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Muh!
Today we cleaned out the fridge. Many bits of nasty old leftovers, all flushed down the garbage disposal. Found a large chunk of lasagna that neither of us would dare to eat. I pushed it into the disposal in two fairly large chunks. With the disposal turned on and water running in, I heard a…
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Christmas song for cat-lovers
On the first day of Christmas my kitty gave to me A poop in the box On the second day of Christmas my kitty gave to me Two lumps of urine And a poop in the box On the third day of Christmas my kitty gave to me Three slimy hairballs Two lumps of urine…
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UPS “Brokerage fee” class-action
Apparently a guy in British Columbia has filed a class-action lawsuit against UPS, for the ridiculous “brokerage” charges they demand from the recipient of any US->Canada shipment. Frequently the brokerage fees will be more than the shipment is worth. Unfortunately, the case is in BC only at this time, but if one starts up in…
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Spam: will it ever end?
It has been observed by many people that spam levels have shot up tremendously in the last half year. Largely due to bot-nets of cracked Windows PCs, which tend to make the older spam-fighting mechanisms like server blacklists ineffective. And largely image-based spam defeats heuristic analyzers like Bayesian filters. Somehow even email addresses that I…
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Sabrina and I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Toronto last week. We saw them last year too, and enjoyed it quite alot. The same again this year. Trans-Siberian Orchestra, for those who haven’t heard of them, does a bunch of classical music, Christmas songs, and original instrumentals driven by weedely-deedely electric guitar. You…