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Condensed Knowledge - January 5, 2009

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You Are Not Your Money
Riding the Log
Microsoft launches it’s first iPhone App - Seadragon
How to avoid taking out the garbage quite as frequently
- This is stupid. It means there’s going to be 6 times the smell in your kitchen.
ie6 on the way out
Class-Action Lawsuit Over iMac Display Problems
‘Curse of Silence’ [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - December 29, 2008

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CCTV Cameras Going Unmonitored
Illustration: St Nicholas Magazine, Dec 1910
Anyone Seen My Cat?
I'm…. co-o-o-o-o-ld!
Go for Baroque: All of Bach on an iPod
iPhone 3G Unlock complete, due for New Year’s Eve release
Selling cars to insensitive jerks!
Hybrid Blu-Ray and DVD Movie Disc Announced
Tesla accuses Top Gear of foul play in roadster test
Alaskan [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - December 22, 2008

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Dimensions Turns iPhone, iPod Touch into a Toolbox
The RED CANON
Christmas Night
Wide Christmas: 1920
OMG!
The Gift of a Bible
Baby turtle practices “release wave”
Five and Ten: 1921
Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1014
Sherry Johnston Arrested
Dell Shipping Inspiron Mini 9 With Super Mini Batteries?

WTD 633: “Pearls of Wisdom”
11th Grade
Das Piratenboot: 1915
Puddle King: 1914
Ferrari F1 going racing with… Tata [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - December 15, 2008

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Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #1008
Teachers Speak Out Against Unions
Old and in the way
Weblog Tools Collection: Wordpress Notifier for Mac OSX
Nokia Readies 3G Wireless Push for Notebooks
Feds having fits over FISMA and cybersecurity
Cartoon Brew 2008 Favorites: Jerry’s Picks
Improved Contacts Management
Lenny and Edna: 1924
High efficiency wind turbine based on jet engine technology
Revolving door generates [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - December 8, 2008

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Cutting Edge: 1920
Amsterdam ousts weed and hookers
Before and After: 1918
Kittens on a slide- Mesmerizing.
Somebody get me Bob Costas
Kena Kai’s Leather Inter-Office Memo Notebook Sleeve
Builders of Victory: 1943
(sigh) I Remember Back In 1963…
Hey, Wanna Come To A Stag Party?
The Pontch: 1910
Hotel Pontchartrain: 1907
I can't decide if this is lazy, brilliant, [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - December 1, 2008

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The Most Remote Place on Earth
Bud and Dick: 1915
Penny-Pitchers: 1912
Saturday Noon: 1910
The Two Okinawan Diet Rules (or How I’m Getting Leaner During the Holidays)
Bon-bons, s'il vous plaît
The Cinnamon Bear: An Old-Time Radio Christmas Tradition
Worms in love
Teacher must still surrender license in bizarre ‘exposure to porn’ suit
Big 4 Candy: 1926
Saddest. [...]

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Condensed Knowledge - November 24, 2008

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Boxee Releases Fix For Apple TV Update
Turkey Dinner for Turkeys
Fine & Dandy: 1912
One Year In A IT Project - Day 24
Your Grocer’s Dairy Case
Pretty on the inside doggy
How to Modify Your Pet’s Behavior
Humongous Tunnel Boring Machines
Who Can’t Swim?
BNP Database Leaked
The Naturalist: 1915
Half-Terabyte 2.5-inch HDD from Toshiba
SeaGen tidal energy system enters [...]

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Congratulations, President Obama!

We have seen democracy in action, and we have achieved something amazing, as a country: we have elected the first African-American president. That’s something that goes a long way to wipe the wrongs of the past, and is something that would have probably made some of our country’s founders proud, had they been able to [...]

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George Bush is a dead ringer for Guinn Williams

I was watching Rafter Romance a few months ago, when I saw Fritzie, the cab driver with a supporting role in the movie, and my mouth dropped. There, on the screen, in front of my eyes, was GW, in 1933! It was almost the same man — the resemblance was uncanny. There it was: an incredibly [...]

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New DSLR: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

I’m a little late to the table with my thoughts on the new 5D, but I have an excuse: I’ve been traveling abroad (see this, this and this) and only now managed to sit down and think about it. There’s also an advantage to this: I got to read through the other reviews that have [...]

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Hardware review: Super*Talent 8GB USB flash drive

The 8GB Super*Talent USB flash drive I ordered from Brando arrived last night, and it was a very pleasant surprise to see how tiny it really is. It’s smaller than a simple USB connector, in both width and thickness. I am amazed by how small it is — and the thought that 8GB of data [...]

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Photos from downtown Baltimore

We made a day trip into downtown Baltimore last week. I had our point-and-shoot with us, and took photos of the architecture. I need to specify that it was our point-and-shoot because you’ll see purple fringing on a few of the photos. That can’t be helped much when you have a zoom on a digital [...]

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