Archive for February, 2005
Monday, February 28th, 2005
Car for Sale - 1973 1800ES
This could make an interesting commuter car.
Like Volvo military vehicles? Looking for that special 4WD? Want to stand up to Hummers? Well this is the vehicle for you. A very complete and original 1956 Volvo TP21 "Sugga". It is running, driving and functional with complete ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Amusing Classified Ads - a photoset on Flickr
Some very cool ads here.
reproduced from a viral email -- anybody know where these came from originally?
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Byrdhouse: No Cameras Allowed
A nice little sheet explaining your rights as a photographer. Explains how taking pictures of bridges, airports, and police officers is not illegal and tells you what to do if you are stopped/harassed/etc.
The Photographer's Right is handy pdf flyer to have for the next time you're ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
Berry was named worst actress of 2004 by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
Berry was named worst actress of 2004 by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation for her performance in "Catwoman" and she showed up to accept her "Razzie" carrying the Oscar she won in 2002 for "Monster's Ball."
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
I Park Like An Idiot - You suck at parking! Let the world know it!
100 bumper stickers for $30, might last me a week around here.
Don't stick "I Park Like and Idiot" bumper stickers on other cars like these people did!
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
The Dumb Network >> Dumb Criminal Acts >> Top 10 Criminal Acts
Some good stories in here.
The cashier refused to hand over the Scotch because he did not believe the man was 21. The robber swore he was, but still the clerk refused. Finally, the robber handed over his ID ...
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
"I, Robot" in a nutshell.
Having read this, I'm now quite satisfied that I never wasted my time on this movie.
I saw the movie "I, Robot" recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In case you're not familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a ...
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
Web Analytics - WebSideStory - DataInsights - Internet User Trends - Data Spotlight
WebSideStory: Firefox Gains Slowing
Feb. 28, 2005 - The growth rate of Firefox's usage share on the web has slowed in recent months, according to the latest U.S. data from WebSideStory (Nasdaq: WSSI), a leading provider of on-demand web ...
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
This Into That
I especially like the Book Shelves.
This Into That offers functional art furniture, primarily book shelves on any theme. Each is made by Jim Rosenau at his studio in Berkeley, California. No books that could change the course of world events are harmed in the production.
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
Free Software Magazine - The FUD-based Encyclopedia
I've always like the idea, and results of Wikipedia. This good article by Aaron Krowne refutes each point of the arguments against Commons Based Peer Production.
In this article, I respond to Robert McHenry’s anti-Wikipedia piece entitled “The Faith-Based Encyclopedia.” I argue that ...
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Underwater bike ride to launch students' eight-week crime spree
Starting in the liberal state of California, they hope to evade the attention of local police officers when they ride a bike in a swimming pool and curse on a crazy-golf course.
In the far more ...
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Sunday, February 27th, 2005
eBay item 5559938963 (Ends Feb-27-05 20:56:10 PST) - **Mystery Envelope?!**
Crazy auction selling a mystery envelope for over $7,000.
[Thanks Kim!]
**Mystery Envelope?!**
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
I think I'm mostly done with the upgrade, let me know in the comments here if anything looks wrong, and which browser you're using. I've only looked at the page in Firefox, but I assume the CSS will work properly in IE also.
Posted in Blogs, CSS | 5 Comments »