Month: February 2004
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The Ultimate 80’s Quiz. That’s actually a really well-done quiz! (Aside from a few spelling mistakes, anyway.) It starts really easy but gets a lot harder. I scored 72 out of 100, which puts me at the “Brat Packian” rank. Sweet.
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The Good: Another article in the Australian media about TiVo!The Bad: They doubt it’ll ever be available here.The Ugly: The cost of importing one and hacking it to work Down Under.
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Adventures in Food PreparationAs you can see from the photos below, the Snook and I have been makin’ pickles. Specifically, we’re making sun dills. My mom used to make them when I was a kid and I loved them, so a few months ago we planted cucumber seeds in the garden. As with everything else…
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Are any of you English folks in listening range of BBC Radio Suffolk? They contacted me about doing an interview about my Roald Dahl site, which they want to feature as their “site of the day”. The piece airs at 3:45 pm each afternoon but I don’t know the day yet (as I haven’t yet…
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Who the hell are Aphrodite Marketing? My Yahoo account has been relatively quiet spam-wise lately (with most offenders being sent straight to the Bulk Mail folder) but these jerks have suddenly exploded into my Inbox in a big way. They seem to specialize in HTML emails where the actual spam pitch is contained in a…
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This waiting-for-my-residency thing is a little nerve-wracking. I was reading this article on mail-order brides today (more on that in a minute) and was surprised to see that only 191 Australian spouse visas were granted to Russian women last year. That places them fifth on the country list and the US is ranked even lower.…
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25 degrees!Drink Pepsi? Want to maximise the number of free iTunes songs you win? Check this out. It’s hardly a novel concept, but I probably wouldn’t have thought of it. (Not that it matters, given that we still can’t even buy iTunes songs in Australia, much less win free ones with our sugar water.)
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The Herald has a nice interview with Ani Difranco (though it includes a not-too-favourable review of her latest album). She’s in town for a couple concerts. I’ve seen her in London and the US and I wouldn’t mind seeing her here, but I can’t find anybody who wants to go with me! (The Snook jokingly…
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The Onion A.V. Club is currently running an interview with Arthur C. Clarke, author of Max‘s favorite movie.
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I was happy to read this article from The Age about new birth control options for women that lessen or stop menstruation. Finally scientists are starting to realize that most women would be happier not having a period. I’ve been on Depo Provera for over two years now and it’s the Best. Thing. Ever. It’s…