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Stupid item of the day

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Published on: February 2, 2006

The BBC is running an article about an idiot who is suing Apple computers over the dangers of the iPod. He claims there are not adequate warnings on the device about the dangers of hearing loss on it. I guess if he wins we will see yet another stupid warning label, maybe it should read[…]

The Open Pitt

Categories: WPLUG
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Published on: February 2, 2006

I was holding off on talking about this one, I wanted to make sure it got published first, but for wplug‘s news letter The Open Pitt I have started a small monthy artical, called “Links of the Month” The link I gave above is from the Jan issue of the Open Pitt, I have another[…]

Cindy Sheehan at the State of the Union Address

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: February 2, 2006

As most people probably have heard that Cindy Sheehan was arrested yesterday for a T-Shirt she unveiled just before before The State of the Union Address from President Bush. There are a range of opinions of this on both sides, I will list 5 blogs (blog sites not news sites, this will give you an[…]

I think I am going to be sick

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Published on: February 1, 2006

Ever seen a burger with 100 patties on it I saw this the other day, and I felt like I wanted to visit the bathroom to expel my lunch from my mouth.

My 40Gb iPod down to its last 6Gb

Categories: Geekdom, Technology
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Published on: February 1, 2006

Well with all the Podcasts I am subscribed to I took my iPod that had only 13Gb of songs on it, to being filled to 34Gb of data. Maybe I should limit the number of PodCasts I copy to it, I probaby will not really worry about it till I get down to my last[…]

Humor in the State of the Union address

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: January 31, 2006

I am not going to give a review of it, most people probably decided if they were going to like it or not before it (and I bet it was along party lines too), and I am sure by noon tomorrow we all will be sick of the reviews of it(news, blogs, and the political[…]

IE 7, or firefox rip off

Categories: Geekdom, News, Technology
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Published on: January 31, 2006

CNet has some screen shot of the new IE 7 beta I looked at it, and to me it looks alot like firefox.

Samuel Anthony Alito Jr is now Confirmed as a Supreme Court judge

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: January 31, 2006

Breitbart/AP is reporting that Alito is now a Supreme Court judge. I first saw this over at Free Republic and then over at Michelle Malkin’s blog.

The “Plan B” pill, what is it, and the morality of it.

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: January 30, 2006

OK before I really get into it, lets cover some basic stuff. What is an abortificient, well an abortificient is a chemical pill that causes a already fertilized egg to be expelled from a woman’s body, killing a newly formed human, an example of this is RU-486. Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) are pills that[…]

My Applogizes to the Scanner community of Pittsburgh

Categories: Ham Radio
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Published on: January 29, 2006

I got sick today, I am not sure what I think maybe it was something I ate. Well I spaced out on the scanner net, so I did not record it. I am sorry about that, and apologize for the inconvence I have caused any one.

Comments Wanted

Categories: Blog Stuff, Web Site
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Published on: January 29, 2006

Back on January 5th, 2006 Rob at Unspace posted Comments on UnSpace Wanted. He got some good responces. I have thought about posting the same question. But since I go into political stuff alot (maybe more then I should?) I been a bit afread of asking it. But maybe that fear should force me to[…]

Some good news about Haleigh Poutr

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: January 26, 2006

Back on Dec 13th I posted about a little girl that was going to be executed by the state by having a ventilator removed. Well now here is some good news, that little girl has started to breath on her own, I have heard reports, that she is also starting to show some brain activity.[…]

What is the future of pictures?

Categories: Geekdom, Technology
Comments: 1 Comment
Published on: January 25, 2006

I was just watching a random slide show on my Mac from my iPhotos library. I have pictures from a digital camera from 2001 to present. I also have some older pictures that I have scanned in, that date back as late as 1993, I still have not scanned them all in. All in all[…]

One of my Favorit Pictures from Monday

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Published on: January 25, 2006

As I said yesterday, I got to get my picture taken with Rick Santorum. Well here is the picture. Some one on Monday said if I print it up, and mail it to him, I might be able to get him to sign it and send it back, I am very tempted to try to[…]

The Pictures from the 2006 March for Life

Categories: News, Politics
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Published on: January 25, 2006

I finally got the pictures from the 2006 March for Life up on my web site. Again I am sorry it took me 2 days to get them up.

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