August 2003 archives

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August 31, 2003 by Sciri

The band next door was just 0wn3d.

We have a garage band next door. They practice 8 hours a day. They’re not that bad but the singer sucks. The singer was attempting some new song that requires constant yelling into the microphone instead of singing. Apparently, someone complained because the police just showed up, screamed at the guys through their window for [...]

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August 30, 2003 by Sciri

So where are the edible undies?

A few weeks ago I started seeing commercials for the Playtex Thank Goodness it Fits line of bras. My initial reaction to the ad campaign was that of the typical caveman…boobies. Now, a few weeks later, I’ve noticed that the ads are being almost politically correct. Instead of A and a half it’s almost B. [...]

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August 29, 2003 by Sciri

We have a floor!

With the exception of the quarter round trim and a few touchups in the paint, the hedgehog room is ready to start housing inhabitants! Brian helped out with the linoleum and we managed to trim the whole floor without a template because the roll was pre-cut to size. Creative use of trim and thresholds will [...]

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August 28, 2003 by Sciri

Search Engine Roundup – Initial Research and Testing

I’ve started looking into search engines for indexing large amounts of data. Although the primary reason for this is to start organizing my personal data collection, it will also come in extremely handy on the file servers at work. I’ve started to reach critical mass when it comes to the amount of random garbage I [...]
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