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Monthly Archives: May 2006
hopefully the last thing you’ll read about american idol 5 (here) for a while
American Idol: Season 5 Encores, Simon Fuller’s first major cash-in on Idol 5 “talent”[1], contains many truly mediocre performances and a few dull gems. The CD contains one studio rendition of a previously performed song from each of the Top … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Music
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IGN: Glitch In The System: Round Three
Detailed article digging into the question: are too many Xbox 360s failing? Compares to launch history of other consoles (ex. PS2). From IGN. Ads. rds
Posted in Data Control, Games, Microsoft, Tech
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Student faces expulsion for Web post
Chicago Sun Times: Student faces expulsion for Web post Either something relative to this situation is not being reported/discussed, or I’m an idiot, because I’m failing to see what this kid did and why it deserves expulsion. Big discussion on … Continue reading
Posted in Network, oh-the-humanity
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Dead Lock: Taylor Hicks Guaranteed to Win American Idol 5, Barring Another Voting System Malfunction[1]
Image: National Ledger.Com [1] Odds of affirmative AI voting system malfunction are estimated at between 97-103%, by author Hicks, Taylor; (a.k.a. Winner, The Winner, Idol 5, Teen Steam, Little Buddy, The Grey Soul Ghost, Poncharelli, Space Ghost, Cobra Commander, Little … Continue reading
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TUAW: List of Mac OS X’s processes and their purpose
Useful list defining various OS X processes. Never again find yourself stymied over the function of pmTool (which not this pmtool). rds
Posted in Apple, Tech
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open => ave.5
Not sure how it’s going to change post-grand opening, but right now this has (sorta-)crazy animations and stuff. I’m looking forward to an 11PM in my eventual future, when I decide I “need” some bit of Apple gear, and I … Continue reading
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New Scientist Tech – Neo-primitive robot drummer hits drum with robot claw-drumstick
This is a step in the right direction for the masses who have been waiting to acquire their first drumming robot and have so far held off for aesthetic reasons. I’m going to wait until it evolves to match the … Continue reading
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[american idol] idol hands are katherine mcphever’s plaything
final three tonight – elliot, kat-power, and sam cooke ne Taylor Hicks. Taylor kind of muddled through up until “Try a Little Tenderness”, which was right in his element. Let’s hope for his finale next week he does “Soul Man”. … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Tech
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FTD.com needs to be Nuked from Orbit
I ordered two sets of flower (mother, mother-in-law) to be delivered yesterday. Mothers Day… makes sense. FTD probably sells a lot of flowers on Mom’s Day, one (admittedly one who is totally outside the floral biz) may guess. I received … Continue reading
Posted in ignoble ranting, oh-the-humanity
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