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Date: August 2nd, 2006

Vivo la Revolución

2 August, 2006 (21:14) | Sociology, Technology | No comments

With all the fuss going on about Fidel Castro’s health and possible demise there’s much to consider about what will happen when he is gone. Coincidentally there was a very interesting episode of David Suzuki’s “The Nature of Things” tonight that focussed on Cuba and it’s agricultural revolution that may have great importance for the [...]

File this under Improbable Odds

2 August, 2006 (17:01) | Bizarre | No comments

CBC A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver’s licence, reported missing weeks earlier, police in Westlake, Ohio, said.
“The odds of this waitress recovering her own licence defy calculation,” police Capt. Guy Turner said Monday. more
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How to Hug a Baby

2 August, 2006 (16:50) | Humor, Photography | 7 comments

A friend sent me these today:
1. First, spy a baby .

2. Second, be sure that the object you spied was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. If you sniff the stink of baby powder and the wonderful aroma of number two, this is indeed a baby.

3. Next you will need to flatten the [...]

The Purina Diet

2 August, 2006 (16:24) | Humor | No comments

I have a couple of dogs and was buying several bags of Purina at Wal-Mart.While I was waiting in line,a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.On impulse, I told her no,I was starting The Purina Diet again,although I probably shouldn’t because I ended up in the hospital the last time! But [...]

OSx less secure

2 August, 2006 (08:08) | Business, Computer | 3 comments

I have said many times in the past that the only reason Macs apppear to be more secure than Windows boxes is the fact that Apple has such a low market share that it simply is not worth a black hat’s time to write malicious code for them. Looks some talking heads agree with me
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