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Snippets » February 2006

weird shell commands → touch; unzip; strip; touch; gasp; finger; gasp; mount; fsck; more; yes; fsck; gasp; eject; #
twins: one is dark skinned and the other fair skinned → 1 chance in a million #
geeks in a bubble bath → dear lord. check out the wine chug #
cavemen were gentlemen → because they both preferred blondes! wheee #
A buzzword compliant blogging engine → small, simple and buzzword compliant. the holy grail ?! #
figure skating - where falling gets you big points → and doing simple things well, not quite so much #
it’s all in your head → although some of those are pretty racy #
Google search history appears as RSS → only usable with a cookie aware reader or Firefox livemarks #
Google Finance about to launch? → is this like .. the 3rd product this week? Jeebus. #
urban cougar = the new MILF → everything else in that article is .. uh.. not funny #
Googlebot becomes CSS and JavaScript aware? → woo. full browser functionality crawlers. bring it on #
love me, love my dog → looking like the dog is optional, however #
pages.google.com - the new Geocities → is there anything Google won’t get into? anything at all ? #
not much evidence of this in York, yet → we can always hope it doesn’t come to this! #
The hit song on your date of birth → whee! I actually know the song that was No 1 when I was born #
Japanese wives are amassing a secret fortune → and their husbands know nothing of it #
how raven! → bring them indoors or the birds get it #
Yahoo! filters some words and prevents their use in screen names! → and the filter doesn’t work properly! *gasp* #
Google Robots - coming to somewhere near you → in 24 years #
What should I read next? → Stumble-upon for books #
the next jihad will be in Australia → our friendly diplomat and allround good guy, John Howard, puts his foot in it. Again. #
The Simpsonmaker! (requires flash) → make your own Simpsons portrait #
Some things you should know about chocolate → belgian stuff is really made from inferior cocoa beans #
mathematical proofs are now impossible to check → complex proofs cannot be accurately checked for validity, even with years of work #
a restaurant full of wangs! → suck it, good diner #
Brokeback Mountain shopping list → oh dear #
no sleep ? no problem → get a job as a shepherd #
teflon is the next asbestos → cast iron skillets all the way! #
sleeping on a tough decision is still best → to post or not to post… Zzzz #
The economics of prostitution → too good to pass up #
Cartoon Trifecta complete! → Norway apologizes for cartoons #
pencils are the new viagra → pencil sharpeners are an optional accessory and must be purchased separately #
Cartoon Trifecta 2: Israeli group organizes anti-semitic cartoon contest → because they’ll get all the stereotypes right #
Cartoon Trifecta 1: Italian minister offers free tshirts to anyone who wants it → the downside: they have “those cartoons” emblazoned on them #
Michael Jordan under a microscope → “in love with risk” #
obligatory mushy Valentine’s Day piece → a day late, a dollar short #
Maria Sharapova switches to swimming → or … swimsuits. RAWR! #
spare the cycles, kill the coder → conversely, require a processor upgrade for each software upgrade #
The Language Log on Dan Brown’s writing ability → the Dan Brown code - even if he sucks, say he’s great #
the apocalypse is near - ESR on Sex Tips For Geeks → umm, maybe not safe for work #
something rotten outside the state of Denmark → you knew it was coming #
low fat, high fat - it’s not going to make a difference to the fat lady → when she wants to sing, she’ll sing #
website defacement gets a new excuse → omg jihad! #
the flags burnt at rallies have to come from somewhere → isn’t capitalism and the free market grand? #
Oh dear. I think most fantasy novels today fail it → everything is a rip off of LotR. Everything! #
Food at the NoName Cafe - Googleville → er.. dayum! #
email: the next social engineering target → umm.. mass mailing worms need not apply. #
The Nyxem virus → check out the “top” Nyxem nations… and laugh #
use a GSM phone to stalk someone → I know what you did last summer etc #
The most negative countries → Hints of a surprise in there #
your underwear says a lot about what you want → according to the Sun, so err.. sackfuls of salt required #
threaten 1, intimidate a million → lies, damned lies and statistics #
100 best opening lines from novels → Call me Ishmael! #
that’s all a load of bullshizzle! → declare war on misplaced apostrophes #
why reboot? → a tool for examining pre and post reboot changes in Windows #

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