Month: October 2006
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Best Virus of the Day
From: customercare@newegg.com Subject: Order Confirmation number: 37679041 Body: Dear Customer, Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If you paid with a credit card, the charge on your statement will be from name of our shop. This email is to confirm the receipt of your order. Please do not reply as this email was…
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QotD: My First Gig
What was your very first job? Submitted by Laurel. I was hired as a Student Assistant in college in the library shelving books. It paid minimum wage. However, I impressed people with my work ethic to get the opportunity to have my choice of positions later. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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LJ Talk is Cool!
LJ uses Jabber for their IM service. One can even post from the service as is evidenced by you seing this. Details are at: http://www.livejournal.com/chat/
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QotD: I Should’ve Been A Contender
What gameshow or reality show would you kick butt on? As a viewer participant, I have done really well at both Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy over the past 20 years or so. Wow. I guess they have been on even longer than that. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Fearing Sushi
I think the first time I heard of sushi was in high school. My dad had gotten a cook he befriended at a Chinese restaurant to teach him how to prepare it. Dad explained the seawead. At the time the raw fish didn't bother me so much as the seaweed (not withstanding the chatter about…
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Multiple Guess
Security Watch: The myth of online anonymity – CNET reviews: In his talk, Kazwetz mentioned several studies on gender use of keywords which, when weighted–with specific numerical values for male and different numerical values for female–can determine the gender of the author. Sounds too simple to be true, but research (including Gender, Genre, and Writing…
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Mmmmmmm…
Suuuuuuushiiii…. A couple smoked salmon nighiri, a Super Crunch roll, and a California Sunset roll. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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QotD: Name That Horse
You've been through the desert on a horse with no name. Except your horse does have a name. What is it? Submitted by edubya.vox.com. "Horse With No Name"? Read and post comments | Send to a friend