Angry White Boy Polka

Posted by matt Wed, 28 Apr 2004 15:51:36 GMT

I love weird al

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Eerie

Posted by matt Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:16:30 GMT

A young girl's photo essay of her motorcycle ride, through Chernobyl. She apparently goes riding through Chernobyl a lot.

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weird URL time

Posted by matt Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:12:11 GMT

I know that Star Trek II (The wrath of Khan) was the best trek movie ever, and William Shatner is (as the kids would say) da bomb, but this just seems a little over the top.

www.khaaan.com

Actually, I've been listening to it while writing this post, and I think It's beginning to hypnotize me...

Khan!

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Rules for Office Politics.

Posted by matt Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:34:50 GMT

I found this on the well this morning and thought it deserved a wider audience.

If jet should find this and freak out, I tried getting in touch with you, and I'll take it down if you ask.

Dear Coworkers Playing Power Politics,

Ten rules for you to remember when playing politics:

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logorrhea

Posted by matt Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:19:52 GMT

I've seen this word numerous times on the well, and I've finally figured out what it means, by looking at the odd combination of the first half latin root word, and the second half english root word. I've decided I like it. That is all

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Mmmmm, Caffeine intoxication

Posted by matt Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:08:17 GMT

Something new to shoot for

From the New York Times

After the habitual two cups of Starbucks coffee, Adam set to work. So far, so good. But as the academic pressure mounted, he had to work longer hours, and that meant more coffee — a lot more coffee than he had ever consumed in his life. In fact, for six weeks, he had been drinking up to 10 cups of Starbucks coffee daily.

That is a lot of caffeine, considering that each large cup contains on average about 375 milligrams, according to a 2003 study of caffeinated coffee published in The Journal of Analytical Toxicology. With 10 cups a day, Adam was turbocharged with nearly four grams of caffeine.

So Adam was not just nervous about his academic work; he was also suffering from caffeine intoxication.

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Wisdom from JWZ

Posted by matt Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:05:10 GMT

The quote from IWS came in the context of a discussion that he and I were having over the utter stupidity of virus writers. This URL came across my virtual desk Apparently anti-virus writers are no smarter.

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Phillip Pullman vs. The Archbishop of Canterbury.

Posted by matt Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:05:37 GMT

Someone on the WeLL pointed this page from the Daily Telegraph which is an interesting discussion between Phillip Pullman, the author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, which has been criticized as being anti-catholic, and anti-organized religion in general. It's a series of fantasy books that's extremely well-written, but not one of those earth-shattering books, especially if you're an atheist or agnostic already. I took it as fairly light reading. However, there did seem to be a sense of something more, something that the author was saying, but that was a little beyond thought, or comprehension. This discussion is what all debate should be like. Intelligent, thoughtful discourse on a subject that both participants have extensive and intimate knowledge of. (I realize that sentence ends with a preposition, it just makes more sense that way)

Phillip Pullman vs. The Archbishop of Canterbury.

Update. Ugly prose back there. Will fix it up if I get the chance.

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IM wisdom from IWS

Posted by matt Wed, 31 Mar 2004 17:16:27 GMT

I just got this pearl of wisdom from IWS

Geeks can't be evil enough. They can be stupid, anti-social, awkward etc. but evil is something only professionals and marketoids can manage

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Helpful phrases for going to see "Passion"

Posted by matt Thu, 04 Mar 2004 16:53:50 GMT

Da'ek teleyfoon methta'naanaak, pquud. Guudaapaw! Please turn off your mobile phone. It is blasphemous.

Shbuuq shuukhaaraa deel. Man ethnaggad udamshaa? Sorry I'm late. Have I missed any scourging?

Een, Yuudaayaa naa, ellaa b-haw yawmaa laa hweeth ba-mdeetaa. Yes, I'm Jewish, but I wasn't there that day.

Ma'hed lee qalleel d-Khayey d-Breeyaan, ellaa dlaa gukhkaa. It sort of reminds me of Life of Brian, but it's nowhere near as funny.

B-zabnaa d-qeenduunos, tayyeb lkuun uurkhaa d-mapaqtaa. In case of emergency, prepare ye the way of the exit.

Laa baakey naa-eeth gelaa b-'ayna deel. I'm not crying; I've just got a mote in my eye.

Spreet mets'aayaa deelaak huu. [Or, if addressed to a woman, Spreet mets'aayaa deelek huu!] Thine is the medium Sprite.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1159068,00.html

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