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my web history for the past 365 days

Posted in August 19th, 2008

by rog in internet

the dip in november is when i fell on my wrist and didn’t use a computer for the rest of the month.

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Why is the equation editor grayed out in Microsoft Word 2007?

Posted in May 15th, 2008

by rog in help desk

Probably because you are editing a Word 2003 document and in Compatibility Mode. The 2007 equation editor is grayed out when in compatibility mode.
Solution: You either need to convert a 2003 equation (i.e. from Equation Editor 3.0)
or, open a new 2007 document and make the equation in that.
or, save your 2003 document in 2007 mode […]

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Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke

Posted in March 19th, 2008

by rog in arthur c. clarke, childhood's end, clarke, literature, scifi

Clarke’s book, Childhood’s End, has recently been recommended to me. Anybody read it? It certainly looks interesting.

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Ubuntu 7.10 vs. Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron 6000

Posted in March 19th, 2008

by rog in inspiron 6000, ubuntu, windows xp

I did a clean install of Windows XP onto an Inspiron 6000 and then put Ubuntu 7.10 on it as well for a dual boot machine.
It’s kinda sad when the Windows install doesn’t even have a freaking driver for the Ethernet card (not to even mention the wireless card), and the Ubuntu install has drivers […]

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Ashley Youmans, Ashley DiPietro, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, or Nina Vanetta?

Posted in March 13th, 2008

by rog in Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Ashley DiPietro, Ashley Youmans, Eliot Spitzer, Nina Vanetta, ashley dupre, ashley nina veneta, bottega, client 9, drop 2, identity, in his pants, let's ride, little brazil, marketing, mistaken, veneta, venetta

Ashley DiPietro goes by many names, Ashley Alexandra Dupré and Nina Venetta
Take a look at her myspace pics and tell me that it doesn’t look like two different girls?
And are these two Nina Venetta songs, which links back to her myspace page, by the same person?
Why would see give so much info to the New […]

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Knighthood on facebook

Posted in February 26th, 2008

by rog in app, facebook, hive7, knighthood

Apparently that Knighthood app on facebook got deleted as a privacy violation , UPDATE: as ben points out in the 2nd comment below: temporarily turned off because facebook’s “dbs were getting crushed.”

REPORT THIS APPLICATION AS PRIVACY VIOLATION!!!
by Elena at 1:36am

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Cromulent, it’s a perfectly cromulent word.

Posted in February 20th, 2008

by rog in cromulent, dictionary, embiggens, lexicography, simpsons

Webster’s New Millenium Dictionary of English has embiggened itself with this cromulent definition:

Main Entry:
cromulent

Part of Speech:
adj

Definition:
fine, acceptable

Usage:
slang

Webster’s New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7)
Copyright © 2003-2008 Lexico Publishing Group, LLC
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cromulent

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Scrabulous trademarked, showdown with Hasbro next? Magic 8 Ball says “Reply hazy, try again”

Posted in February 11th, 2008

by rog in facebook, ip, scrabble, scrabulous, trademarks

Many of you may have heard of the Facebook application called Scrabulous. The board and the rules are clearly a trademark violation of Hasbro’s U.S. rights and Mattel’s worldwide rights.
However, Scrabulous was trademarked last year by an Australian company entitled Imagination Holdings, which must have cut some sort of deal with the Agarwalla brothers. (Btw, […]

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a couple awesome limericks

Posted in February 7th, 2008

by rog in limerick, poem

If you catch a Chinchilla in Chile
And cut off its beard, willy-nilly
You can honestly say
That you have just made
A Chilean Chinchilla’s chin chilly
A preoccupied vegan named Hugh
picked up the wrong sandwich to chew.
He took a big bite
before spitting, in fright,
“OMG, WTF, BBQ!”
Find more at the Limerick DB

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