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September 30, 2003
Idiots on the Hill want a bill forcing Iraq to *repay* costs of reconstruction
Is the no one in the whole wide world willing to do what it takes to rebuild Iraq?
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“Many people in this country no longer fit in the standard-size casket”
But super-sizing the coffin has a real trickle down effect ... “The issue can be especially complicated when the deceased has prepurchased a site, but cannot fit in it.”
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September 29, 2003
Review of “The Tripper” (and other Portable Digital Storage Devices)
You get the equivalent of 90 rolls of ‘film’, in the form of reusable drive space for RAW files, for about $200
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US Senator Dennis Miller (R-Ca.)?
“That Miller is even being talked about as a candidate underscores the realities of contemporary California politics”
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September 28, 2003
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100 Photographs That Changed the World
A subjective collection from LIFE magazine, but interesting nonetheless
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The First Ever Spherewide Short Story Symposium
A couple dozen short stories written by bloggers
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CSS Layout-o-matic
Between this and the primer on CSS Based Design I linked the other day, you should be set
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September 26, 2003
Al Qaeda’s Connections to Iraq
‘A wealth of evidence on the public record ... attests to longstanding ties between bin Laden and Saddam going back to 1994.’
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Is the Secret Service restricting Anti-Bush demonstrators?
The answer has been clear for some time, and I’ve said before, it will bite Bush in the ass during an election
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September 25, 2003
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The Rat of Baghdad
Who tattled on New York Times reporter John F. Burns to the Iraqi ministry of information?
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September 24, 2003
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An excellent basic primer on CSS Based Design
For anyone starting to use CSS, this is a very clear tutorial
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Dave Barry: “On hallowed ground”
‘The best you can do is remember the cause they died for, finish the job they started.’
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September 23, 2003
Former KGB agent spills Yasser Arafat’s beans
He claims he isn’t even Palestinian, and was born in Egypt
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Journalism in Iraq: “Reporters agree on this much: Bad news -- not good -- sells.”
‘What gets in the headlines is the American soldier getting shot, not the American soldiers rebuilding a school or digging a well.’
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September 22, 2003
Photo: The moment just before hilarity
Now there’s a Kodak Moment if I ever saw one
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The Hypocrisy of the Burning Man Festival
Of course, it’s the *photographers* who are getting screwed the worst
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September 21, 2003
Blogger does lunch and lecture with candidate: “Notes on Gen. Wesley Clark’s appearance in Iowa”
Another blogger has referred to him as ‘Gen. McClellan,’ an insult only a history student might fully appreciate
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Orson Scott Card: MP3s Are Not the Devil
He makes his living from copyrighted works, but he ‘gets it’ much better than the record companies
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The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus
If you are very right wing *and* very religious, you may find that this truth hurts...
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How Wahhabis fan Iraq insurgency
The story of the Wahhabist cleric ‘whose only fault is his temper.’
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The business value of web standards
‘The economic benefits of standardization are tangible’
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September 15, 2003
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Bosnians quietly grapple with legacy of war
Nesiba Ademovic ... wants to return to Srebrenica to live. Her daughter ... says she will never live in Srebrenica again, not for a single night.
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Dave Barry causes Telemarketers to stop answering their phones
‘I feel just terrible, especially if they were eating or anything’
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fontBROWSER: Preview text in any font on your system
This flash application will allow to quickly preview the fonts active on your system
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Yellowstone Supervolcano, overdue for eruption, and showing signs of activity
‘Within a thousand kilometres virtually all life would be killed by falling ash, lava flows and the sheer explosive force of the eruption’
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September 13, 2003
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A future with a billion camera phones inspires the Camera Phone Jammer
‘A product now in testing could automatically switch off camera phones to protect industrial secrets and private areas’
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What You Think You Know About Sept. 11 ... but don’t.
Six of the widespread misconceptions held by everyday American
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Another courthouse drama over the 10 Commandments
‘The ACLU has threatened to file a federal lawsuit seeking a court order to remove the display from a hallway of the Barrow County Courthouse’
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Elton’s Garage Sale
‘It’s a garage sale with attitude’
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Saudi Arabia feels threatened by the “Jewish Barbie Doll”
‘with their revealing clothes and shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West’
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September 10, 2003
The Recording Industry Beats Up A Twelve Year Old Girl
Suit settled for $2,000 for girl who lives in a housing project
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Remembering 9/11: Rick Rescorla Was A Soldier
The word hero is overused, but this man meets the definition
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Back-ordered Big Iron is a good economic sign
After Y2K, sales crashed, and the economy crashed. Now it’s on the rise
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The Return of Opus the Penguin!
Berkeley Breathed: ‘It was painful to sit through the war without a public voice’
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The Original Computer Bug
Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945
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Photo: Quite a Kite
An elderly Chinese man flies a kite in the shape of a centipede at sunset
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September 09, 2003
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