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Babylon 5 Returns (11/14/2006 11:37 am)
Filed under: Entertainment

Warner Home Video announced they've begun production on a direct-to-DVD release of Babylon 5.

I loved Babylon 5, and I'm really happy to see news that some new stories will be making it my way some day.

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Most expensive mail-in ballot (11/10/2006 5:35 pm)
Filed under: News

There have been a lot of stories around here of mail-in ballot oddities, but I think this story from Florida has to trump them. Someone sent in a ballot with an exceptional rare stamp on it. Since the ballot is unsigned, we may never know the story behind it, but I'd love to know why they did they either used a rare stamp, or went to the trouble to forge one.

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The Trojan Xbox (11/6/2006 6:37 pm)
Filed under: Entertainment, Gaming

Speaking of TV, after some rumors around this, it's officially been announced that you'll be able to watch TV shows on your Xbox 360.

While I'm not super excited about the initial line-up of shows, this is a very cool development. It'll be my first foray into video on demand type service, though I'm not super excited about trying to stuff all of this onto the Xbox 360's smallish hard drive. The press release above mentions a few movies will be making their way onto this service. If they actually release on or near the DVD release window, Netflix might be in for some serious competition.

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Comcast and Online Video (11/6/2006 4:29 pm)
Filed under: Entertainment

I suppose it was inevitable with the evolution of TV, but Comcast is launching a video web site like YouTube. The twist? Videos on this site might end up on an on demand service.

That reminds me, I haven't bothered to check out "Current TV" in a while. I wonder if they've managed to get more than a sliver of any viewer ship.

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Meet Boo and Eek (10/31/2006 12:28 pm)
Filed under: Personal

This year my attempt at a Halloween pumpkin failed miserably, so you'll have to contend yourself with our attempt at Halloween themed cookies.

Perhaps the funnies part of this is that we actually managed to create cookies that look more appetizing and visually appealing than the sample cookies they had on the box art. You'll just have to believe me on this.

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Deep Fried Coke (10/27/2006 11:36 am)
Filed under: News

Whenever I'm with a group of people and we end up talking about bizarre fried foods, I tend to always make the joke that one should deep-fry a can of Coke.

Well, it seems like someone has finally managed to basically do this. My hat is off to Abel Gonzales, who created a deep fried Coke for the Texas State Fair. Now I need to come up with a more ludicrous food to joke about.

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New Neighbors Coming (10/21/2006 4:23 pm)
Filed under: Home

The house across the street from us appears to have finally sold. After a month of having a sign out front but no potential buyers coming by, the sign is now gone. If you asked me how owning a new home was going, this was the house I'd likely complain about the occupants of, till they moved away.

I can only hope the home owners don't use the home to run a small car-repair shop and decide that two in the morning is a good time to begin construction on a car-shed for their new limo. In other words, I just hope these neighbors aren't worse than the most inconsiderate neighbors ever.

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Tanga of the day (10/16/2006 12:07 pm)
Filed under: Computers

If you like Woot, then you might want to check out Tanga. It's a similar website, offering a deal of the day.

It's clearly superior to Woot since they launch the daily deals three hours earlier. Otherwise, Tanga feels like a clone of Woot. Time will tell if they have any worthwhile deals.

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Internet Gambling Illegal (10/13/2006 11:06 am)
Filed under: News

Bush today signed a bill on port security, with a rider effectively making gambling online in the states illegal.

I feel so much safer now that the moral fabric of country is safe from gambling online. I also feel safe that the evil doers of the world can no longer funnel money through online gambling. Pick your excuse, I've heard both used as reasons for this bill.

I'm off to go buy a government sanctioned lottery ticket and have a government sanctioned amount of fun.

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Useless health warnings (10/9/2006 6:33 pm)
Filed under: Health

I have a cold. I know, exciting, right?

Well, as part of this cold, I have a sore throat. I normally don't really care so much about such things, but the medication I'm on now has a specific warning: "If you develop a sore throat, call your doctor immediately".

Ok, trying not to worry, I call my doctor. After a bit of back and forth, where they determined over the phone, I likely have a cold, I've determined something: I need to stop worrying so much about all the nasty warnings on my medications; it seems no one else does.

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