January 2010
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“Other Thoughts: One thing I’ve noticed is that the auto-tracking feature...”
– Newegg.com - Logitech QuickCam Orbit AF 2.0 MP Effective Pixels 1600 x 1200 30 fps USB WebCam - Web Cams
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“Two conservative lawmakers have backed out of speaking engagements at next...”
– FOXNews.com - Two GOP Lawmakers Drop Out of Tea Party Convention
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Tesla to stop selling electric sports car next... →
That seems like a smart idea.
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Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price... →
Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I do sort of wonder what this means for the Barnes and Noble ebook store as well, seeing as the company had also managed to negotiate $9.99 for bestsellers. Depending on who wins in this little fight will definitely determine how that moves forward.
It’s depressing, really. Amazon are acting like children here, and seem prepared to kill...
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Did you cry when they had to kill Old Yeller?
I actually have never read Old Yeller. Or Where The Red Fern Grows.
I did cry when they put my first dog to sleep, though.
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As an English major, do you think you can decipher Engrish fairly well?
It’s really a separate skill set, because the errors that produce engrish are totally different and stem from another language than proper English. In order to really understand Engrish errors, you have to have a working understanding of both English and the native language of the grammatical...
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NTI: Global Security Newswire - Al-Qaeda Still... →
I feel like we’ve heard this before.
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I, virus: Why you're only half human - life - 29... →
hattip Gibson.
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emusic.com - White Rabbits - It's Frightening →
It’s like Spoon with MORE DRUM.
MORE DRUM FOR THE DRUM GOD.
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Indie download site eMusic 'up for sale' • The... →
huh? That doesn’t make much sense.
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BBC News - California 'protects' Apollo 11 landing... →
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Howard Zinn, Historian, Dies at 87 - Obituary... →
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J. D. Salinger, Enigmatic Author of ‘The Catcher... →
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New Music Reviews — Los Campesinos!/Romance is... →
Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring
Wales hipsters trade in clever optimism for clever heartbreak.
Los Campesinos! made their high-energy debut two years ago with…
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Colo. pot dispensaries welcome state regulation -... →
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“A recent study found that vegan mothers are one-fifth as likely to have twins as...”
– Twin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bill Gates Warns Of Dystopian Future --... →
Never has this tag been so appropriate.
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Comic Riffs - THE BEST WEBCOMIC: It's time to vote... →
This won’t be pretty.
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“People who play Candy Land for more than 100 turns suffer permanent brain damage...”
– Preschool board game syndrome
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BBC News - Newsnight - Export ban for useless... →
Utter trash, a worthless human being. This is what being anti-science gets you.
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Cerebus Film →
What the crap? Some things only work in one medium, and I’d think that Dave Sim understood that better than most.
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The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures « OkTrends →
OK Cupid: attacking the problem of dating with giant piles of MATH.
The Monoculture and its Discontents. Part 1: Whose... →
“Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted”
– Hassan i Sabbah, through the pen of William S. Burroughs.
To begin, a story:
Two 20-somethings walked up to the customer service desk at…
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Absurdism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Hat-tip: shii/@ahm
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Baird: Why Women Should Not Settle - Newsweek.com →
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A Form of Madness - Dive Into HTML5 →
ooh!
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History according to Glenn Beck - Michael... →
For his next trick, Glen Beck will reveal the creeping vegetarian agenda by informing viewers that Hitler refused to eat meat.
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“You made a “product” to compete with their “product,”...”
– Tycho, on competing with Apple.
Penny Arcade - Rapidly Pressing The Button Beneath The Counter
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“Boies: “You are saying here that after same-sex marriage was legalized,...”
– Prop. 8 backer stands by views on pedophilia - washingtonpost.com
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What “traditional” games (Card/Board/etc) do you like?
I played Magic: the Gathering in middle school. I think I’ve still got the cards somewhere. Other than that, I don’t really play.
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Do you get access to any SECRET EMPLOYEE SECRETTHINGS?
I assume this is in reference to my job at Barnes and Noble…
Not really. We were told that something like nook was coming down the pipe before it was officially announced, but everyone expected that. We get across-the-board 30% off list price for all titles we sell (10% off music/DVD/Blu-Ray).
Oh! We also have...
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HP Plans Line of (Relatively) Affordable 3-D... →
Based on my experience with HP products, it’ll work for 6 weeks and then start throwing anonymous errors.
Miserabilia →
This is the way the world ends:
rain, pouring down,
sitting in a McDonald’s
reading the New Yorker
eating chicken nuggets
and wondering
why you didn’t call
your parents
and wish them
“Happy…
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“The executive editor of the National Enquirer says he plans to enter his...”
– National Enquirer submitting John Edwards coverage for Pulitzers - washingtonpost.com
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Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United... →
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