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This is a subject I have been thinking about for about six months now. If you’ve listened to me gibber, rant and rave about American politics in #ectomo (Efnet) then you’ll have heard this all before. But I think it’s a valid point to make and keep making. I’m not an American. I do not [...]

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die.
Something I have learned over the past decade is that every investigative hero requires the correct and proper equipment. One thing they require is a sensible bag to store manuscripts and treasures in. Indiana Jones had his modified gas mask bag. [...]

Do you have RSS feeds for sites that you like, but they aren’t in your language? Don’t you wish you could get those feeds translated and delivered in the language you’re most comfortable reading? Of course you do! Well, the internet is full of surprises and helpful little whatnots, and one of those items is [...]

So I came into work this morning, only to have a co-worker mention to me that AdCenter, MSN, and Hotmail all weren’t working for him. I checked a couple things and the sites loaded up just fine for me, but when I tried to log into AdCenter I got a friendly message saying that they [...]

In this comedy created in 2000, Dylan Moran is head writer and star. (He’s David from Shaun of the Dead for those keeping score at home.) He plays Bernard Black, the sour, selfish, alcoholic, chain smoking owner of Black Books. The series centers around him, the shop, and his two friends: Fran and Manny. Although [...]

Do you know what’s awesome? Selling out.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of having a radio show. I loved radio. Every Christmas I would spend the entire day just listening to old episodes of This American Life. It was my tradition. With the advent of podcasting, I felt that there was finally [...]

Happy Monday! :D It finally snowed here in a way that stuck to the ground. I can’t say I’m thrilled but I’m not disappointed either. It means it’s nice and quiet in the office here today, and it gives me plenty of time to share these tidbits with you and still get a ton of [...]

Last night I dreamt I was touched by lightning, and harassed by boys that are in love with me.
The lightning dream was really cool. I was in some living room with huge windows. The sky was nearly black with clouds, but not raining. Then these MASSIVE (think 3-4x as wide as normal lightning you’ve seen) [...]

News from Norway!
The Norweigan government has cut two companies who have frequently been found guilty of human and environmental rights breeches from their country’s pension fund investments.
Wal-Mart and Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc have had their stocks “dumped” from Norway’s investment plan, and there are currently no plans to buy back into these companies [...]