Archive for August, 2003
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Sunday, August 31st, 2003Here is scientific proof that fish are really out to get us. “Rather than simply being instinct-driven…fish are cunning, manipulative and even cultured.” See, I’m not crazy.
A Parable
Sunday, August 31st, 2003The HMS PrideThe HMS Pride sailed the Sea of Me when she received the call to put in to Submission Harbor. Her captain sailed her around the Life Islands but couldn’t find the entrance to the harbor. During one circuit around the island, a storm arose. It drove the HMS Pride hard. Her captain fought [...]
Gross Fish
Friday, August 29th, 2003Yea, that whole fish thing I’ve been harping on (here and here), well it just turned gross! (via Russ)
Virus Count
Friday, August 29th, 2003In light of SoBig.F and MSBlaster, both of which I had to deal with at work, may I point this out: Mac Viruses By The Numbers – Word Macro: 553, Classic Mac: 26, OS X: Zero. [Cough]. Humm…
Are the Dead Raised?
Saturday, August 23rd, 2003“An elderly Vietnamese man thought to have died in a hospital revived after spending the night in the morgue”, Reuters reports. He came in with chest pains and his heart failed so they declared him dead. His daughter found him alive when she came to claim the body. Everyone knows that no one can come [...]
Computer Error Types
Saturday, August 23rd, 2003A friend of mine told me that he’d had fixed a problem with his computer. He said it was a “eye dee ten tee” problem. I looked confused till he wrote it out for me: ID10T. I’ve had that same problem in the past. That and the multiple problems infliced by a loose nut on [...]
John G. Patton
Saturday, August 23rd, 2003I was talking with a friend today about John Piper’s biographical sketch of John G. Patton. Here’s a little blurb on it: Upon hearing Paton’s intention to go, a Mr Dickson exploded, “The cannibals! You will be eaten by cannibals!” To this Paton responded, “Mr Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own [...]
The Fish
Thursday, August 21st, 2003Yesterday’s fishing story was nothing. It’s getting worse. Remember Hitchcock’s The Birds? Now its The Fish!
iBook Win95
Tuesday, August 19th, 2003I decided to install Windows 95 on my iBook. I know, I know. Windows? Right. And, Windows won’t run on a G3 processor, only Intel! Right again. I had to buy a copy of Virtual PC for my Mac so I can use a piece of Windows 3.1 software that is required for classes next [...]
Fishing Can Kill You!
Tuesday, August 19th, 2003I’ve always enjoyed fishing. I just hate it when I’d get interrupted by actually catching a fish. Well, it turns out that catching one doesn’t only interrupt a quite day at the lake, it can be lethal!
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