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Humor Break.

5 Feb, 2006 – 11:30

International Geek Song
A geek love song… sort of. (Note: it starts straight… and gets funnier as it goes.) Thanks to Overtaken by Events for the link.

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Humour and diversions | Comments (2)

I knew it was too late to join the dot com boom when the local water delivery guy asked if I wanted to invest in his new internet company. He, and a couple of buddies from Poland Spring, were going to do something online involving water and he was generous enough to offer me a [...]

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Saturday Silliness

12 Nov, 2005 – 09:48

Tinfoil hats attract mind-control signals, boffins learn
Wearing a tinfoil hat to deflect government mind-control radio waves is even more foolish than most people think. According to several (apparent) students from MIT who tested several hat designs, there was “a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Humour and diversions | Comments (1)

Public service announcement.

30 Aug, 2005 – 19:12

If you can’t get to your favorite blog (other than this one, of course), it’s because there is a major DOS attack affecting Hosting Matters (where many blogs are hosted).

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in People who need a good thrashing | Comments (1)

Good for them…

10 Aug, 2005 – 10:45

Microsoft in $7m spam settlement
US software giant Microsoft has won a $7m (£3.9m) court settlement from a businessman considered to be one of the world’s biggest senders of spam e-mail.
Scott Richter agreed to pay the sum after Microsoft filed a lawsuit against his internet firm Opt In Real Big.
Microsoft alleged Opt In Real [...]

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