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      <title> <![CDATA[Evil Black Hats manipulate Google stock to punnish them for not sucking up to The Man ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">US DOJ: Give Us your Search Request database</font><br /><font face="Helvetica">Google: No!  Fuck Off!</font><br /><font face="Helvetica">DOJ: Then we will manipulate your stock price so you go out of business!</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:23:12 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Greg Deocampo seems to think about many of the same things I do. ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">Check out <a href="http://gd.theplacetobe.com/2430E7EC365A446581D623C20F2724D1/news/news.asp" target="NewWindow">his blog</a>.  I'da blogged most of this stuff too, but, well, no need to duplicate the effort.  See links enclosed for some good stuff.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:45:26 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Evil Plot to make us all cows: "anti-biotics" ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">There are some who feel they see evidence that those in power are using bio-agents to keep us docile or, if we're too frickin' smart and could cause a problem, forcibly keep us out of play with their manufactured diseases and their equally insidious "medicines".</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:54:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Free muon shower from sun provides handy "X-Rays" for archaeologists, among others. ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">From <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4540266/" target="NewWindow">MSNBC</a> . I suppose that The Man quite enjoys this "new" technology too, for finding heretofore unfindable things.  Now that we can see thru anything we can get under what do you suppose people will use this for?</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:25:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Why not lasers for projection TV? ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">We can make red green and <a href="http://www.eurotechnology.com/bluelaser/blueslide3.html" target="NewWindow">blue</a> lasers, why haven't we made long range projection TVs? </font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:45:13 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Roswell Metal "invented"? ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">Yeah, we invented this, right.  <a href="http://www.discover.com/issues/apr-04/features/glassy-metals/" target="NewWindow">Glassy Metals</a>, at Discover.com.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:47:35 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[You'd swear this stuff is alien technology... ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html" target="NewWindow">Aerogel from JPL</a>.  The stuff practically doesn't exist, it's 99.8% air?  My favorite line is, if you used it to insulate your house, a single candle could heat your whole house, even if it's 20 below.  In fact, you would cook, and be forced to blow the candle out.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:45:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Technology doesn't do stupid things, people do stupid things. ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/05/bus2.feat.dumbest.moments/index.html" target="NewWindow">Dumb and dumber moments in tech</a> from CNN</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:13:03 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Liesl's Anomalous Phenomena ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">Liesl has a neat list of strange happenings she calls "<a href="http://www.soularia.org/anomalae.html" target="NewWindow">Anomalae</a>", pretty neat.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:56:38 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Good for a laugh. ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://www.sargasso.nl/pix/april2002/world%20conspiracy.JPG" target="NewWindow">This picture</a>  is so funny.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:37:03 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Spring Desktop ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica">Exploration and critique of the <a href="http://www.usercreations.com/spring/" target="NewWindow">Spring Desktop</a>.</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 14:57:55 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[My New Favorite Movie ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0310281/" target="NewWindow">A Mighty Wind</a>. And dam, what an amazing soundtrack! </font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:56:46 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Using Microwaves as a "security" scanner? ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HDQPZXJ3M23D2CRBAELCFFA?type=scienceNews&amp;storyID=4480028&amp;section=news" target="NewWindow">Reuters</a>  Seems a little, um, strange to be pushing microwaves on us as "safe" when good'ole Dubyah &amp; family is using the same tech for weapons.  "No, we promise only to use it for GOOD things!"</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:28:35 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Desktop Fusion? ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994741" target="NewWindow">New Scientist</a></font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:26:14 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title> <![CDATA[Tesla Coils ]]> </title>
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      <description> <![CDATA[<div><font face="Helvetica"><a href="http://www.geocities.com/fubarque99/index.html" target="NewWindow">Photo Gallery</a> And why is it, exactly, that we're not pursuing this technology as a policy?</font></div> ]]> </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
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