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Update on the Global War on Terror
During their recent deployment to Iraq, the soldiers of the 34th Infantry "Red Bull" Division of the National Guard ran into a particularly heinous form of booby trap. (Source: Castle Argghhh!)
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Spam in the place where I work...
They say UBE (unsolicited bulk e-mail, or SPAM) is a crapshoot. Send out a million e-mails and if 1% of them view or respond and 1% of them actually pay for something, that's still a hundred buyers. Spam filters have gotten pretty good at catching and filtering spam, but spammers have gotten more clever as well. By applying the crapshoot ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: That's So Cliché
Lolcat. Seriously, it's about as cute as a monitor lizard, cuddly as a Portuguese man-o'-war, and funny as a root canal. First there was transliterated baby talk for the old Ddials chats and multi-line BBSes (300 baud anybody?). That was tolerable, as it came mostly from Li'l Devil or [a certain someone with too many aliases] but it was done ( Read more... ) -
In memoriam
E. Gary Gygax
July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008
What can you say about a guy born nearly 40 years before you, whom you've never met, but whose contributions paved the way for some of the best times of your life?
Gaming was a perfect outlet for people like Adrian and me. We had been friends since we met in kindergarten (I actually still have hazy memories ( Read more... ) -
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Instant Coffee
Every day, I am reminded just how wretchedly spoiled I was (and probably still am) as an American.
Just this Tuesday, I was sipping my hot instant coffee and mused how prior to moving overseas, I would have balked at anything other than fresh-brewed. Then I praised myself for not being so picky, for having grown as a person.
Let me reiterate: I ( Read more... )
