Author Archives: Doppelbock

B-17 Nose Art

Posted on 2007-02-03 at 16:13 by Doppelbock

It’s really a shame that nose art on military planes has disappeared. I stumbled across this video collage of stills of WWII B-17 bomber nose art intermixed with short video clips of original crew members. I was lucky enough to … Continue reading →

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Disturbing Firefox logo

Posted on 2007-02-03 at 16:06 by Doppelbock

In doing an image search in Google for that Ubuntu logo below I came across this disturbing anime-style logo for Firefox. I cry for the future of humanity. Oh wait, did I mention it’s a naked fox?

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Ubuntu Linux ++

Posted on 2007-02-03 at 16:03 by Doppelbock

I wiped my home file/print server that was running Fedora Core 3 a couple of months ago since I broke my Firefox install while trying to upgrade it. I decided to try another distro and chose Ubuntu version 6.06 (Dapper … Continue reading →

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Holy moly, we finally got a new mattress

Posted on 2007-02-03 at 15:52 by Doppelbock

Yes it’s true, after 12 years we finally retired our old, crappy $350 mattress set. My wife & I bought that set when we first moved in together and just never got together the money to get a new one … Continue reading →

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Mister Quickly’s Amazon Reviews

Posted on 2007-01-29 at 02:16 by Doppelbock

Someone pointed me to this page of Amazon product reviews written by Mister Quickly. The way he just zooms off on a tangent cracks me up. For instance in his review of The Anatomy of the Zulu Army: From Shaka … Continue reading →

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Surreal Art = Scary Doll

Posted on 2007-01-27 at 17:36 by Doppelbock

Thanks to Pingmeister for finding this Toddlerpede. Even better is the Beinart International Surreal Art Collective site, it’s got lots of great stuff. More stuff by the artist Jon Beinart here.

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Kilowatt power supply

Posted on 2006-12-14 at 23:49 by Doppelbock

I am scared that there are now consumer-level kilowatt power supplies. Remember when 250W was plenty? Now you can get 1000 watts of screaming power (and for only $370). To be fair this one has the cool new modular power … Continue reading →

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Mod of the Year 2006 Contest

Posted on 2006-12-14 at 23:36 by Doppelbock

Holy moly, there are some serious kick-ass computer case mods in this contest. Being a car guy I like the Boss but the BF2142 is cool too and the WMD is just amazing. I don’t know which one I will … Continue reading →

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Matt & Trey interview

Posted on 2006-12-12 at 00:05 by Doppelbock

Thanks to Darana for finding this interview with Matt Stone and Trey Parker. If you don’t know who they are then you really aren’t on my wavelength at all. http://www.reason.com/news/show/116787.html

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Holy nuts, a transforming table

Posted on 2006-12-11 at 23:47 by Doppelbock

Like the page says “If Optimus Prime were built of 100% oak instead of that wussy metal of the future, this video would be a teaser for the new Michael Bay movie.” Video here

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Hazzard County, Netherlands

Posted on 2006-12-11 at 23:45 by Doppelbock

haha, those crazy Europeans and their stunts. Check out this jump video: http://tinyurl.com/yk4dhy

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200K looks good to me!

Posted on 2006-12-07 at 01:46 by Doppelbock

There were close to 200,000 headers to download for one of the binary groups and it’s taking a long time to get them so I think that means that the retention in that binary group must be much better than … Continue reading →

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Cox newsgroups ++

Posted on 2006-12-07 at 01:26 by Doppelbock

Well, almost. Here’s a news story on their site about how they are working to improve newsgroups. I don’t want to pay for a premium news service (since I wouldn’t use it every month) but it was frustrating because Cox’s … Continue reading →

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Cox automated support rocks

Posted on 2006-12-06 at 23:10 by Doppelbock

Wow, the Cox automated IVR system for cable internet kicks ass. I was having very spotty connectivity since Friday. On Monday morning our connection went away entirely and the TV went, too. I called support and got a recording that … Continue reading →

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Deepest Sender extension for Firefox

Posted on 2006-12-02 at 23:55 by Doppelbock

Ah, a new extension for Firefox. This one allows me to post sites here using the sidebar instead of the link on my toolbar. I like this better than the built-in WordPress tool/URL that I used in my link bar … Continue reading →

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