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Facebook is Dead 2 Me

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Earlier this week in chatting with tmarthal, I mentioned I was done with Facebook due to their advertising platform, aka beacon. He was unaware of such things and wanted to know why I didn't blog about it. I didn't because nearly every blogger out there already had, and ...

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AccessGrid.org:
I learned about this yesterday at pyohio and it sounds pretty dope, i think some former co-workers would probably be interested in it.
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Flickr Find: Pinewood derby iPhone: So there are 2 things to note here: 1. this was in columbus and more importantly 2. whoever built the blue car on the right, they stole my design from 20 years ago.
Actually I remember the pinewood derby quite distinctly from my youth, my dad and I stayed up all night and built 2 cars, both very similar to that one on the right. And it is a sweet design if your goal is to win, which I did. But you need to leave off the decals they slow the car down.
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Schneier on Security: Anti-Terrorism Stupidity at Yankee Stadium: I took sunscreen into yankee stadium on Saturday and no one said anything, people you just need to put the sunscreen in your pockets, not your bags. think, people, think.
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ESPN - Favre seeks unconditional release from Packers, sources say - NFL:

He appeared to be in excellent physical condition and threw the ball with ease, even throwing it 50 yards “on a rope” with high school receivers. He has been throwing and running with the team for more than a month.

I’m sure this happens a lot more than it is reported, but how would you like to be in high school and working out with a 38 year old Brett Favre. That would be amazing!
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Road Rage: demented, but quite funny.
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