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Posted
26 March 2008 @ 8pm

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Misc

Motoparrot

This picture is presently on the reddit front page under the byline, “The Coolest Guy Ever.” Some people in the comments thread are skeptical that such a person (and his parrot) could really exist, but I see him and the macaw pretty regularly as they drive around Tucson.


Posted
17 March 2008 @ 10pm

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Misc

BigDog

I’m pretty sure I last saw one of these while playing Half-Life 2, but now it appears to be walking around New England somewhere. Just look at how it reacts about 40” in when the guy gives it a kick.


Posted
17 March 2008 @ 9am

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IT, Misc

No Deletion for You

Further administrative processing has resulted in your previous identification being reidentified:

You have been identified as having received an erroneous account deletion notification message. The problem that caused you to receive that message has been resolved and your account has been removed from the list of accounts that are scheduled to be deleted on 4/07/2008. […]


Posted
17 March 2008 @ 5am

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IT, Misc

It was nice while it lasted

In my Inbox this morning, a message sent at 1:05am:

  • Important Notice Concerning Your UA Email/Computer Accounts*

Our records indicate that you may no longer be associated with the University of Arizona as a student or employee. Therefore, your UA Email, Computer Accounts, and/or Super computer account hosted by UITS is scheduled for deletion on […]


Posted
15 March 2008 @ 7pm

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Misc

A Primer on Irish Culture

This should be enough to get you through the next couple of days.


Posted
10 March 2008 @ 9pm

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Misc

In the EEA, Tactical Nuclear Weapons Were Highly Fitness-Enhancing

For those of you who keep track of Satoshi Kanazawa—evolutionary psychologist, co-author of Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters, and the Fenimore Cooper of Sociobiology—is now blogging at Psychology Today Magazine. Let’s turn the mike over to him:

Both World War I and World War II lasted for four years. We fought vast empires with organized […]


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