Monthly Archives: April 2006

The code of the DaVinci Code court ruling

Someone is part of an amazing marketing campaign or is being witty. The presiding judge on the recent DaVinci Code plagarism case has embedded a code into the ruling. Personally I find the judge a smartass on all counts. NYTimes … Continue reading

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Back in the USA

Canada was a surprise. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was not only beautiful; I also found some of the people I met to be the most wonderful combination of witty and earthy. I can’t figure out if … Continue reading

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Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006

I’m not quite sure who Paul Robertson is but he’s put together a great animation. PBCBSF2k6 is the Kill Bill of 2d side scrolling beat-em-ups like Double Dragon or more recently Alien Hominid. It’s a video, not a game, but … Continue reading

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And we’re back!

Sorry about the unexpected downtime over the last two days. Turns out my brother’s website doesn’t play well with others on the shared server we used to be on. They sent a nice email thie weekend saying how sorry they … Continue reading

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Silentbob’s Shadow

Part of the appeal of Kevin Smith is his willingness to let people see his life from the inside. He’s a good storyteller and I understand his speaking engagements are something to hear. Now he’s posted on his blog in … Continue reading

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Terrorist Travel Adisory

Sometimes people take advantage of a crisis situation in order to change the status quo but it doesn’t really have anything at all to do with the crisis. Case in point: what possible terrorist defeating tactic is showing your driver’s … Continue reading

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Boss of Bosses used “kindergarten crypto”

Discovery news is reporting that the recently captured capo di tutti capi, Bernardo Provenzano, used small paper messages to communicate with his organization called “pizzini”. He encrypted (and I use the term very losely) all the names in the pizzini … Continue reading

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When Law Professors Collide: Transparency in Government

Daniel Solove has taken Harvard law professor William Stuntz to task in a rebuttal essay for his article in the New Republic titled: Against Privacy and Transparency. If you have interests in the extent of government surveillance and usage of … Continue reading

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Not-So-Secret Secrets from Our Trainer

I’ve been hearing rumblings about folks starting up new workout routines of late and decided I should weigh in. (See the nifty pun here?)

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WWII RTS chat transcript

Yeah it’s old, but still damn funny. What if World War II was played out in a game of Command and Conquer? Might look a little like this.

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