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Trackpad button fix on clamshell iBook
A couple months ago I installed new hard drive in Chey’s laptop, a tangerine iBook of the clamshell variety. In the process I managed (why does this sound like a confession to me?) to fracture the ribbon between the trackpad and the mainboard, disabling the trackpad button. So, after trying to fix it and failing,…
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Prankster billboard
SMS Sensitive Billboard Douses Passersby A German billboard has been set up to douse nearby pedestrians with water using an automatic sprinkler system that’s triggered by SMS, according to a report by Poynter. The advertiser, Gardena, bought a large poster space outside the Dortmund train station. The billboard and a companion Web site, which promote…
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So, as the follower I am, I too took the personality quiz
Here’s the wisdom it has passed on. So
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Summer/city blues, part two
So, we’re outside now (this is after the events of the last post have taken place). Chey is planting and weeding the gardens. Lila is riding on her bicycle with a child from the other end of the culd-de-sac. I’m walking around with Eva. Some cars pull up to a house a couple doors down,…
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Summer/city blues
We’re surrounded by people who set off fireworks
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Site tweak | Lila’s prayers
So, I felt like tweaking the visuals here. I’ve been meaning to since
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DNA Study Finds Chihuahuas Aren’t Dogs
Eric, my older brother, sent this link to me. Does my heart good. What we all knew, intuitively, to be true, is now backed up by science! ::snicker:: Read about the study at this Watley Review page.
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End of the world? Freaky stuff.
The Ends of the Earth: 5 reasons why the planet is going to hell, by Bruce Sterling at Wired.com.
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Chey’s Computer Kata
So we watched this movie, Equilibrium. First off, don’t bother watching it if you’ve already seen The Matrix and Minority Report. It tried to be as cool as The Matrix, but just didn’t make it. Anyway, in Equilibrium there is this Gun Kata that these super-cops do (they’re called Clerics). Looks like a tai-chi kinda…
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Yooper Cooler
Mike Stafford (schooling up at Lake Superior State Univ. in Sault Ste. Marie) sent this photo. Thought it was funny, so I’m posting it. I grew up in the U.P., for those who didn’t know.