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I almost forgot about this blog... Anyway, my new website is over at areohwhy.com. Check it out!

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Now that I have some webspace, I am in the process of creating a website of my own with lots of great content... well, "with content" anyway. I hope to launch it around the first of the year so watch this space for the URL (which is an interesting take on my name). If you have suggestioins for content, please leave a comment. Happy holidays!

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In looking at some upcoming movie releases I noticed that some seemed rather familiar. I decided to encapsulate my impressions as equations. Enjoy.Corpse Bride = The Nightmare Before Christmas + (more Tim Burton weirdness)²Flightplan = Panic Room × (Airplane! − the comedy) + that episode on Star Trek: The Next Generation where everybody keeps disappearing until it's just Dr. Crusher on the

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My friend Keaven sent me the link to this Jinx baby creeper with the comment that it is "the only baby outfit [he] would happily buy."

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I have decided to start testing out various distros of Linux in an effort to learn more about an OS that I am sadly completely unfamiliar with. The coup de grace for my mostly illogical reliance on Windows happened today when I received my Windows Secrets newsletter that contained a story about how vulnerable Microsoft's new "Windows Genuine Advantage" validation scheme was (still is?). It took

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I just got into this 'podcasting' thing over the weekend, but my favorite so far is diggnation hosted by those former ScreenSavers Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht.Check out Episode #004 for some beer-drinkin', tech-talkin' fun:- Follow-Up on Xbox 360 Picture Leaks- Speilberg Speaks on Transformers Movie- Scotty Beams Up For The Last Time- Hacker Erased Spammer’s Database- Fake Nukes ....check out

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After a bit of a break (I'll just blame it on recovering from the completion my third decade on Earth), I'll be restarting my blog. Since I have gotten requests for more personal updates (you know who you are), I'll include things that occur in my life although I can't guarantee that they will be numerous or exciting. See you in the blogosphere.

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Another t-shirt from ThinkGeek:I'd get this except the 'gird your loins' bit seems a bit like overkill.Pun intended.The best part is the ThinkGeek writeup:Sometimes we like it standing up, sometimes on our knees, and sometimes we just like to sit back and enjoy someone else serving us Hot Coffee.Wow...

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My clock-radio's alarm is set to NPR and sometimes I don't completely wake up right away. This can lead either to some oddly political dreams or to me saying to myself "Did I just hear that right?" This morning fell into case #2. Apparently the piece in question was about a Los Angeles Philharmonic concert at the Hollywood Bowl where they will be performing music from video games! It seems it is

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A t-shirt from ThinkGeek:

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Mexico has issued a new stamp that depicts a "beloved" cartoon character from the 1940s named Memin Pinguin. However, the character is "a classic 'pickaninny' -- a black child, oafish and with apelike features." Take a look for yourself:Was the Mexican Postal Service (or whatever) trying to one-up their president after he said that Mexican migrants in the United States work jobs that "even

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I meant to put this up yesterday:My friend Keaven has been published in print! Check out his letter to the editor (the third one on the page) in The Washington Examiner. Way to go!

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I saw this story on Attack of the Show (the mediocre successor to the great 'The Screensavers') this evening, and thought I should post a comment:Apparently, some students got hold of an administrator password for their school-issued laptops and now face felony charges. Thirteen Kutztown Area High School students are facing felony charges for tampering with district-issued laptop

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Although I list it in the Links section to the right (over there under my Webshots albums), I just wanted to draw attention to the MAKE: Blog. MAKE is a magazine that is a kind of techie DIY publication, and their blog links to all sorts of crazy things that people are making. Today I noticed a post about a guy who made a Post-It note mosaic of Elvis on a wall of a conference room at his

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As almost everyone knows by now, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al. which some hoped would clarify the "Betamax" decision for newer technologies. Once I get the chance to read the full decision (including both concurring opinions), I will write a more detailed opinion probably in the next few days. In the

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Courtesy of Kevin Pereira via Kevin Rose:

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On the front page of today's Washington Post, there is a story about how the Pentagon is working with a private firm to collect personal information on high school students as young as 16 to find potential recruits.The new database will include personal information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, e-mail addresses, grade-point averages, ethnicity and what subjects the students are

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The Washington Post did an 'Appreciation' piece on Jack Kilby, winner of the Nobel Prize for his invention of the microchip. It's a very nice tribute to a very important man in all of our lives, even if you've never heard his name. My favorite quote is this:Whenever people would mention that Kilby was responsible for the entire modern digital world, he liked to tell the story of the beaver and

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Last week, NPR did a great piece on photographers being harassed by law enforcement. Check it out. The story references a flyer created by an attorney (found here) that clearly and succinctly explains your rights as a photographer. In additon, it has some tips in case you get confronted while taking photographs while on public property.

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I took this quiz (that was linked on peregrinato.com), and here are my results: You scored as Augustine. You have a big view of God and also take human sin and depravity very seriously. Predestination is important for you.Augustine100%Anselm100%Jürgen Moltmann67%John Calvin67%Karl Barth67%Charles Finney67%Friedrich Schleiermacher67%Martin Luther33%Jonathan Edwards33%Paul Tillich0%Which theologian

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A Yahoo news story from AFP declares that "Americans are starting to flock to beaches and country parks reserved for nudists." Now here's something I don't understand. In order to be on vacation, some people apparently need to be naked and need to be around other people who are naked. Um, why? Check this quote out:"People are looking for a more relaxed way to spend their vacation," according to

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-"Will trade goat for crack." Four men were ordered to stand trial in the theft and butchering of a pet pygmy goat, allegedly so its meat could be traded for crack cocaine or money.James W. Albright, 37, Gilbert W. Fisch, 38, Charles W. Smith Sr., 48, and Charles W. Smith Jr., 20, all of Connellsville, were held on theft, cruelty to animals and related charges yesterday.So this turns into a

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Here's a startling revelation from Neverland:Michael Jackson's lawyer said yesterday that the pop star is going to be more careful from now on and not let children into his bed anymore because "it makes him vulnerable to false charges."But then the rhetoric gets more like the Jacko we know:[Jackson's] Internet site triumphantly ranked his acquittal alongside the birth of Martin Luther King Jr.,

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After news that Andre Agassi has pulled out of Wimbledon this year, I just have to state the inevitable: RETIRE! Although my friend Tanja probably doesn't want to hear it, Agassi really needs to hang up the racket. I realize he won the Auatralian Open two years ago, but come on. He should just pull a Sampras and bow out gracefully in Flushing Meadows. The U.S. Open crowd will eat it up and

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It seems that scientists have determined what killed Jesus.Dr Benjamin Brenner from Rambam Medical Centre... believes Jesus developed a deep vein thrombosis in his legs while nailed to the cross, which then travelled from his legs to his lungs and killed him.I think the more relevant issue is given by the Bible scholar:Stephen Pfann, a Bible scholar in Jerusalem, said: "What they are doing is an

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