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Great air show pics from SF

Posted on 2007-12-18 at 21:03 by Doppelbock

This fella got some great pictures of the Fleet Week air show in San Francisco recently. Take special note of the Blue Angels shots, I can’t believe how low they got.

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Joel Hodgson Interview

Posted on 2007-12-10 at 22:07 by Doppelbock

To keep the ball rolling here’s an interview with Joel from Starwars.com: Star Wars: Community | A Guy Named Joel: Launching Cinematic Titanic

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Hooray for the rise of Joel

Posted on 2007-11-21 at 14:17 by Doppelbock

I just read that Joel Hodgson and the original cast of MST3K are embarking on a new venture called Cinematic Titanic at http://www.cinematictitanic.com/index.html where they will release episodes on DVD and for download. They’ll be riffing on bad movies just … Continue reading →

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Maxtor hard drives shipped with Trojan

Posted on 2007-11-19 at 13:36 by Doppelbock

A guy at work pointed out this story so I wen and found this story at Computerworld that is almost identical to his e-mail. November 12, 2007 (Computerworld) — Seagate Technology LLC has shipped Maxtor disk drives that contain Trojan … Continue reading →

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gOS mobo is keen

Posted on 2007-11-16 at 22:56 by Doppelbock

The new gOS motherboard seems like a great idea to me. It’s a mainboard designed specifically for gOS, a Linux distro based on Ubuntu but with embedded Google applications. The evil empire (oops, I mean WalMart) is selling a $200 … Continue reading →

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Holy crap, I actually played ClownShoes this week

Posted on 2007-11-16 at 22:20 by Doppelbock

I haven’t played Counterstrike in I don’t know how many years but I actually did a couple of times this week. How the hell could that happen you ask? It’s simple, really. I bought the Orange Box so that I … Continue reading →

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Silly Italian hidden camera show uses skeleton

Posted on 2007-11-01 at 14:21 by Doppelbock

Happy belated Halloween! I got this video via e-mail and thought it was at least amusing. I’m sure if they tried it in the U.S. one or more of the victims would have sued for pain & suffering. And yes … Continue reading →

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Resources for Defending Evolution

Posted on 2007-10-28 at 14:43 by Doppelbock

I’m tired of seeing all the Intelligent Design (ID) crap that people are trying to pass off as science so here’s a page of links that I found on the Scientific American web site that can be used to defened … Continue reading →

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Monkeys: 1, Deputy Mayor: 0

Posted on 2007-10-21 at 20:34 by Doppelbock

Yes, it’s true (at least according to the BBC): monkeys killed the deputy mayor of Delhi, India. Any death is tragic but there’s something about monkeys being involved that adds a bit of humor. Unless this is step one in … Continue reading →

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And the hammer comes down on Comcast

Posted on 2007-10-19 at 00:15 by Doppelbock

I liked this story (picked up from Slashdot) about a frustrated Comcast customer in Manassas who got so pissed at the shitty customer service from Comcast that she took hammer down to their office and smashed up a keyboard, monitor … Continue reading →

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She comes in color (no, really)

Posted on 2007-10-10 at 18:21 by Doppelbock

This Sony commercial is really fun and I can’t believe that they pulled it off in just three weeks.

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Skeeball: 1, Child’s Head: 0

Posted on 2007-10-02 at 19:50 by Doppelbock

Yep, it’s never a good idea to put your head down at the target end of a skee ball lane, even if the other kid is supposed to be throwing down the next lane over. Little Kid’s Head v. Skeeball … Continue reading →

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Why do people get upset about a 40-year old building?

Posted on 2007-10-01 at 10:08 by Doppelbock

Why do people insist on getting worked up over stupid things? These four buildings at the Coronado naval base are really just for L-shaped buildings put into a circle but some folks are all up in arms about how it … Continue reading →

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Dogs: 1, Sparrow: 0

Posted on 2007-09-30 at 09:08 by Doppelbock

A couple of nights ago on our walk Saratoga ran to the edge of one of the condo buildings and I could see a dark shape up against the wall, it was probably a little smaller than a baseball. She … Continue reading →

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Fun with RiffTrax

Posted on 2007-09-21 at 19:46 by Doppelbock

I ran across RiffTrax from a banner ad on Something Awful of all places. It’s Mike Nelson from MST3K who has recorded MP3 commentaries (lots of them with Kevin Murphy aka Tom Servo and Bill Corbett aka Crow). You buy … Continue reading →

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