Weirdness
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Changing people
- Photo retouching – a nifty tutorial in flash on how one can photoshop people
- A creepy form of surgery for women.
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Links of the moment
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Random thoughts, quotes and links
Quote:
If you want to get even with someone, make sure it’s someone who’s done something nice for you.Thought One:
The more I read about the NSA eavesdropping thing, the more it seems like a colossal data mining operation. Question: Is it actually wiretapping if no one listens (or reads) and communication? Does the fact that someone notes that a call or email takes place constitute an surveillance?
Thought Two:
Am I the only one who thought that the govenrment was doing this already?Links:
- Clinton claimed roughly the same authority to wiretap.
- Bruce Shneier has a lot of history about eavesdropping.
- Wired’s page on domestic data mining projects.
- More PlameGate
- Always Be Cobbling (everyone check this one out, it’s the opening scene from Glengary Glen Ross, but with elves.
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This is cool
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A quick one while uploading
- Make Magazine’s gift guide is pretty cool.
- Sexomnia? A bit ridiculous if you ask me. If it’s “often brought on by alcohol” how it different than intoxication?
- And from the same paper “Man Pleads Guilty In Horse-Sex Case“. The guy in question was videotaping the magic event, when evidently the horse kicked it’s human lover to death (or that was what I drew from the description). There are very strange people in the world, and they seem to find each other with great ease.
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While I’m waiting
As my extraordinarily long SQL statement processes, here are some things I’ve been wanting to blog about
- A very funny morning
- An interesting article on the old (mostly 19th century) practice known as “Catch Wrestling“. It was the original predecessor to today’s pro wrestling, and was real. They mostly worked out of carnivals and consisted of extraordinarily tough men who could take on all comers.
- Bolivia is about to elect a president who promises to legalize coca production. That would be a much needed dose of reality for South America, and help to stop their slide into a continent of gangster states. Sadly he seems to be in the Chavez/Castro/Mussolini mold on everything else, so any gains would probably be wasted. It’s surprising that’s not getting more attention.
- A very good password generator.
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Blogging will continue to be light over the next few days
As work continues to pummel me mercilessly.
In the meantime, take comfort in the fact that Abe Vigoda is alive, and looking out for us all.
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From Cathy the Blogless
I give you “Redneck Dogs”
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Wednesday rapid fire
- Driving with Mr T.
- Poorly written and misleading article in Newsweek about poverty. To quote:
The picture is clearest when you look at the number and fate of the world’s middle- class countries (rather than middle-class individuals, although the story there is not so terrific, either).
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The absolute income levels of the poorest may be creeping up. But with the notable exceptions of India and China and a few others
Why is there no critical thinking anymore?
- Michael Jackson uses ladies room in Dubai
- Woman to marry man who shot her
- More on modded hybrid cars
- Solar power and Sterling Engines make the best chance for meaningful solar power I’ve seen so far.
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Weird stuff
They now have vanilla flavored toothpaste, which I like a good bit. It’s like brushing your teeth with cookies.