Dropsafe

Adriana passed me this link by Dan York, CISSP: http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/2007/09/how-using-skype.html I’m staying at the Best Western and did so largely because they advertised free high-speed Internet (they were also cheaper than others). First annoyance was discovering that I was too far away from their APs to use wireless, but since I had an ethernet cable…

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A short note to let you all know that my father died this morning, in hospital in Redditch, shortly after midnight. He had been in and out of hospital since a fall in January which broke his hip, with complications from infections, distress and – most recently – a gastric ulcer for which he eventually…

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I’ll cut straight to the money quote from this fantastic Ars Technica article: The cold war being waged between MediaDefender and P2P copyright infringers is rife with mutual deception, but one fact shines through all of the layers of obfuscation: MediaDefender consistently underestimates the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and dedication of its adversaries. In this case, it…

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http://community.livejournal.com/geology/201605.html

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View Larger Map …according to Google Maps, it is. Zoom in and pan around to the right of the water…

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This is just tragic: http://lovegodsway.org/GayBands One of the most dangerous ways homosexuality invades family life is through popular music. Parents should keep careful watch over their children’s listening habits, especially in this Internet Age of MP3 piracy. Bands to watch out for: Go check out the list of Gay Bands, and then the Safe Bands…

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From Rob Diamond: Leaked Family Guy Star Wars Scene Shows Slight Computer Knowledge There’s at least one guy on Family Guy that’s used a computer in the last five years, as evidenced by this sneak-peek R2-D2 scene from the new season’s first episode airing this Sunday. It’s a nice clip both to entertain you for…

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Martin has found an absolute gem. – I too have suffered through too many of these kinds of presentations, and I haven’t seen this video before…

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It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, me hearties!

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HAV HAD CATNIP. AM WASTED. Originally uploaded by alecmuffett So I bought a bag of fresh shredded catnip leaves this morning…

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With iTunes 7.4, sync your favorite music and more with the new iPod nano (third generation), iPod classic, and iPod touch, plus create custom ringtones exclusively for iPhone with many of your favorite songs purchased from the iTunes Store. You can now also play purchased videos with closed captioning (when available), easily rate your favorite…

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I suspect that this may be pertinent to followers of the Andrew Keen trolling that the Net makes everything worse… Certainly it ups the quality of debate. 2. Top economists like Greenstone virtually never write papers like this. The simple reason is that this sort of work is not rewarded in our profession. Academic economists…

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