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Month: January 2004

  • Pay Service Turns CDs Into MP3s

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    Seems my friend Nova is turning into a music listening unproductive guy, according to Wired’s report about a new music service. While I doubt that claim, it is an interesting but expensive serivce… Pay Service Turns CDs Into MP3s Time was that everybody was converting their vinyl into CDs. Now a New York firm will…

  • It’s colder than Mars here!

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    Ok. Tempature outside here in NJ this morning : 7 degrees F. Tempature on Mars: 12 degrees F. So, give me a pressure suit and a down jacket and let me warm up, ok?

  • Damsel in Distress

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    I always hate to hear about times when evil threatens to overwhelm good. But apparently, Aina, a friend of Nova’s, has had her identity taken by comment spammers! So by linking to that page, we help give her back a legit net identity. Take that you spam bastards!

  • Hubble Hobbled by Bush’s Bubble

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    Doug Rushkoff writes well what I’ve been thinking about the “Mission to Moon and Mars” proposed by the President. Hubble Hobbled by Bush’s Bubble …In order to fund Bush’s PR campaign for space – a series of pointless but publicity-rich manned flights to the moon and Mars – NASA will have to abandon the Hubble telescope.…

  • Leaking Heater Cited in Death of 2 in Family

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    There’s no way to stress enough why you need a Carbon Monoxide detector in your home. I knew Martin through his work raising money for Silver Shield. He was a good man, and I can only pray for his wife and child. Leaking Heater Cited in Death of 2 in Family Two members of a…