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01:02:03, 04/05/06

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Did you miss the momentous occasion? Last night in the US, at one hour, two minutes and three seconds past midnight, was the only time in this century that the clock said 01:02:03, 04/05/06. Wow. And I slept through the whole thing. Maybe a country was destroyed or something…
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Tags: news · offbeat

Police probes and hasty cover-ups

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

No, I’m not talking about Tom DeLay or Jack Abramoff. I’m talking about “wardrobe malfunctions” that took place during Bombay Fashion Week. It seems one model Carol Gracias’ top slipped off exposing her breasts and another model’s zipper split, leaving her bare butt exposed. There was an immediate police inquiry and much to everyone’s relief [...]

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Tags: bombay · humor · india · news · offbeat

Bridging the Mac-PC Divide

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

First Apple started putting Intel processors into Macs. Now, it seems they’ve launched software to run Windows XP on the Intel-based Macs. That’s a leap. Here’s a website which outlines the whole Mac vs. Windows debate.
I always thought that the Windows GUI came out of the Mac OS, which was always GUI-based with the desktop [...]

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T-Mobile’s Personal Coverage Check

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

T-Mobile offers you the chance to check the kind of signal coverage you can get where you live or where you’re going to vacation or whatever. Pretty neat tool. Someone on the Pogue’s Posts section of NYT had this interesting story:
Most people immediately check for coverage strength at their home, their work, friends and family [...]

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Tags: me · news · offbeat · rant

30 Years of Apple Products

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Wired News gives us a history of Apple products over the last 30 years. Interesting. We’ve come a long way in a relatively short period of time…
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The Romantic Fools at Google

April 5th, 2006 · No Comments

This was funny and I can only assume was an April Fool’s joke. The Press Release is dated April 1. And the idea of “Contextual Dating”…well…you be the judge…
6. What is Contextual Dating?
It’s a free date plus the added accrued value of the past decade’s worth of post-Industrial Age online marketing genius, all tied into [...]

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