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    Shades of Cryptonomicon

    “HavenCo Limited is exploiting a unique opportunity to set up the world’s first real data haven. The initial showcase datacenter is the Principality of Sealand, the world’s smallest sovereign territory.…

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    Times change…

    From August, 1981: The story behind this ad can be found here. And as for the present day: Nihau, Lenovo.

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    Losers, one and all

    Now I got these losers posting spam for free iPods on my blog by hand. SarahAnderson@yahoo.com, you are a simple bitch. UPDATE: My blacklist let out a foul belch when…

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    Rules is rules…

    From the Bangkok Post: An ancient Thai marriage rite in which wives prostrate before their husbands should be revived to bring back the disappearing happy family, Social Development and Human…

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    Feel Good, Inc.

    The Gorillaz, live at the MTV Europe Music awards: LINK Plus, a background article on how it was done. (via mofi)

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    Symptoms of the BIRD FLU…

    The Center for Disease Control has released a list of symptoms of bird flu. If you experience any of the following, please seek medical treatment immediately: 1. High fever 2.…

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    Ghosn Away

    So Nissan is moving corporate headquarters from California to Tennessee. Hmm. While “more timely information sharing” with production facilities may be important, I wouldn’t be so quick to leave your…

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    Dem Bones

    A character study of 22 present and past cartoon characters This is just awesome, but what I really want to see is a full edition of TMNT done in skeletons.…

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    Shinbashi

    This has been around for quite a while, but is still one of my all-time favorite Japanese flash animations: SHINBASHI And this one is sort of a punk tribute to…

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    Drop It Like a FOB

    If you have a lot of chest hair, Show it like a FOB, Immigration coming to get you, Marry like a FOB, Anoop Dogg – Drop It Like a FOB…

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    Hardboiled Mexicana

    In other news, it appears that Mexican criminales are watching too much Tarantino: “When the police arrived they took the helmet off the corpse, believing at first that he had…