Morrie the Toupee Salesman

Some random thoughts (two) seeing the 2003 version of the Hulk vs. The New Hulk (I haven’t actually seen the new movie).
- Eric Bana is a better actor than Edward Norton. That’s going to be front and center once the New Hulk is out.
- The first movie is a monster on rewatch.

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I love the perspective of this reporter:
Burka looked shocked at the answer, saying, “Once e-paper becomes feasible, newsprint will be gone. And the news in newspapers is a great thing to transfer to the Web, so that kind of journalism will never disappear.”
Ingram shrugged and stood by his position. “There’s nothing like opening up […]

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I’ve slagged Mozilla in various places out of frustration with nearly constant crashes. So I’m happy to say that RC1 is rock solid for me - several days now without a crash. Also I discovered a feature I’ve long wanted - not sure how long it has been there - but it’s a pretty cool […]

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An interesting article about aging and the mind in the NYT. The premise of the article is that as we age, what people think of as forgetfullness is actually just an increased retrieval time caused by the presence of more stuff. This seems right to me, as I’ve found as I age that I can […]

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MrBabyMan, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

Just cause, you know. No. 2 on google image search for “MrBabyMan.” And no. 1 is a false positive.

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Interesting tidbit at the bottom of a totally unrelated article:
“Digg left Federated Media last year to accept a very lucrative Microsoft deal that will pay out over $100 million over three years.”

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“One thing Obama and McCain have in common is that they each have a Vice-President problem. In both cases the choice is fraught with peril. Do you go for someone who strengthens your base or extends your appeal? Do you try for balance or amplification? How do you avoid saddling yourself with one ingrate and […]

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Got that far through it (including the first season) before hearing the word “dude.” Brutus, you are so over!

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12/01/2104
At 15:56:41, AsianAvenger wrote:
FreedomFighter69, JudgeDoom, SneakyPete, Jason440953, you’re nothing but a pack of racists. Let the light of righteousness shine upon your squalid little viper’s nest!
At 16:40:17, BigTom44 wrote:
Well, here we frickin’ go.
At 16:58:42, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Racist? For killing Hitler? WTF?
At 17:12:52, SaucyAussie wrote:
AsianAvenger, you’re not rehashing that whole Nagasaki issue again, are you? We just […]

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It’s probably obvious from the last few entries here that I’m attempting to remake myself as a python programmer. It isn’t a terribly hard task, in fact the language in and of itself is quite fun to learn and use. Some not obvious links I’ve found to be of use:
David Goodger’s Style Guide is great. […]

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