 20k workers that got laid off though. MSNBC - MCI emerges from bankruptcy


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MSNBC - Jordanian king postpones meeting with Bush

Is there any countries left for GW to piss off? G'lord our our relations are starting to suck. "Jordan, which is considered a key moderate ally of the United States, is one of only two of Arab neighbors to have a peace treaty with Israel. But some Jordanians question their government's relationship with the United States, which they accuse of siding with Israel against the Palestinians." MSNBC - Jordanian king postpones meeting with Bush:


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(Monday, April 19)

The Raw Feed

Freaky.. The Raw Feed


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Check out this Castle Blow up playground with multiple teathers... (fucking teather's man... like hot air balloon teathers... like Zepplin's teathers) that our neighbors had for what i assume was a kids bday party. I mean shit, they should have just brought in the macy tgiving day parade or superman... this thing puts Billy Madison's gradepass parties to shame... (Click for full screen)


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My Baby Beat me in Trivial Persuit (sp?)... (and spelling contests) Kinda ironic that she wins on a question about one of my favorite country/rockabilly singers..


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(Sunday, April 18)

BayStar seeks to retrieve investment in SCO | CNET News.com

Darl McBride... hahah fuck you Darl McBride... There go your backers.. BayStar seeks to retrieve investment in SCO | CNET News.com


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(Friday, April 16)

MEMRI: Latest News

"This is a message to our neighbors north of the Mediterranean, with a proposal for a peace treaty, in response to the positive reactions which emerged there. Thanks Spain. MEMRI: Latest News


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A reader emailed me and asked me what I was listning too (since I listen to musak all day long/yet hate radio) So on Fridays I will start let you know what I listen to while i work durng that week and what I think about em. I dont have time to give detailed analysis, but I wil rate them 1 - 10. 10 Being an 'OK Computer' (Quite possibly the best album ever produced) and 1 being a 'Evanescene' (need I say more).

9/10 7/10 8/10
8/10 9/10 7/10
6/10 *as compared to other Ryan Adams Albums (Gold 9/10, Demolition 9/10, etc)


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OpinionJournal - Wonder Land

Sounds like a great cause... Donate if you gotz some extra money... OpinionJournal - Wonder Land


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Yahoo! Search Results for what is my destiny

For everyone who reads the Onion. Yahoo is kinda playing the part pretty well.. :) Kudos to Yahoo.. Yahoo! Search Results for what is my destiny


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The Chronicle: Daily news: 04/09/2004 -- 01

The Chronicle: Daily news: 04/09/2004 -- 01


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Hacking NetFlix : Netflix Price Increase: How Do You Feel?

Whats wrong with the service right now? why the $2.00 increase... oh wait i know... Hacking NetFlix : Netflix Price Increase: How Do You Feel?


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Here's a pretty good Noam Chomsky talk I got the other day. I don't think it is a commercial production so I can share with everyone. Interesting discussions. Covers a whole spectrum of stuff... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ..... ... (Dont have time to list them all, you cna see the pattern) .. ... ... 28


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How bout none?


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For those that get their rocks off with people dressed up in chicken suits.... :) Bukkake?!? Subservient Chicken's X-Rated Bits Exposed by Code Following up on the launch of Burger King's "instameme" promo -- background in this earlier BoingBoing post -- geek supersleuth NEMESIS reveals the Subservient Chicken's naughty little nuggets: "By backwards engineering the API within the HTTP headers, you can un-censor the censored ones: Link 1 (scratch, crotch, balls, nutsack, destroy tokyo, stomp, godzilla, jonny rotten, punk rock, fsu, fuck shit up) Link 2 (rub, chest, breast, breasts, boobs, jugs, tatas, hooters, jugs, nips, burning man, mardis gras, girls gone wild, playboy, penthouse, barely legal, leg show) Link 3 (give bird, give the bird, bird, middle finger, flipping, fuck you, fuck off, flip , flip me off, flip them off) Link 4 (shit, ass , fuck, cock, pussy, motherfucker, cunt, piss , arse, suck, dyke, bitch, clit, cum , dick, dildo, feces, felch, foreskin, whore, jizz, jism, masturbate, jerk, anal, bastard, blowjob, butt, suck, choad, erection, fellatio, incest, semen, tit) Link 5 (touch yourself, naughty spot , naughtyspot, private, privates, sore, nuts , testicles, balls, groin, crotch) Link 6 (show breast, breasts, tits , titties, slut, whore, tramp , seduce, hooker, prostitute, tatas, jugs, nice rack, your rack, tatas, show yer tits, show yer breasts, show your breasts, show yer tis) Link 7 (masturbate, masterbate, play with yourself, jerk off , take off mask, take off costume, take off your, streak , flash , strip , naked, nude, take it off , get naked, take it all off, nekkid, get nekkid, whip em out, show your tits, show yer tits, tits , take off your clothes, take off yer clothes, clothes, off like a prom dress, prom dress, do me , blow me, take pants off, take off your pants, mask) But to paraphrase another fast food empire: Where's the bukkake? Link to copy of file with index of all Subservient Chicken Behavior commands, many of which would merit FCC fines, if they were -- I don't know, read aloud on the Howard Stern Show or something. (Thanks also to Josh Santangelo!)


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MSNBC - Italians united in outrage over hostage death

�I�m going to show you how an Italian dies.� No person should die like that. But kudos to his defiancy... Admirable and Respectable. MSNBC - Italians united in outrage over hostage death


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(Thursday, April 15)

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Great company... making great money...

Great company... making great money...


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The Way of the Master

From my baby, the best blog link finder period. Where is Kirk Cameron now? No More cockroach... The Way of the Master


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Singer wins piracy case - NME.COM

Is it just me, or did anyone who paid $300 for a CD (much less Sophie B Hawkins) deserve to be ripped off? Why Yes. Singer wins piracy case - NME.COM


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FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Marines Informing Soldier of Photo Probe

I've seen this photo they are talking about, and I swore it was a photoshop.... FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Marines Informing Soldier of Photo Probe


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(Wednesday, April 14)

A Message From Al

Still very sad. A Message From Al


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A9.com > Search Technologies

" and so then Amazon (A9) walked onto the Search Engine Battlefield. Trusty Sword of Alexa by its side. Googzilla, MSNBot and the yahoo Cowboy stared blankly into it's direction. " To Be Continued.. A9.com > Search Technologies


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News Sentinel | 04/14/2004 | The checks and balances of the Fifth Estate

Interestng. News Sentinel | 04/14/2004 | The checks and balances of the Fifth Estate


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(Tuesday, April 13)

Empire North - The logical solution

For when you don't want to lose Jr. at the Grocery Store. Empire North - The logical solution


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MSN Hotmail - More Useful Everyday

How frickin cool is Obi-Wan?!?! McGregor to travel world -- by motorcycle


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BBC NEWS | Business | Google's Gmail could be blocked

Poor Poor Google BBC NEWS | Business | Google's Gmail could be blocked


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.NET Architecture Center: : Metropolis (Microsoft Architect Journal)

Very neat paper I plan on reading later tonight... .NET Architecture Center: : Metropolis (Microsoft Architect Journal)


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Earth Impact Effects Program

Neat Impact Calculator from Andy.. Earth Impact Effects Program


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Yahoo! News - American Airlines admits disclosing passenger data

Personally I don't care... Go for it.... Yahoo! News - American Airlines admits disclosing passenger data


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Nurse that beer, folks: You've got until 2 a.m.

Lawrenceville.... A bed of sin.. Nurse that bee