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Sep 05

China clamps down on Internet speech

China clamps down on Internet speech. “”The state bans the spreading of any news with content that is against national security and public interest,” the official Xinhua news agency said in announcing the new rules, which took effect immediately.” The age old cycle of repression continues.

Nokia 3250 Smartphone Introduces Nokia XpressMusic “Nokia is introducing a new Series 60 smartphone, the Nokia 3250. The device comes with a design that allows changing the traditional phone keypad into dedicated music keys.” Much better than the lame-o Motorola Rockr.


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Sep 05

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Good finance blog. Neville’s Financial Blog. This is a kid I can relate to.

Arabic and Islamic themes in Frank Herbert’s “Dune”

Fiona Apple reemerges from a six year hiatus. I might buy / download her new album. I liked the leaked tracks I heard.

Singer D’Angelo seriously injured in car crash.


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Sep 05

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face transplants: “Your face will be removed and replaced with one donated from a cadaver, matched for tissue type, age, s.ex and skin color. Surgery should last 8 to 10 hours; the hospital stay, 10 to 14 days.”


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Sep 05

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First their were inflatable mattresses. Now there are inflatable pubs, and infla.table churches.


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Sep 05

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Conan as a raver. Animation.


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Sep 05

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Adam of Eternia (better known as He-Man) performs 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s going on”. Excellent. It reminds me of the G.I. Joe PSA’s.


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Sep 05

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Oblivious Australian man builds up 40,000 volts of static electricity as his clothes rub together, leaving a path of melted carpet in his wake.


16
Sep 05

Chavez: U.S. Plans to Invade Venezuela

Chavez: U.S. Plans to Invade Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country. Chavez, interviewed on ABC’s “Nightline,” said the plan is called “Balboa” and involves aircraft carriers and planes.


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Sep 05

Mice Infected With Bubonic Plague Missing

Mice Infected With Bubonic Plague Missing. According to the article, no biggie.


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Sep 05

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TOMMY WESTPHALL’S MIND – A MULTIVERSE EXPLORED: “If “St Elsewhere” exists only within Tommy Westphall’s mind, then so does every other series set within the same fictional sphere.”