Archive for November, 2005

Nov 12 2005

In Search of Decent Headphones

Published by Michael under Plugs

So, on an almost completely irrelevant note, I would like to mention headphones.
Specifically, I would like to mention that the vast majority of commonly-available headphones are crap. I am by no means an audiophile, but I can certainly appreciate the difference between good sound and not-so-good sound. I took an interest in headphones because I [...]

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Nov 11 2005

Comments Spam

Published by Michael under Rants, Technology, Whining

So some of you astute readers (ha ha! All three of you) may have noticed that this blog has been literally inundated with spam comments of late. For the last week or so, I’ve had to manually delete hundreds of crap comments advertising party poker and the like. The filters have caught most of them [...]

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Nov 07 2005

For Once, I Am Offended

Published by Michael under Politics, Rants, Sad

I received the following claptrap in my e-mail box today, and I’m reproducing it verbatim in case you haven’t read it yet:
MG Vernon Chong, USAFR, forwarded:
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Nov 05 2005

‘Tis the Season to Overreact

Published by Michael under Politics, Rants, Religion

Well, I’m still alive, for what it’s worth. I’ve been ignoring the ol’ blog, largely because I haven’t had much of anything interesting to say. Sure, there’s been plenty to talk about between August and November, but how much of it will we remember ten years from now?
If our government (which, I will remind you [...]

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