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Stossel has a book?
I didn’t even realize John Stossel had a new book coming out, let alone that it would be hitting the shelves tomorrow! Guess I’ll add it to my Amazon wishlist.
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Bleg: Need help with router
Just a simple bleg (“bleg” = “weblog + beg”) to ask if anyone knows how to set TCP ports using a LinkSys Router. I have NEVER MIND – THIS LINK IS DEAD –a post on the forum about this.
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Hobbit chic
Hobbit chic has hit the fashion runways. I’m torn. Part of me thinks it’s absolutely ridiculous. The other half thinks that these outfits would really look good on Harry Knowles of Ain’t It Cool News.
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Admiral Akbar caption contest
Just a meaningless giggle, here. Star Wars.com had a caption contest for a picture of Admiral Akbar. Some of the submissions are funny, but the best one is “It’s a… shoot… LINE!”
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Aw, thanks guys!
If you go to Amazon.com and type in “Old Fart” in the product search, you will find the company’s birthday wish for founder Jeff Bezos!
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Roger Simon is a wimp
Folks, I live in Minnesota. NORTH of Iowa, for those of you answering questions on “Street Smarts”. And Roger Simon is complaining that in Iowa it is freezing cold and everything is a blanket of white. Is he serious? This has been an incredibly mild winter, and most of our snow is gone! You can…
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Up, up, right, gently…the claw is too small!
Kid crawls inside a claw machine. This little boy crawled in through the drop slot in order to get a toy, and no one knows how he fit. He isn’t exactly the size of Buzz Lightyear.
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Josh Elder on “Writing for the Trade
Scott McCullar and I had a discussion at Wizard World Texas about how almost all of the companies around today are looking at their monthly titles as nothing but Trade Paperback fodder, which has both pros and cons. Our buddy Josh Elder tackles that in Writing for the Trade
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If you missed the news Sunday
“We Got Him” Melinda and I didn’t find out about the capture of Saddam Hussein until Sunday afternoon, so I was probably later to the party than most of you. But if any of you were away from TV and the Internet until Monday, here is the essential footage online at WashingtonPost.com
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Gandalf the Grey to get court-martialed?
Sean at All Too Flat has been reading (or possibly re-reading) The Lord of the Rings and sharing his thoughts on each chapter. On 12/4/2003, he has this to ask upon reading that Gandalf put “the fear of fire” on Gollum: Is Gandalf a war criminal? A fair enough question, given the trouble that Lt.…