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Camino
Though the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer isn’t the danger that its Windows counterpart is (it’s a separate code base and it’s not part of the operating system, with all the vulnerabilities that entails), it isn’t being actively developed and is increasingly out of date. Using it isn’t computationally suicidal (as using Internet Explorer on… — read more
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Ghetto League
The Onion has taken on the professional pathos that is Major League Soccer, which is like (to use a metaphor from soccer) Thierry Henry taking a penalty kick with Stephen Hawking in goal or like (to use a metaphor from parodic news) The Onion taking on President Bush: DALLAS—Carlos Ruiz, a veteran forward who has… — read more
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That Smell
Two weeks ago tonight, Manhattan was blanketed with the scent of pancakes. I first noticed it when I took Olive out for her last walk of the evening, and before the night was over, the smell had gotten so strong that I had trouble getting to sleep. That surprised me since whatever smells may be… — read more
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Orwellian
The word “Orwellian” is grossly overused in public discourse, but here’s one case where no other word will do. I fully expect a videotape to be released by the White House within the next couple of days in which Scott McClellan can be clearly heard to say “I don’t think that’s accurate.†I would imagine… — read more
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Menomena
On the latest episode of the Radio Clash podcast, Tim includes “Macamuppet,” a mash-up of the Doors, the muppets, and “The Macarena.” It is, I think, the aural version of “the Entertainment” from David Foster Wallace‘s Infinite Jest, and is rivaled only by the “B-Boy Polka,” a mash-up of Lawrence Welk and DJ Kool Herc,… — read more
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Serious
I don’t know what’s more troubling: that someone has sampled Iron Butterfly’s “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida,” or that I recognized the sample immediately. Actually, the shame is that the song that sampled “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida” isn’t very good–it should have been at least interesting. — read more
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Charity
My wife and I have a seven-hundred square foot apartment in which, among other things, we have more books than a reasonably stocked independent bookstore. We’ve also got about all of the computer and audio-visual equipment that we can use (and some we still haven’t used). At this point, we can’t bring anything into our… — read more
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What Might Have Been
I know this is supposed to be humorous, but it’s probably the most depressing thing I’ve read in a while. — read more
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Be the Rigden
Since the inception of the medium, there have been a couple of very good Buddhist podcasts (the Infinite Smile podcast and the Zencast podcast), both of which are Zen-influenced and originate from the San Francisco Bay area, and I’ve been a regular listener to both since the beginning. Recently, Ethan Nichtern, a member of the… — read more
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9-11: The Swiss Army Knife of Answers
These (along with Alito’s subsequent nomination, of course) are almost enough to make me regret the withdrawal of Harriet Miers’s nomination to the Supreme Court. — read more
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