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Monthly Archives: January 2006
Speed trials
Speed Demos Archive A web page (one of many?) dedicated to showing various people beating various video games as quickly as inhumanly possible. I once read / heard someone (dunno who) who said, “There is nothing more boring than watching … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Media, Tech
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$100 laptop, UN support, jackthievery
The Right Thing for the world… trying to figure out the lime green / “fend[ing] off potential thieves” connection. rds
Posted in Data Control, Network, Tech, oh-the-humanity
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Nice Guy Eddie, R.I.P.
CNN.com – Actor Chris Penn found dead – Jan 25, 2006 rds
Posted in Media
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iWeb 1.0.0 (iLife ’06 Edition) SHAKEDOWN
The first outing, which for good or ill was created within one hour of launching iWeb 1.0.0. iWeb is Apple’s new iLife-branded drag-and-drop-and-Apple-Feel-Good-Web-Development-Tool for the masses. After 60 minutes with the product, there’s this: Good: It’s pretty much as drag … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Network, Tech
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(OS X) Spinning wheel, got to go round?
round one Any user of Mac OS X is familiar with (if not a fan of) the spinning beach ball of occasional doom. A number of sites, including this one, discuss things that can summon / conjur The Ball. As … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Data Control, Tech
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ArsTechnica article on features / benchmarks of first Intel-based iMac
Excellent article: iMac 17″ Core Duo : Page 5 Hmm, Steve’s assertion that we’d see 4-5x performance kick over the G5 was a tad optimistic. Why am I not shocked? rds
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A)lways B)e C)obbling
Glengarry Glen Ross is certainly one of the greatest films of all time, due primarily to Alec Baldwin’s profanity-laden motivational speech (which, incidentally, didn’t appear in the stage version of G G R). I probably like the film so much … Continue reading
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What is really behind a Steve Jobs Keynote
hardcore infrastructure supporting Jobs during his keynotes. The truth. rds
Posted in Apple, Comedy, Data Control, Media
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Buy A Goat for a Family in Africa
:: FARM FRIENDS :: This is the right thing to do. rds
Posted in Comedy, oh-the-humanity
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