tech schmeck

I noticed on the twitter feed today that noted ex-con and bad ass, G. Gordon Liddy posted something interesting. The whole idea is that One Trillion seconds have NOT past since the beginning of western society (which is true if you care to do the math). Obviously, this is a vehicle to lambast the recent bailouts (though probably not the trillion dollar WAR). Rush Limbaugh used to do something similar when referring to one billion dollars as One-Thousand Million dollars. Regardless of the politics, I think it is worthwhile to consider the scale of such numbers that seem so large

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last wednesday, some “computer genius” hacked into the traffic warning signs in austin, tx and had some fun.

what’s really funny about this to me is how much the wetodd (sound it out) in charge of these signs has his panties in a bunch. clearly, this act of domestic terrorism was carried out by my cousin’s kid, who spends the majority of his time playing call of duty: world at war. ok, not really. but it’s obvious that whoever did do it plays the game, and has a

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i was held hostage by a dog today. (sorry james) he’s really an awesome dog, just a little dominant at times when his non-owner is letting him go potty and such. and he may possibly be deadly. i must disclaim, however, that no blood was drawn. he’s just really scary sometimes when he gets all happy and shit. if he hadn’t scared the pee out of me, i would have taken an awesome pic to post on here. but, he scared the pee out of me. no pic. sorry.

however, i googled scary dogs, and he kinda looked like this.

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i’ve recently joined and started actively posting on twitter. i gotta admit, it’s taken me a while to grasp just what twitter offers me that other networking sites like facebook or myspace don’t. the biggest thing, at least that i can see this far, is the ability to connect and “listen” to the thoughts and opinions of others, without having to actively look them up myself. i’ve also found that twitter affords a quick and simple way to share news and articles with others, as they

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