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The Audiotron is a network-based MP3 player that plugs into your stereo or home entertainment system. For me, it’s far better than having a PC in the living room or a hard-disk-based MP3 entertainment system that will run out [...]

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The best part about doing field work near one’s residence is you can stop off at home, eat a sandwich, play with the dog, read the news and drink expresso. All of which I’m doing right now.

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Apparently this shorty has painted a self-portrait:

The artists neo-expressionist style and liberal use of figurative imagery makes one think: is this an example of art imitating life, or somebody thinking that he’s really, really cool? Discuss.
“The only thing we have in common with art is that it’s the last three letters in fart”—Gibby of [...]

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So when one wakes up at 3:30 AM, one tends to watch some terrible TV. First, I have a complaint. How come 30% of DirecTV’s programming is ads for DirecTV? I already have the service, and am paying for it, so why do I need ads for it?
Do you remember Ricky (oops, [...]

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Guess who can’t sleep right now. I think I’ll be taking my allergy medication in the mornings from now on.
What should one do in order to be productive when one cannot sleep? This morning, I thought I’d go for a run. Why not? I’ve been meaning to re-start my whole running [...]

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I haven’t felt this good about a rock show in SO LONG!
Quite simply, it was stunning. Bettie Serveert and, in particular, Carol van Dijk are unbelievably great.

Click photo above for pictures!

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Just saw on the Earl calendar: Friday, May 23
Luigi
$5
That’s my birthday! My favorite Atlanta band and my birthday=really good combination.
Unless I go to NYC, this is what I want for my b-day.

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Is it lame that I’ve spent my Saturday morning installing, patching and customizing Solaris 9 on my UltraSparc?
I’ve got a sweet setup. Sun has started including this “Software Companion” CD , and I normally just chuck it. But in the Solaris 9 package, it includes a TON of useful, cool software: squid, mySQL, [...]

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Now that I take the subway to work, I can start my own version of “in passing” (link).
This is literally what I heard from the ‘do-rag-sporting lady on the MARTA.
(phone rings)
Hello?
What are you sayin?
You threating me?
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
Come wit’ it!
What the fuck you [...]

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Written on the wall at the subway stop:
Redboy n
Ne-ne
1 couple
2 gether
+ 4 ever

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space: 1999

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Yesterday we had a meeting to assess “where we are” with some of the cutting edge “technology” our customer has heard of and now demands.
What I could gather:
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We can install Linux on Z-series mainframes. I guess this is cool because we can install thousands of copies of Linux on these systems, and all of the [...]

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That’s the coolest spam subject heading that I have received so far today.

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Billboard in Nassau, Bahamas:

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One of the government secretaries, who sits near me and who admittedly probably has no idea what I do all day, just asked me if I went to college. Ack.

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