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  • Making the switch

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    I just bought myself an iBook. I’ve been dying to get a Mac ever since I left my previous place of employment (all-mac environment), but haven’t been able to afford any new computer gear in a while. It was definitely time – my PC at home is 5 years old, and starting to behave badly.…

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  • The war on drugs electronic music

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    From Kuro5hin: The RAVE Act, whose acronym stands for “Reducing Americans’ Vunerability to Ecstacy”, would fine people or companies that organize or host events “featuring loud, pounding dance music” up to $2,000,000, and allows promoters to be jailed for up to 20 years, without requiring officials to prove that any of the attendees actually possessed…

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    According to the LA cop’s lawyer (see yesterday’s post), the cop punched the suspect because the lil’ perv grabbed his testicles. Apparently, with his hands cuffed behind him, the suspect reached out and grabbed the cop’s nuts, and that’s why the cop punched him. Is that justification? Dunno… but it’s pretty funny.

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    Just what the LAPD needs… (more here) I saw the video footage of this last night – and the cop really wailed on the kid – blatantly threw him into the back of the cruiser, bouncing his face off the trunk, then punched him square in the face, having to be wrestled off by two…

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  • got the message?

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    A little followup to my post about Flash and Inneraction‘s website. It seems they must have gotten the message, probably through a significant volume of complaints: their all-Flash abomination is gone, leaving only their corporate site. Good. I’m interested to see the next iteration – wonder if they’ve learned their lesson.

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  • Beer Beer Beer Beer

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    Went to the Capital City Beer Festival on Sunday. Heaven. What a glorious time we had… I can’t believe I’d never been. What a great idea. So many beers… Here’s the roundup, as much as I can remember: Not the worst beer I’ve tasted, but certainly deserving of the bottom spot on this list, Fin…

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