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21 Sep, 2009

“Significant” water on the moon

Posted by: mike In: Strange| Think| space| take action

Some sites are talking about  a press conference being set up on Thursday to talk about what they are calling “Evidence of Water on the Moon – Lots of It”.
If you’re not a space geek, let me back up a second since NASA isn’t even on most people’s mind these days and fill you in [...]

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11 Sep, 2009

Nanogirls

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Funny| Strange| video

This is just … yeah.  See scientists can have fun!
You know you were just thinking “I like it when the girls stop by.  To my lab.”
Come on, you know you were.

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18 Aug, 2009

Do you want to date my avatar?

Posted by: mike In: Comics| Cool Stuff| Funny| SciFi| Strange| video

The Guild just gets better by the minute:

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Apparently, it’s like a vagina, or alcohol, or a Chinese road. Yep one of those.
Doc Searls has the skinny.
I think the internet doesn’t really exist, but what do I know.
People are wierd.

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26 Sep, 2008

Me(me)

Posted by: mike In: Cool Stuff| Funny| Strange

1. Take a picture of yourself right now.
2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair…just take a picture.
3. Post that picture with NO editing.
4. Post these instructions with your picture.

Microsoft finally came to their senses and dropped those stupid Seinfeld/Gates ads that left everyone scratching their heads.
The new ones are a direct dig on Apple’s Mac/PC ads (finally) and have some interesting tidbits like “I’m a human being, not a human doing, not a human thinking. A human being”.
A least [...]

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24 Jul, 2008

Thump it, thump it good

Posted by: mike In: Random| Strange| annoying

I’ve had a Cannon ZR200 digital camcorder for a couple of years now.  It’s worked great.
A few weeks ago it started rejecting tapes with a loud beeping sound.  I tried a few things, nothing worked.  We went on vacation without it where I got oil inside my Cannon point and shoot and water in my [...]

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I find this a little amusing.  iStats says that Screenflow is using 142% of my processors.  Of course, it’s a dual core machine, so it’s really more like 142/2.
I don’t know why, but I think that’s funny.
Yes, I’m a dork.

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15 Apr, 2008

A crisis of faith?

Posted by: mike In: Strange

Those of you who know me well may be scared by this screenshot:

I’m doing some work on testing a SSL vpn solution and need to understand the Vista user experience.
The install was pretty simple and my first impression is that Vista seems fine, not sure what the fuss is all about. Of [...]

10 Apr, 2008

Being naked on the wrong day is awkward

Posted by: mike In: Funny| Strange

One of those funny things someone created when they were probably in a boring meeting, or drunk, is Naked CSS Day.
Yes, this is the day when you’re supposed to switch off your CSS on your sites and let them roam around in the buff.
Alas, I have missed this day once again (it was yesterday), [...]



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