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Tuesday, May 31. 2005

Sith Easter Eggs

Doing some link-happy cleanup after a long weekend away. Here's a fun one (warning: spoilers) -- Sith Easter Eggs.

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Tracey sent me to this one -- via BoingBoing, posted by Cory Doctorow (great writer--check him out!): "high-fructose corn syrup...is to sugar as plutonium is to oat muffins"

So true. It's killing us.

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Dilbert from last week...

I don't enjoy Dilbert as much as I used to, but this one had me hooting out loud...and relating way too much.

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Thursday, May 26. 2005

HP tee

An interesting new t-shirt at CafePress.

For the grown-up HP fans

Thanks to Amy K.

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Me, J. Edgar and Mao

Angie sent me this article from the Star Tribune about a fuss being made over the Minneapolis Public Library's clever new ad campaign.

Barbara Gordon is my hero(ine).

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Tuesday, May 24. 2005

Scooba

Trying this again...my post was eaten:

Seems my Roomba may soon have a new buddy: the Scooba.

But will it clean my grout?

Thanks, Akeisha, for the link.

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Tony iiiiiiiss Dead

Voice of Tony the Tiger dies.

Thanks, Betsy.

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Monday, May 23. 2005

Office Supply Whore

Bill and Gene over at Unshelved have revealed the key to many, many librarians: we're office supply whores.

I, for one, am not allowed into Office Depot without an escort.
I'm just sayin'.

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Tuesday, May 17. 2005

"A democracy can die of too many lies."

Please read Bill Moyers' extraordinary speech. (Salon.com requires registration, but you can get a free day pass. It's worth it to read this text.)

This is an address given by Bill Moyers at the National Conference for Media Reform in St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday.

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Thursday, May 12. 2005

More Sour Grapes from Bill?

Maybe, maybe not. Gates Says IPod Success Won't Last

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Wednesday, May 11. 2005

God may move mountains, but no one rushes the DMV.

John, an old classmate of mine, just sent me to this "it could only happen in America" moment: Jesus Christ in legal battle to get license

Great last line: "Christ is not speaking to the press at this time," Pishevar said.

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Does this mean I'll soon meet Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome?

110 people won lottery using fortune cookie numbers (from NY Times-requires free registration or go to bugmenot.com for a free signin).

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Lego Han Solo

Akeisha, queen of the web links, sent me this: Lego Han Solo in Carbonite.

This amused me: "I built the sculpture so it can break down easily into smaller parts, thus making it mobile. Because, like most people, I like to take large sculptures of people frozen in carbonite with me whenever I travel."

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Stupid People Tricks

You know those emails you get with photos of stupid things people do? Well, someone has made a handy page of them here: http://www.micom.net/oops/

Oddly enough, this could be handy for a reference question. Someone asked me not long ago to find 'that picture where the guy is on a forklift...' and Google Images took forever.

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Tuesday, May 10. 2005

Now here's a holiday I can get behind!

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/irresistible/4470306/detail.html

I wonder if they have a Hallmark card for that...

Thanks to Kelly P.

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