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Month: November, 2006

not that there's anything wrong with that

Maverick psp
… but this is my new phone. I wonder if the public at large will appreciate my fine sense of irony, and general conviction that most consumer technology, but especially cell phones, are totally teh ghey.
Methinks probably not.

things just ain’t what they used to be

And even Al Qaeda knows it.
The Manchester Document (pdf) is an Al Qaeda jihad manual, similar to the Field Manuals that our military publishes. As explained by DefenseLINK:

The 18-chapter manual provides a detailed window into al Qaeda’s network and its procedures for waging jihad – from conducting surveillance operations to carrying out assassinations to working [...]

thoughts on google reader

Recently, a buddy clued me into Google Reader. What is it? For my geek friends, it’s an RSS reader. For my normal friends, think of it as “an inbox for the web” (and go view the 2 minute intro video to learn more).
I’ve more or less resisted joining the RSS revolution for a while, trying [...]

turkey 2006 = huge success

Last year, I made my first turkey. The turkey itself came out pretty good, but as I noted in the blog posting, the gravy was weak and watery. It took about 2 hours of reducing to get it to thicken up, due to lack of enough roux.
This year, we tried again with another early Thanksgiving. [...]

coming soon, to a location near you (if yer lucky)

Chapter 908769874 of Alex’s life as an open book describes my travel plans for the next 6 (or so) months. Cross your fingers and hope that the A-Train is making a stop in Your Town. If I’m within a 300 mile radius, you’d better make an effort to meet up or I shall cross you [...]

yeah, i rode that

The Beeb has an article about THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD! dum da daaaah!
Yes, it’s the same one I rode my bike down in 2002.
Best $50 I ever spent.

a team full of rudys

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, upset the #3 ranked team (Louisville) in the country Thursday night in college football. To put it mildly, this is awesome.
The Hunt for Red October release

these Scarlet Knights are a whole team full of Rudys
For one night, New Jersey is center of college football universe

Favorite quote:

New Jerseyans have [...]

78 x 23?

So over on digg the other day, there was a popular post that simply had the title, What is 78×23? Apparently, it was an attempt at deep thinking.
Not to me though. I just figured it was someone who accidentally resized their xterm 2 columns smaller and one line shorter, and didn’t bother reading the story.
Turns [...]

vote or die

More to Love divx

Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link.

colorado voting guide, 2006

Here is a handy dandy cheatsheet for you to bring to the ballot box tomorrow that will help you make the right choices for Colorado’s future. If you don’t agree with me, you’re wrong.
Amendment 38: expands the ability of citizens to propose changes to state and local laws.
Yes to 38. Streamlining the petitioning process [...]