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        A review of a tree.
January 2008 Archives
Working on some back-end stuff over the next several days, so do not be alarmed if stuff breaks or looks funny.
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        Wigs (not whigs) for cats. The internet’s infinite capacity for strangeness will never cease to amaze me.
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        Bush’s favorite painting doesn’t depict what he thinks it does.
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        On the history of the mighty carrot. Chompchomp.
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        Among the very many things to takeaway from this is the reminder that one of the biggest challenges we face in the 21st century is the problem of multicultural exchange….
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        What it takes (or a how-to guide) to build an Apple Store.
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        Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, lies and more lies.
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        What would you do if you knew you only had six months to live?
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        This guy is a tool.
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        “The defining characteristic of a Second World country is the non-absorbent napkin.”
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        A picture of the english language. Kinda hard to explain… just click the link.
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        Ethan continues covering Kenya.
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        Citizen media site about the continuing disaster in Kenya. Far better than anything you’ll see on CNN.
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        Hahahaahahahahahaha
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        That short, pudgy cell-phone salesman with bad teeth who surprised everyone has been having a bit of a charmed life. Redeemed by Puccini, one could say….
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        It’s the year of the cheese cave.
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        On the origin of the fortune cookie.
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        On being a humane carnivore.
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        Not a bad list. I’m not sure that I’d start off with George Carlin, but then again, it’s not my list….
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        Two guys bet each other large sums of money that the one can live inside a bathroom for 30 days….
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        Dogs with flatulence.
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        This is a first….
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        The copy protection battle. It should be noted that historically, copy protection almost always ends up being abandoned….
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        A good preview for today’s Stevenote. And yes, I’m expecting Big Things.
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        Each superhero vanquishes the previous one.
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        Fascinating interview with a hedge fund guy…
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        A Civic that gets 95 MPG? Not too shabby….
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        MacWorld 2008 Keynote bingo.
With the Iowa caucuses behind us now, the presidential race of 2008 has officially started. And that means…
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        How to stack blocks.
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        RMacK in Cambodia for the new year.
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        100 Things We Didn’t know in 2006, thanks to the BBC
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        The revisionist approach to the original Star Wars Trilogy—what Episodes I-III tell us about Episodes IV-VI.
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        RMacK on Yahoo!
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        EthanZ on the current disaster in Kenya. What? You didn’t know that Kenya was falling apart?
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        The Times discovers the Chinese cleaver. Personally, it’s the knife I use the vast majority of the time in the kitchen…. and I got mine at the Pearl River Department store for about $25.
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        What did you change your mind about in 2007?
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        “If you find you are serving the same thing too often to the same people, then invite someone else instead. It is much easier to change your friends than your recipes.”