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Cat Stevens, known as Yusuf Islam since he became a muslim in the 70’s, is apparently on the U.S. Homeland Security Watch List. A flight to Washington on which he was a passenger was diverted to Maine and he is now set to be deported, due to activites allegedly linking him to terrorism.
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“Someone has put tooth-marks into one of the keys, probably by chewing on it.” If you’re not sure why this auction is so funny, perhaps you missed this.
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Some dude from Ottawa has invented a nose-operated mouse, called a “Nouse.” The Register had this to say: For 3D orientation, two webcams track the user’s snout and cunning software works out the distance from the PC, blah blah blah. Excuse our sudden loss of interest in the scientific background to this earth-shattering innovation, but…
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Got a Gmail account yet? Want one? I’ve got a stack to give away, so if you’ve been wanting to see what the fuss is all about, lemme know…
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Mozilla Firefox has turned 1.0 today! Technically, this is a Preview Release, but it’s a huge step forward for the browser. Check it out.
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After a few recent dog attacks in Ontario, there has been much discussion lately about banning pit bulls in the province. I think we’re ignoring the bigger problem here: dogs with guns are way more dangerous.
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I’m not able to vote in the coming presidential election, being a Canadian and all, but here’s some incentive for you American readers out there: Jim and James of Hot or Not fame are giving away $100,000 to someone who registers to vote through their site. The right to vote is one of the most…
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Burning Man was this weekend. Unable to attend this year, Petr (my travel partner from previous years), myself and a handful of friends went to a cottage Sunday night and burned a lot of stuff. And yeah, and we drank a lot too. I took tons of pictures and will post them soon, but for…
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Google’s Gmail rocks – I’ve been using it pretty much full time for the last few months – I hadn’t intended on making it my primary email account when I signed up, but it’s just so damn good. Someday soon I’ll be writing a post about its achievements and what in means in the scope…
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Want a copy of WinXP SP2 on CD? Just fill out this form and they’ll ship a copy anywhere in the world for free. Great for you low-bandwidth types. Of course, there are a few things you may want to consider before making the upgrade.