101st Fighting Keyboardists 
Monday, May 1, 2006, 06:46 PM - blogFoo
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Sandra Ray 
Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 07:03 PM - blogFoo
Happy birthday Mom


1944 - 2005


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Best April-Fools Joke on the internet 
Monday, April 3, 2006, 11:06 AM - blogFoo
Music And Film Industry Association of America (MAFIAA)
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The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science 
Friday, March 31, 2006, 03:07 PM - techFoo

6. The discoverer has worked in isolation. The image of a lone genius who struggles in secrecy in an attic laboratory and ends up making a revolutionary breakthrough is a staple of Hollywood's science-fiction films, but it is hard to find examples in real life. Scientific breakthroughs nowadays are almost always syntheses of the work of many scientists.


"the lone genuis" ... I thought he was referring to me for a minute there.


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P for Pimp-slap 
Monday, March 20, 2006, 06:57 PM - politiFoo
I saw "V for Vendetta" this weekend. Waste of time and money.


Incidentally, after reading the script, creator of the V comic book, Alan Moore, insisted Warner Bros. remove his name from the project. He told MTV, "[My comic] has been turned into a Bush-era parable by people too timid to set a political satire in their own country… [The film] is a thwarted and frustrated and largely impotent American liberal fantasy of someone with American liberal values standing up against a state run by neo-conservatives — which is not what "V for Vendetta" [the comic] was about."


When the creator of the novel upon which the movie is based asks to have his name removed from the film, you know it's got to be bad. I wish I'd read that before seeing the movie.
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Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone 
Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 04:04 PM - politiFoo

Many natural gases and some of those released by conventional power stations, vehicle and aircraft exhausts act as greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide, natural gas, or methane, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are all potent greenhouse gases. Carbon dioxide and methane are found naturally in the atmosphere, but it is the gradual rise in levels of these gases since the industrial revolution, and in particular the beginning of the twentieth century, that scientists have blamed for the gradual rise in recorded global temperature. Attempts to reverse global warming, such as the Kyoto Protocol, have centred on controlling and even reducing CO2 emissions.

However, the most potent greenhouse gas is water, explains Shaidurov and it is this compound on which his study focuses. According to Shaidurov, only small changes in the atmospheric levels of water, in the form of vapour and ice crystals can contribute to significant changes to the temperature of the earth's surface, which far outweighs the effects of carbon dioxide and other gases released by human activities. Just a rise of 1% of water vapour could raise the global average temperature of Earth's surface more then 4 degrees Celsius.


(insert snarky industrial-water-usage comment here)

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Technologist Manifesto 
Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 09:57 PM - blogFoo

You want to make your system easier to use than to not use.

Convincing the caveman to come out of the cave is more effective and long lasting than throwing him out of the cave.

Users know the business better than you do, whoever you are. If you are willing to learn, you can change the world.



The entire Manifesto here
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Shooting Controversy 
Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 08:36 PM - politiFoo
The only thing I'll post about it.



Buy here.

UPDATE: ...I lied.
From the comments (by jrhelgeson) over at LGF


Collection of Headlines over Dick Cheney Hunting Accident
2/14/2006 - Shelby Trial

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The following is a sampling of news story headlines related to Vice President Cheney's shooting accident:

Kingsville Dispatch
"Sheriff Fines Cheney $100 For Only Wounding Lawyer"

National Review Online
"Shot Came From Grassy Noll"

Dallas Morning News
"Red States Poll Shows Cheney Shooting Was Justifiable"

Austin Statesman
"Cheney Says Victim's Quail Call Was Best He Ever Heard"

Washington Post
"Cheney Prevents Hunting Party From Field Dressing Shooting Victim"

The Nation
"Cheney Drove Shooting Victim to Hospital Tied to The Hood of His Car"

Texas Medical Association Bulletin
"Corpus Christi Hospital To Do Jackass Face Transplant On Cheney Shooting Victim"

San Antonio Express/News
"Sneaky Lawyer Tactics Don't Work On Cheney"

Houston Chronicle
"Personal Injury Lawyers Hold Candlelight Vigil Outside Cheney Victim Hospital"

Wyoming Tribune Eagle
"Cheney Friends Decline Fall Duck Hunting Invitation"

La Raza
"Cheney Shooting Victim Gets Emergency Room Priority Over Illegal Aliens"

Vegan News
"Cheney Shooting Victim Converts To Vegetarian In Hospital"

NRA American Rifleman
"Witnesses Claim Cheney Only Feathered Lawyer"


"Candlelight vigil"... hehehe

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Which Crew would you fit in? 
Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 08:15 PM - techFoo


Take the test:
Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile II: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics)
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Instructables: How To Count In Binary 
Friday, February 3, 2006, 02:53 PM - techFoo
in Cartoon Format.

My dad made us learn with flash cards when I was in grade school, 35 years ago. I'm glad he did.

UPDATE: Used it last night to teach my 12 year old daughter about Base-2 (binary), and Base-16 (hexadecimal). w00t!


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Woman Who Coined ‘ScrappleFace’ Passes Away 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 03:17 PM - blogFoo
Our deepest sympathies and condolences go to Scott Ott and his family on their loss. We pray for comfort for them during this time.

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Where’s the 45MB/s I Already Paid for! 
Wednesday, February 1, 2006, 03:13 PM - techFoo
Interesting article regarding telcos “$200 Billion Broadband Scandal.”

Broadband Scandals is a well-documented expose, 406 pages and 528 footnotes. Using the phone companies’ own words (and well as other sources), the book outlines a massive nationwide scandal that affects every aspect of state of the Internet. Not only the web but broadband, municipalities laying fiber or building wifi networks, not to mention related issues such as such as VOIP, cable services, the cost of local phone service, net neutrality, the new digital divide, and even America’s economic growth.

The fiber optic infrastructure you paid for was never delivered.

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