Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Carol of the Bells, NES Style
Evan Tessier has created a great little midi rendition of Carol of the Bells. Now all we need is an animated GIF of Mario and Luigi dancing…they do wear red and green!
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Friday, November 25th, 2005
This one
eBay Motors: ACCORD 16″ ALLOY WHEELS AND TIRES. NEAR NEW! NO RESERVE (item 8016044609 end time Nov-25-05 08:38:27 PST):
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Friday, November 11th, 2005
It *IS* a conspiracy!
MIT study on aluminum foil hats:
David Pescovitz:
Earlier this year, MIT engineers conducted an empirical study on the efficacy of aluminum foil helmets to block mind control rays. They’ve published the detailed results of their experiments online. From the abstract:
Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive [...]
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Friday, November 11th, 2005
Price Spikes <> Price Gouging
Driving back from Beaumont (where almost every house has a nice ‘blue roof’ (tarps covering storm damage from Rita), saw unleaded has now dropped to $2.139 at the TA truck stop, and many places with $2.199.
The following is by Russell Roberts, professor of economics at George Mason Univeristy, and author of the most-excellent The Choice: [...]
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
Viva Las Vegas, Day 4
Woke up about 7, then came down and played some blackjack. The first round was incredible: I had one push, and the rest were wins! I should have just stopped then, but, alas, I did not. It was nothing but ugly from then on. Over the next four hours, I proceeded to have [...]
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
Viva Las Vegas Day 3
Had breakfast with my folks, then dropped them at the airport and then went out to Red Rock Canyon. Parked at the Calico II area, then went scrambling. got up to the top of my selected peak by 1:30, but my efforts to find an alternate way down over the next hour proved [...]
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Viva Las Vegas, Day 2
[Shari, I will get all the Props up before I go to bed Monday night, I promise]
Had breakfast at the Stage Deli (props to Mark Vane for introducing me to this place on his bachelor party), then I went back to the room to research a room for the weekend while my dad went back [...]
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Saturday, November 5th, 2005
Viva Las Vegas, Day 1
Flew out at Thursday 7:10am after only 3 hours of sleep. Took a cab over to Caesar’s and had a quick breakfast with my folks, then dropped my bags off in their room and we went over to the SEMA convention. It is huge: over 120,000 people pr-eregistered. Wandered around the trade [...]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
Propositon 2
(HJR 6 - Sponsors: Chisum et al, and Staples)
The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage.
No.