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Only in Britain

Fathers 4 Justice, the pressure group whose members have bugged the Queen at Buckingham Palace and protested from the Tyne Bridge, today scaled the Foreign Office (next to Downing Street) — practically the seat of the UK government and home to Prime Minister Tony Blair. The members, dressed as Captain America, Batman and Robin, hung […]

77th Annual Academy Awards

The Aviator may have won more Oscars, but Million Dollar Baby definitely scored the knockout at the Academy Awards tonight. Hillary Swank won for Best Actress, Clint Eastwood for Best Director, Morgan Freeman for Supporting Actor, and Best Picture of the Year.
The Incredibles also won twice for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Achievement in […]

Help Our Country, George

I received this from a close friend via e-mail tonight. I think it is hilarious. You decide.
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him. Bush asks him, “George, what’s the best thing I can do to help the country?”
“Set an honest […]

iQuit

I have no idea what category to file this in so for the time being it will live in Miscellaneous.
I’ve been smoking since I was 18. I foolishly gave into peer pressure and started. My friends did it. My boyfriend (at the time) did it. And then, so did I. In the beginning (not quoting […]

How’d You Do That?

An Apple buddy of mine (and veteran AppleScripter) contacted me last night after seeing the iChat and iTunes widgets on my site wanting to know how they work. While the source code is proprietary and tailored for my unique situation, anybody with a fairly sound working knowledge of AppleScript, GNU utilities, SQL, and image manipulation […]

Treo 650 Must-Have: palmOne Cradle Kit

PalmOne has finally made available the Treo 650 Cradle Kit which brings together a docking cradle for HotSync, spare battery charging drawer, USB cable and 110-240 volt charger (including international adapters). The product has been advertised on their web site for some time now but must have just become available because I checked the other […]

Who Wants Gmail?

Eons ago my mate Mark in the UK provided me with a Gmail invite. Suffice to say, I never use the service and it is now a spam trap above all else. I signed on today for the first time in roughly 4 months and saw I had fifty (50) invites to hand out alongside […]

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