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October 29, 2004

Gothamist: Chinatown Car Crash Chaos

Filed under: Transportation — anton @ 4:05 pm


Gothamist: Chinatown Car Crash Chaos

Yikes, sounds like a horribly bad day.

A Toyota RAV4 SUV apparently hit a curb, blew a tire, and hurtled into a crowd hitting mourners at a funeral and a pregnant woman;

Main Page - Unofficial TransGaming wiki

Filed under: Games, Linux — anton @ 11:03 am


Main Page - Unofficial TransGaming wiki

Handy resource for anyone trying to get Win games running on Linux.

Welcome to the Unofficial TransGaming Wiki.

This wiki is mainly meant as a games database to see what runs with what version of WineX or Cedega. It also features an FAQ that will hopefully answer a lot of the game-related questions that haunt us every day in the Cedega-irc-channel.

Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

Filed under: Politics — anton @ 10:48 am


Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004

Easy way to keep track of the latest polls.

Another bumper crop of polls, 36 of them in 17 states to be exact. And as usual, the bottom line is that it is still a statistical tie. In the Zogby tracking polls, Bush has taken a 2% lead in Michigan, although in Rasmussen’s tracking poll, Kerry has a 2% lead. Research 2000 give Kerry a 4% lead there. Since Zogby’s poll is 4 days ending yesterday, Rasmussen’s poll is 7 days ending yesterday, and Research 2000’s poll is 3 days ending Wednesday, Zogby has the most recent middle date and goes in the spreadsheet.

7-11 worker’s baby tips the scales at…7-11

Filed under: General — anton @ 10:16 am

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5054331.html
7-11 worker’s baby tips the scales at…7-11

Saginaw-based Garb-Ko pays the $711 bonus to any employee giving birth to a 7-pound, 11-ounce baby. It operates 90 stores in Michigan, nine in Indiana and eight in Ohio.

PhotographyBLOG -:- Home

Filed under: General — anton @ 9:21 am


PhotographyBLOG -:- Home

At £399 for 20GB it’s a bit pricey, but still cool. How long until someone hacks a full linux distro on here?

The iriver PMP series offers a striking design, 3.5″ colour screen, a Linux-based operating system and support for all standard video and audio formats.

The recommended retail price is £399 the 20 GB iriver PMP120 and £449 for the 40 GB model.

Yahoo! News - Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store

Filed under: Politics — anton @ 9:16 am


Yahoo! News - Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store

DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is now also responsible for protecting patents? I can’t begin to express how many ways this scares me.

“One of the things that our agency’s responsible for doing is protecting the integrity of the economy and our nation’s financial systems and obviously trademark infringement does have significant economic implications,” she said.

Never Forget: Internets Vets for Truth

Filed under: Politics — anton @ 9:09 am


Never Forget: Internets Vets for Truth

Some interesting videos, watch a few, decide, and above all, go VOTE on Tuesday.
Michiganders who don’t know where to vote can goto http://www.sospublius.org/ other states have similar sites, use google.

[Update] Go here to find your polling place!
http://www.mypollingplace.com/find.php

Our goal is to present you with these clips to help you make an informed choice next Tuesday.

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