lolcats

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One day, cultural historians will write volumes about the emergence of captioned cat pictures–or “lolcats” as they are known in the vernacular–and deconstruct at length their significance, especially with respect to the gentrification of leet-speak, and muse upon their sublime…

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Render Unto Caesar

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D and I did our income taxes today, and it turns out we owe Uncle Sam about a third less than we thought we were going to. Woo hoo! The bad news is, because we paid so much tax for…

Oh, so NOW you want Linux?

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Blogged today on CNET: “According to Novell ads, Linux is a cute girl who needs a haircut.” Novell, which sells machines pre-installed with SUSE Linux, has created their own ads parodying Apple’s brilliant “Mac vs. PC” TV spots. The Novell…

How Buffy Changed My Life

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I just entered Dark Horse Comics’ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer is My Life” essay contest, and I don’t expect to win, because my 215 words aren’t really on-topic. But it’s what I felt at the time, so here’s my entry,…

300

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This is the R-rated, explicit-graphic-content version of the trailer for the movie opening tomorrow, and even more so than the other previews you’ve seen, I have to say: O M G. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28IjXoTP4yg) Cashing in on the hype, History Channel is…

Film Baby

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The people responsible for CD Baby have branched out into video with Film Baby, and I’m happy to see that they haven’t changed their customer service policies. Here’s the confirmation email for my order: You have chosen to risk life…