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Monday, June 27th, 2005

App Launchers

quicksilver is my top “can’t live without” application for OSX. Hit 2 keys and type in the name of the application/program you want to start or the file you want to open.

AppRocket does some of the some things for XP. It makes life much easier.

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Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings

I really hate XP.

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hehe

Edward Abbey Quotes - The Quotations Page
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

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CSS Flexible Rounded Corners - Accessibility 1st, Jeff Lowder

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Best Tool For the Job » Make Your PC Work (not look) More Like a Mac

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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005

Real Simple | Surprising Expiration Dates

The expiration dates of household items.

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NeoOffice/J is a fully-featured set of office applications (including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing programs) for Mac OS X. Based on the OpenOffice.org office suite, NeoOffice/J has integrated dozens of native Mac features and can import, edit, and exchange files with other popular office programs such as MicrosoftTM Office.

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Widescreen

Wallpapers for widescreen computers.

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Monday, June 20th, 2005

wg:Fun with Drop Shadows

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Friday, June 17th, 2005

Well Yeah

Maniac killer

You are a maniac
killer.
It doesn’t matter who they are and what they
have or haven’t done. You still want to kill
them. And for a simple reason only; it’s fun.
Seeing people in pain is like ecstasy. Maybe
you have some sort of mental problems or you
are this way because of previous deep scars,
only you know. But now you are sadistic and
maybe you only like to see a special group of
people be in pain (e.g. preps). However you are
not the most social person in the bunch and
people think you are weird. That bothers you
somewhat but atleast you can entertain yourself
with daydreaming about killing them. After all,
they have no idea what’s coming.

Main weapon: Explosives and torture
equpiment
Quote: “Insanity: a perfect
rational adjustment to an insane world” -
R.D. Lang
Facial expression: Wicked smile

What Type of Killer Are You? [cool pictures]
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perspective

When my former boss would send me to seminars it would piss me off because I saw it as a waste of my time. My new boss has strongly suggested my going to a seminar but I’m not pissed because she’s planning on going too.

Note to self: If I ever have someone working for me, my attitudes will effect theirs no matter how unconsciously.

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Medieval Musicology

RLG DigiNews June 15, 2005, Volume 9, Number 3

Bringing the Digital Revolution to Medieval Musicology: The Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM)

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Thursday, June 16th, 2005

Premature…

release possible for Firefly <eg>.

And Universal wishes they had already done it. heh.

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Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

A Complete Freeware Collection at Forever Geek

Here is a list of freeware software for your consumption if you wish to get away from the bloated software that plauges many commercial packages today.

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Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

The Playing Field

Burningbird » The Playing Field

The Republicans who, once, represented a fiscally conservative section of the populace that preferred to keep social matters out of the government, have embraced religious fundamentalism at its core; abandoning restrictions on government spending in favor of restrictions on personal lifestyle choices. Oh it still irresponsibly waves about tax cuts, as a panecea to all problems. Yet the government dominated by this party spends, madly at times, wildly at others–and seems incapable of connecting the two and a growing and dangerous deficit.

The Democrats, on the other hand, once focused on bringing more social responsibility into the government, even at the risk of an inceased tax burden. Where is the Party now that once helped bring civil rights to the South and hope to the ghettos? Now, the Party focuses on Social Security and balance of trade and unemployment, with an understanding that it has to pick and choose which battles to fight. (And let’s face it, there’s not enough gays to swing the election, and the poor can’t pay for medical insurance much less donate to the Party coffers. As for women? Hey, no one is stopping us from being fully equal, are they?)

I watched in the last several months as Congress came dangerously close to breaking the barriers that separate the legislative branch of government from the judicial; selling ANWR out through the back door; passing bill after bill that erodes our freedom and our dignity, as it caters sometimes slavishly and unthinkingly to corporate interests. I look carefully to see how each party votes, and the only time I can tell the difference between the two, is whether a politician is smiling when Howard Dean is present; or whether he or she looks ready to kill.

I’m not all that interested in politics generally. Mostly because it is so obviously a losing proposition with even worse odds than Vegas. And like a casino, the odds are always stacked in the house’s favor. Shelley does an excellent job of pointing out the problems with the current political situation.

Maybe we need a Librarian party .

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