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Google brings gadgets to Docs’ spreadsheet

19th March 2008

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If you aren’t familiar with Google Documents, you need to be.

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The US Postal Service wants your useless junk

19th March 2008

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No doubt a natural affinity — like calls to like and all that.

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Kaus on Obama

19th March 2008

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Stuff White People Like #90 Dinner Parties

19th March 2008

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Though many would have you believe that white people come of age at Summer Camp, it’s simply not the truth. Immediately following graduation but prior to renovating a house, white people take their first step from childhood to maturity by hosting a successful dinner party.

The dinner party is the opportunity for white people to be judged on their taste in food, wine, furniture, art, interior design, music, and books. Outside of dictatorships and a few murder trials, there might not be a more rigorous judgment process in the modern world.

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Electrolux debuts intelligent “auto-focus” Inspiro oven

18th March 2008

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I’d buy one, if I could afford it.

Same reason I drive a car with an automatic transmission: Young people have time to fiddle with their environment; adults have better things to do.

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Eject Powerstrip concept gives your foot a workout

17th March 2008

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A good tool for us lazy folk.

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St. Patrick, Enlightener of Ireland

17th March 2008

Troparion, in Tone III

O holy hierarch Patrick, wonder­worker equal to the apostles, enlightener of the Irish land: entreat the merciful God, that He grant our souls remission of transgressions!

Kontakion, in Tone IV

Thou wast shown to be a true fisher of men, for, spreading out the nets of the good news of the Gospel, thou didst draw the heathen into the kingdom of Christ, enlightening with baptism them that languish in the darkness of idolatry, and making them children of the living God. Wherefore, we beseech thee, O holy hierarch Patrick our father: intercede in behalf of us that honor thy holy memory.

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Obama flew to D.C. to attend Farrakhan’s Million Man March

17th March 2008

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Wonder how he’s going to weasel out of that one.

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Stuff White People Like #89 Saint Patrick’s Day

17th March 2008

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A big part of St. Patrick’s Day is having white people feel particularly upset at the oppression of their ancestors that has in no way trickled down to them. If you find yourself talking with a white person who tells you about how their great grandfather was oppressed by both the English and the Americans, it is strongly recommended that you lend a sympathetic ear and shake your head in disbelief. It is never considered acceptable to say: “but you’re white now, so what’s the problem?”

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Mama Obama: A “Stuff White People Like” Hall of Famer

16th March 2008

Steve Sailer nails it yet again.

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Cory Doctorow: Put Not Your Faith In Ebook Readers

16th March 2008

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Like most leftoids, Cory Doctorow is a certified SME in his own field, and more perceptive than most.

Believe what he tells you about writing, because real life backs him up; a good test.

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How to Make Convincing Fake-Gold Bars

16th March 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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On the Trail of the Cat, Scientists Find Surprises

16th March 2008

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Notice that it’s only female scientists who give a shit. Male scientists have better things to do.

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Big news from the Arctic Circle

16th March 2008

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Nope, it’s not about polar bears. Unless they speak Na-Dene.

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An Army Uniform Never Looked Better

15th March 2008

Take a look.

Actually, I’d rather get a closer look at the brunette behind her.

Is it just me, or does that blue patch on the beret look terminally stupid? The Brits put the regimental cap badge on their berets, which looks pretty sharp.

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The Inequality Myth

14th March 2008

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Markets in everything: The Philosophers’ Hotel

14th March 2008

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 I hear that in the Parmenides room the mini-bar does not open and the Heraclitus room has a water bed.

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Lion Love….

14th March 2008

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It’s entertaining — to watch from a distance.

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Stuff White People Like #88 Having Gay Friends

14th March 2008

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If white people could draft friends the way that the NFL drafts prospects it would go like this: black friends, gay friends, and then all other minorities would be drafted based on need and rarity to the region.

It is generally accepted that a gay black friend with a child  is considered a once in a lifetime opportunity – like a quarterback who can pass, run, kick, and play linebacker. White people will crawl over each other for the opportunity to claim this person as a friend and add them to their roster of diversity.

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Audeo “Think N’ Spell” neckband allows voiceless phone calls

14th March 2008

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I mean, who wants to do all that work?

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Pandigital teases your kitchen with HDTV / digital cookbook conglomerate

14th March 2008

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For the modern woman who has everything but is still stuck in the kitchen. A female Muslim, say.

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Ghosts of the partition

13th March 2008

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It is not a simple thing. Muslims slaughtered Hindus. Muslims helped Hindus. Hindus slaughtered Muslims. Hindus helped Muslims. And the amazing thing is that the British — looking forward to some idealistic age in which religion just wouldn’t matter all that much — tried to act as if religion already didn’t matter all that much.

India is on the front lines of the defense against Islam. What they went through could be in our future. It would be a very good idea if we all familiarized ourselves with what happened then. If you can’t afford to buy the book, get it from your local public library.

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Why was Mrs. Obama worth $122k?

13th March 2008

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The Revolutionary Back Channel

13th March 2008

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Best line: “I prefer it because anything with 2.0 in it implies money; calling it a movement makes it sound more like people doing things because they want to.”

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Obama is perfect pseudo-African American Harvard AA admittee

12th March 2008

Steve Sailer makes the snarky remarks so that you won’t have to.

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A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names

12th March 2008

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Shel Silverstein, of course, is the writer of the famous “Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh”. (And, of course, “The Cover of the Rolling Stone”, of which you might actually have heard.)

It’s still a stupid idea to give a kid an odd name unless there’s a very good reason, like cash-in-hand.

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A Nation of Givers

12th March 2008

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Universities See Brain Shortage Upcoming

12th March 2008

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Where is Marty Feldman when you really need him?

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Stuff White People Like #87 Outdoor Performance Clothes

12th March 2008

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 If you plan on spending  part of your weekend with a white person, it is strongly recommended that you purchase a jacket or some sort of “high performance” t-shirt, which is like a regular shirt but just a lot more expensive.

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Constituent order, interview etiquette, and being a monster

11th March 2008

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Splitting hairs for fun and politics.

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Kwikset’s SmartKey gives lock bumpers a whole new challenge

11th March 2008

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And you can believe as much or as little of that as you care to.

On the other hand, watching a 9-year-old bump open a lock in less time than it takes with the key is kinda scary.

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New brain control development could help quadriplegics get around

11th March 2008

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And the hits just keep on comin’.

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Where’s The Line Between Personalized Advertising And Creeping People Out?

11th March 2008

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A good question.

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Salmon sperm used to intensify LEDs, grossify everyone

11th March 2008

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Eeewww.

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Energy Ad Campaign Targets Al Gore’s House

11th March 2008

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Rather harsh treatment for the guy who brings unseasonably cold whether wherever he goes.

I’m sure you’ve seen the classic picture from Time magazine of AlGore crouched in his lair, grinning like a loon at his three 30″ monitors (Macintosh, of course; must be avant garde), just like a 60-year old “my toys are cooler than your toys” geek. I’m sure he’s getting all that electricity from solar panels on the roof and wind turbines like Ed Begley’s.

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Baptists bring beer battle to head

11th March 2008

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Now there’s an argument worth having.

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Suit aims to lift campaign-finance donor limits

9th March 2008

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One in the eye for John McCain.

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Jerry Pournelle’s iPhone Experience

8th March 2008

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This activation sucks dead bunnies.

And there you have it.

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Not Your Father’s Ukrainian Army

7th March 2008

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Snakebots traverse terrain, plan silent, midnight attack

7th March 2008

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I wonder whether we could combine this with the paint-ball firing robot.

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Toyota already looking beyond lithium-ion batteries

7th March 2008

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The economic impact of Arctic melt

7th March 2008

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Global Warming, if it exists, will bring economic benefits to many. And that’s probably why all of the eco-fascists are agin it.

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Scents and Sensibility

7th March 2008

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What do perfumes and wine have in common, other than an ability to attract the pretentious?

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Prospects For Solar Thermal Power

7th March 2008

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Stuff White People Like #84 T-Shirts

7th March 2008

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Many people and cultures view t-shirts as a simple piece of apparel that can be acquired cheaply and worn in casual situations. For white people, it’s never that easy. The t-shirt is one of the most complex and expressive items in their entire wardrobe.

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Huge sea-dinosaur fossil found

7th March 2008

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Ordering Your Meal Via A Computers: A Gimmick Or Useful?

6th March 2008

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I, for one, think it a fine idea. For one thing, it eliminates the tip surcharge on the top of your meal price.

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Stuff White People Like #81 Graduate School

6th March 2008

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 Though professional graduate schools like law and medicine are desirable, the true ivory tower of academia is most coveted as it imparts true, useless knowledge. The best subjects are English, History, Art History, Film, Gender Studies, <insert nation> Studies, Classics, Philosophy, Political Science, <insert European nation> Literature, and the ultimate: Comp Lit. MFA’s are also acceptable.

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There are some forty thousand Chinese restaurants in the United States

6th March 2008

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Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.

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Vista copy protection cracked, totally, for real

6th March 2008

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