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All the articles I've posted.
RIAA gets even more asinine
While suing a guy for illegal downloads, they also are trying to push that the CD's he owns and ripped to MP3 for personal use are also illegal: In legal documents in its federal case against a Scotts…
Mild santa ana winds
It is a little counterintuitive to open the windows in order to warm the house up, but strange are the ways of living in a 100 year old house with no heat. It was very cool last night (not far from fr…
Pentecostals in Latin America
The CS Monitor has a great 3 part series on the explosive growth of the Pentecostal movement in Latin America . The first two parts, dealing mostly with Guatemala and Brazil are posted and have been q…
The city of my birth
(part of my notes from a few weeks ago) For my flight out of Williams Lake there is the same number of airport security people as there are passengers. Bored out of their minds, they took the opportun…
Bailouts
This makes my blood boil: Bush to outline 5-year rate freeze plan "...sources, who are familiar with details of the trade group's pitch, said the plan envisions covering subprime loans taken out betwe…
Sea & Sea DX-1G review (aka Ricoh GX100)
Since the death of my Fuji F810, I've been looking at a way to get some decent underwater photos. Kitting out my Canon 350D/Rebel for underwater use would cost a huge stack of cash - $1200 for a housi…
Scuba diving with sea lions on Islas Coronado
Photos of Scuba diving Islas Coronado, Baja I had a great time scuba diving at the Lobster Shack on Islas Coronado on Saturday. The Coronado Islands are a group of four islands in the municipality of …
Untergunther cleared over charges from fixing the Panthéon's clock
The Guardian has good news on the fascinating Untergunther group in Paris : Four members of an underground "cultural guerrilla" movement known as the Untergunther, whose purpose is to restore France's…
More Baja links
- The string of events the past few weeks in Baja seems to have attracted a lot of country wide attention . - News bits like this don't seem to help the situation: Kidnapped Spanish tourist found blin…
A small glimse at your future and past
Wired has a great story about $1000 genetic tests: Reading your genomic profile — learning your predispositions for various diseases, odd traits, and a talent or two — is something like going to a pha…