Friday, August 26, 2005

Absolutely No Comic Book Content Random Thoughts

New Scam Alert: Scammers claim you didn't report for jury duty and then get personal details to "clear" you. They then take the personal details and steal your identity. Don't fall for it.

How to become an early riser. Via Augie.

Want to read Pepys Diary on a day-by-day basis? Just get yourself an RSS reader and read along daily. I really like these feeds that give you literary information in the original journal format...

Here's a cool story about how people in Seattle support the troops.

Pastafarians will note that Talk Like A Pirate Day is Sep 19th. Put it on your calendar now. And take a look... the most holy day of Pastafarians, Marco Polo's birthday is Sep 15th. That makes Sep 15-19 "Holy Pasta Week". I intend to indulge.

Michael Schaub warns us about the so-called "Patriot Act" and its chilling effect on libraries. I think the signs for libraries are a good thing to have around.

Some Henchman linking... including to this really odd music video of 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight'.

Unlike American corporations, who panic and try to fine users... The BBC Views Content Piracy As Wake-Up Call and tries to provide video via computers to their fans. Now that's an intelligent reaction.

There are some pictures of The Wellhouse in our backyard over on Gjoblaag, along with the story of how it came to be opened after we've lived here for five years without ever getting into it. I doubt this will be of interest to most of my readers, but some of you might find it mildly amusing.

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