Category: Posts
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Fall has arrived. It is The Dude’s favorite time of year- the crisp, clear air, the crunch of fallen leaves, the smell of wood burning in a fireplace. Of course, we pay a price for having 4 actual seasons here, and that price involves hot and humid summers some years, and bitter cold winters in…
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The Dude is back after a long hiatus, he’s been travelling the world making ‘Ye Olde Informatik Oxtrail’ a safer place from brigands and highway, er, oxtrailmen. A couple quickies: how many of you (show of hands) have thought about becoming a martial arts master once in your life? Maybe it is just a guy…
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The Dude debated long and hard about what he wanted to do, if anything, for this week’s entry, especially now that everyone and their grandmother has some sort of special or docudrama (mockumentary?) making the rounds. At the end of the day, something had to be said. It’s now been half of a decade (World…
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For those who enjoy waiting in line for flights as much as The Dude does, Privacy International has announced the 2006 Stupid Security Awards. Past winners include Delta Terminal at JFK Airport for forcing a nursing mother to drink her own breast milk in order to prove it was what she said it was, and…
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Attila is on the floor playing with toys, Deogee is at my feet, and the AKO is off doing some work related tasks. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and it is a three day weekend for The Dude. Good times. The Dude was slogging along ‘Ye Olde Informatik Oxtrail’ last night, and…
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Just a quick post– a little more action today in the NSA lawsuit, slowly working it’s way up to SCOTUS. The EFF lawsuit is still moving along as well… very interesting stuff. No Quatloos this time, since it’s an out of schedule post– the title is from the ‘song’ “Tae Kwon Leap” by the Frantics.…
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Atilla and the AKO are quietly sleeping, Deogee is watching squirrels frolic in the freshly mowed grass, and The Dude is finally able to spend a little time here with his loyal readers. First off, we here at Casa del The Dude are very excited about the preview for the newest version of Apple’s OS…
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Ran across this– if you’ve ever read any of H.P. Lovecraft’s work, you’ll get the joke: Subj: Delta Green: How to Survive in a Lovecraft Story date: 98-04-27 13:29:22 EDT From: oaktree@nocturne.org (Chris Womack) Sender: owner-deltagreen@nocturne.org Reply-to: deltagreen@nocturne.org (Delta Green List) To: deltagreen@nocturne.org I wrote this a while back, and while I originally had Lovecraft’s…
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The Dude was browsing some science sites, and found a site which illustrates the sizes of some stars and planets. After a little additional reading, it may not be strictly correct (ie. the exact size of some of the stars evidently in a bit of doubt) and so the order may need to change a…
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For those who enjoy reading web comics online— the newest additions to the daily list are Girl Genius and Dork Tower. Silly Fun Fact: both artists used to illustrate Dragon Magazine. The Dude is trying to come up with a new extended rant for your reading pleasure, but time has conspired against him. Watch this…