Archive for May, 2005
Thursday, May 26th, 2005
What true propaganda looks like
News From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK
Some real gems here. For instance, some of the benefits of “a new medicine ‘Polyazin’ for protection of DNA”:
It improves metabolism in liver, biliary tract, blood, immunity and psychoneurosis systems. It is also potent for the patients suffering from hypogonadism, chronic hepatitis, chronic pancreatitis and hypoacidity. It [...]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 7
Got the computer/networking situation all squared away at Melissa’s, got in some quality time with Crash and Ella , then got online to shop for a new phone: since my poor hand-me-down Treo never really operated correctly, and Cingular wouldn’t give me a better deal for staying than they gave to new customers (slightly worse, [...]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 6
Woke up about 8, and felt fine! As a precaution, though, took a couple of Tylenol. Also felt ravenous, so gathered the troops and ate breakfast at the Menlo Park Diner (not too far from where my great-grandfather lived when he was an engineer working for Thomas Edison). Didn’t eat too much, though, [...]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 5
Bit of confusion about whether breakfast came with our room or not: I thought it did, the front desk didn’t. Oh, well. The Houston and DC contingents went shopping, but I stayed in the room and tried to reload on sleep. Got to the reception at 5 (the ceremony itself was family-only), [...]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 4
Before finally crashing at 5am, called and asked the front desk for an extended checkout time, which, luckily, they gave. Woke up around noon (though Gil took a bit longer ). The Trans had just checked out, and had gone to IHOP, and John was good enough to come back and pick us up. [...]
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Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Need a laser printer? Got $25?
Will finish the trip report later, but thought folks ought to know about this deal!
[hat tip: SlickDeals.net]
Staples has the Samsung ML-1740 Laser Printer for $25 after $60 rebate.
Add the printer for $100.
Add paperclips.
Apply coupon code 39894 for $15 off $100.
Go to Staplesrebates and enter your order number and the sku (573814) to get the $60 [...]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 3
Waited for the Beltway traffic to die down before heading out Thursday morning. Got to Chatham, NJ around 2ish, where we met up with Jason Haddox , who is working on his Ph.D in liturgics at Drew (quite a long way from his Baptist roots in Baytown!). We had a late lunch, then got [...]
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 2
Had a pretty uneventful drive from Tennessee to Virginia (although we did notice that the number of idiot drivers increased substantially the closer we got to DC, and we did pass a dump truck with it’s cargo on fire
). Got to Glenn’s brother’s and sister-in-law’s house around 6:30, where we ate steak and played with [...]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
Roadtrip to NY: Day 1
Glenn came over around 9, and we hit the road, stopping in Beaumont to get a car charger for his cell phone and a three-way adapter for the cigarette lighter to plug in all the toys. Got to Henderson
around 12:30 and had lunch at Pat’s: mmm, mmm good! Saw a Humvee with a [...]
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Monday, May 9th, 2005
Self-Referential Aptitude Test
Math prof James Propp has created a very neat logic test, the Self-Referential Aptitude Test, that I spent the better part of the evening solving. The guys at Drunken Men Work Here have posted a version that checks for internal consistency.
I made an answer sheet grid to help me solve it that you are [...]