Author Archives: bturnip

Synchronized lip-syncing

What’s better that one person lip-syncing? Two people lip-syncing! Continue reading

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UNIX command sytnax hinters

Because I often need a hint… Continue reading

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More NPR/9:30 Club goodness

Two shows of note coming up.. Continue reading

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Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena

Groovy… Continue reading

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Really bad writing

Proof that one can win the Nobel Prize in Lit *and* still write badly. Continue reading

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Foreign Cars

USA is the undisputed king in automobile consumption… Continue reading

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Patch the Fox

Security flaw found in IDN Continue reading

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USGS Landsat Project

The [USGS Landsat Project] has some impressive satellite pictures of the damage from the Hurricane Katrina flooding. [New Orleans], [Biloxi] have before and after pictures. The up close and personal pictures of devastation are one thing, but these pictures really … Continue reading

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NPR Live Concert Series goodness

Upcoming shows in NPR Live Concert Series: Sigur Rose, Whitestripes + guests Continue reading

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MySQL Gotchas

Geek blog [Slashdot] has been abuzz since it was announced that [MySql], darlings and key ingredient of the [LAMP] explosion, is doing business with SCO, the absolute scourge of the Linux world. Now that MySQL has been associated with the … Continue reading

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