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  • Search Results

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    It seems I’ve been getting quite a number of people refered to my site via searches for the Nimbus 2000. A quick followup reveals that Amazon has completely removed the entry from their database. I guess they couldn’t keep up with demand. I’ve also had a few people arriving at my site looking for camel…

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  • I wish I could draw…

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    because then I’d draw my new superhero, Jambon Pantalons and his sidekick Petit Poutine! (the following should be read aloud in a thick french accent…) Da fry truck is out of cheese curds… Da Depanneur has run out of Pepsi… You’re stuck at a red light and you want to turn right… You’ve only got…

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  • Actual Email Exchanges With John

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    Today I’m going to introduce a new feature to this weblog: Actual Email Exchanges With John. These are email exchanges that I have with my DJ partner John while at our day jobs. They come close to the types of conversations we have while DJing. Please don’t hold it against us – we realize we’re…

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  • Oops

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    If you’re looking at this page right now, I guess you either got here by some search result, or you’ve figured out my big screwup: I forgot to renew my domain www.blogbynight.com actually, that’s not quite right- I forgot to renew it until about six days before it was set to expire. Then I submitted…

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  • What were they thinking?

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    I don’t know if this thing is still available, but some time ago Mattel released a Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Broom. It’s a broom that looks exactly like the one Harry flies around on in the movie. Not exactly remarkable in itself, the broom has a few interesting features: It comes with sound effects, and…

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  • Finally… people who really "get it"

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    “Why don’t we, instead of trying to sell our knowledge over the internet, just give it away.” Over the next 10 years, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will move all of its existing coursework on to the internet. For free. Thousands of pages of information as well as hours of streaming video lectures, seminars…

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