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What’s the old saw about insanity, doing the same thing and expecting a different result? Heck, I don’t remember
Breaking News!! Dell designs own music player… again
Really? Seriously? April Fools??
Ok, fine. It’s real. I just hope Mitch Ferrence comes back. Do the right thing, Dell!

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“Airwave (Radio Edit)”- Rank 1
The FCC auctions off the airwaves to wireless carriers in the name of the public good. The wireless carries ostensibly operate this public utility, and we all get cellphones — probably considered by many to be a basic necessity now — at an acceptable cost. The wireless carriers, incidentally, make billions [...]

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There’s something very wrong with me. When the building started rockin’ and rolling and it was clear we were in a significant earthquake, everyone was dashing for the support columns. Not me though,  my first reaction was to raise my arms in triumphant celebration and rock out. I don’t know why that is.
“Shake It Up” [...]

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The video in this blog post makes me wish I was smart enough to have gone to law school. (I never even made it through college, so that’s a non-starter.) I may have to make an MP3 of this. Intelligent rational people cheer me up, especially when they’re great communicators. Yes, even when [...]

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For some reason, I’m disproportionately amused when something I’m already interested in reaches the radar of the the uber-arcane blog Language Log. It’s happened before, of course. Today, the tensions between the Philadelphia Eagles and CB Lito Sheppard crossed over into the the world of the wordy when Lito got into some edgy expressionism.
Language Log [...]

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While it may seem that just about anybody can rob a bank, you do have to at least keep your gun out of the hands of the other bank customers. “Can you hold this for a second while I put this cash in my “$$$” sack?” But, really — bank patrons ganged up on this [...]

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Early Friday afternoon and I get text message from Sarah: Can you make a 7:30 movie at Arclight?
As soon as I get it, I call her back: Yes I can make it! We’re going to see Dark Knight with her Dad — key clue #1. Excellent. She tells me she is taking the train [...]

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Flipping finally!
‘Ultimate Matrix’ Blu-ray Coming in October | High-Def Digest.
This took long enough. And, they wonder why Blu-Ray is slow to take off.

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I needed another stamp on my OGMC* membership card, so I tagged along with Alex G. and Steve D. to the Nokia last night to catch none other than Steely Dan. To make a long solo short, they took their sweet time getting to the “hits,” and boy do they have a few weak and [...]

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