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    One Question: Why Blogspot?

    Are you shitting me? Is this really Quentin Tarantino’s blog? QT’s Diary I want proof… Maybe it will be forthcoming when the future releases he mentions start coming out, but…

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    Alexander Yuvchenko

    New Scientist has put up an amazing interview with a man who survived the Chernobyl disaster, despite being at ground zero: Cheating Chernobyl His description of the reactor room is…

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    Since you asked… (Japan Blogs)

    If you are interested in finding more blogs with Japan-related content, be sure to stop by the JapanBloggers Webring and browse the members list. You’re more than welcome to join…

  • Exploits

    Why I Love Beer

    It removes inhibitions. I met this girl ten seconds ago. Bill (on the left) may have met her before, but how the hell do I know. She came in after…

  • Gaming

    CS: Source Beta

    CS: Source is out! Counter-Strike on the HL2 engine! So far, only a fraction of the players are actually playing seriously, almost everyone is experimenting with the new physics enabled…

  • Site News

    Summer Break

    I’m on break all this week and am taking the time to work on my late afternoon inverted snoring technique. Blogging will resume soon – see ya then!

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    Free Games!

    A long list of games that can be downloaded for free over at the anandtech forums: CLICK ME HARD, BABY A lot of these are older commercial games that the…

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    Mulder, is that you?

    This one’s for Michiko, who works at a patent office in Osaka: Lawyers Unearth Early Patents (registration required; get login and password at BugMeNot) Two patent history nerds found the…

  • Society & Culture

    Sobering Account

    Lest anyone forget, we are at war: One Enemy K.I.A. It’s easy to forget the bigger picture when you get caught up in the bullshit pushed by mass media. Regarding…

  • Exploits

    Brute Strength

    This article at Slate caught my eye today: One Giant Lift for Mankind: The race for the 1,000-pound bench press. When I trained for football and wrestling in high school,…

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    Weblog Tools

    For some time now I’ve received questions from a few of you about blogging software/platforms. I tried my best to reply semi-coherently, but… Unfortunately, I am almost always busy or…