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Monday, February 12, 2007 4:54 PM

A quick way to go to Shrinkster links.

I just read an article over on CodeProject on creating a small application to quickly go to a Shrinkster.com url , and as I was reading it, a simpler method occurred to me. Backing up a bit, Shrinkster.com is a site which holds a gaint database of web
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:25 AM

The Dumbest Christmas Tradition

Merry Christmas. Attending midnight mass last night, (message delayed a bit due to technical difficulties) I was reminded of what is clearly one of the dumbest Christmas traditions practiced by many. Many (probably most) Christians will display a nativity
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Friday, December 22, 2006 10:14 AM

One reason why it's cool to have WindowsCE on your mobile phone.

Like most Americans (and many others around the world), I've spent a lot of time the passed few weeks shopping for Christmas presents. Actually, I didn't spend that much until this week, which was part of the problem, so this week was a panic. Anyway,
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Friday, December 08, 2006 1:10 PM

Life expectancies, II (really short ones)

To follow up on my earlier message on life expectancies, we should talk about the other confusing aspect of them: Why are they sometimes ridiculously low. For example, the present life expectancy for someone living in the USA is 77, which you'd think
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Friday, December 08, 2006 5:09 AM

Life Expectancies

After my messages about Rock Star: Supernova, I guess now I can talk about the other reality show I watch, NBC's " Biggest Loser ", which takes a group a overweight people, and puts them through a regiment of diet & exercise. The winner is the one
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Thursday, November 30, 2006 1:50 PM

The Speed of Meme, and the discrete charm of easy to generate content.

I hate posts which are just links to other pages (which is actually not true --- I do like reading other people's blogs which are just links --- I just think it's cheating when I do it) But this site has a built in reason to blog a link to it (He's trying
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Friday, October 13, 2006 12:07 PM

A Puzzle....

Many years ago, I came up with this brain teaser. Since It don't recall ever trying it on anyone, I'm not sure how difficult it is. So, I figured I'd inflict it on you, my loving readers. Everything follows this rule, unless it's foreign, scientifical
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Friday, September 29, 2006 6:58 PM

Thoughts on eXtreme Programming

I recently started a new job. (Leaving the old one wasn't my idea, but that's a story for another time). This company is a computer equipment manufacturer, and will be releasing a new model in the coming months. Which means all their drivers and other
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Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:04 AM

Games Tax Agencies Play

I live in NJ, and last year (and half of this year -- but that's another story) I worked in New York State (Manhattan to be precise). This meant that back in April, in addition to the Federal tax return, I also had to file returns for both NY & NJ.
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:08 PM

RockStar : Supernova

My guilty please of the summer of watching the Reality show "RockStar : Supernova". It's the sequel/spin-off/second season of last year's "RockStar : INXS" where the surviving members of the band INXS selected a replacement for Michael Hutchence who had
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Thursday, June 08, 2006 12:28 PM

Death Forecast

James's Death Forecast: It is estimated that you will die at the age of 77 Years Old . http://deathforecast.com/result.php?record=106381 . However, after I filled that out for myself, I tried it for my father (who died 2000 at age 71). It predicted he
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Friday, March 24, 2006 2:51 PM

Too smart by Half

Today, I was at a Italian resturant, and was wondering "What, exactly, is Bolognese sause?" So, being the properly wired guy, I pulled out my cell phone to take advantage of Google's SMS server : I sent a message saying "define Bolognese" to 46646 ("GOOGL").
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Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:56 AM

Could You Pass 8th Grade Math?

You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Readability Stats: Word Count: 17; Sentence Count: 2; Grade Level: 2.3, more info...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:36 AM

kinda sad actually.....

Your Travel Profile: You Are Extremely Well Traveled in the Northeastern United States (100%) You Are Well Traveled in Scandinavia (60%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in Canada (40%) You Are Somewhat Well Traveled in the Southern United States (23%)
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Thursday, June 02, 2005 7:57 AM

Which Simon and Garfunkel album am I?

I'm Bridge Over Troubled Water ! Which Simon and Garfunkel album are you? Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! Readability Stats: Word Count: 12; Sentence Count: 2; Grade Level: 5.4, more info...
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