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Miscellaneous

But What About Petro-Points?

…this to 10 people, I’m posting it on the blog so that the 500 or so people that come here daily (assuming some of you are gas purchasing Canadians) will…

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games language

100 Common Words

How many of the top 100 most common English words can you guess? I got more than I expected with 72. (via the now defunct j-walkblog.com [http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/guess_100_words/])…

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meta

Blogger Comments

I’m switching my comment provider to blogger, so for the next while please excuse any weirdness with the blog / comments. Update: The new comments are up and running –…

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Music

Number of the Beast Compressed 666 Times

…the Beast” would sound like compressed over and over as an mp3 666 times…here’s your chance..and if u r wondering, YES it does lose quality each time it is compressed….

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culture

The Amazing World of Competitive Eating

The International Federation of Competitive Eating or IFOCE supervises and regulates eating contests in their various forms throughout the world and in case you didn’t know it, they claim competitive…

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advertising

The Best Commericials as explained on Uncle Eddie’s Theory Corner!

Uncle Eddie’s Theory Corner! on the brilliance of direct marketing commercials: Best Commercials. What kills me about this is that it doesn’t pretend to be anything but what it is:…

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games

Best First Guess Word For Wordle

…and y. It should also be noted the Wordle source code contains 2,315 days of answers (all common 5-letter English words) and 10,657 other valid, less-common 5-letter English words. So…

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typography

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack

The 2007 version of Microsoft’s Office Suite supports new file formats and new fonts that won’t work on older versions without a compatibility upgrade. Users of the Office Suite can…

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copyright culture education

CBC, Copyright and Fair Dealing

…that may be unfair. Next, you must consider the proportions. To take long extracts and attach short comments may be unfair. But, short extracts and long comments may be fair….

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Math

.002 Cents != .002 dollars

…And divide that by uh, 35,893 you should come out with .002 G: Yes, and what units should it be? Dollars or cents? M: Well that’s per *kilobyte*. G: Right….