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Are You A Metrosexual? Don’t worry if, despite scholars in Michigan voting it one of 2003’s most over-used and useless words, you don’t know what it is - you might still be! (For men only, unfortunately. What would the female equivalent be?) [metafilter.com]
My score is 9/50! I’m probably the geekiest gay man alive & [...]

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On January 17, 1994, I lived in Sherman Oaks, CA. At 4:31 AM on that day, I woke up to the most violent jolt I ever felt. My room lurched up & down sharply and everything was falling around me. I fumbled through the dark to get out of my apartment. The entire area was [...]

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My copy of iLife just arrived. It includes both a CD (without iDVD or GarageBand) and a DVD with all applications.

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shareyourmusic.com is now running at PEHosting.com. I’m still trying to get the filestore module working. I’ve been working with the cvs version of drupal and learning how to modify the code.

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I heard some noises in the kitchen & when I went to investigate, I found Cody on top of the refrigerator, knocking things down. No place is safe from him.
Midnight, on the other hand, rarely gets into trouble. He doesn’t climb any place he shouldn’t (such as my desk). I once caught Cody in the [...]

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I just got a notice from Apple that my iLife ‘04 order shipped.

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I just signed up for a new account at PEHosting for ShareYourMusic.com. The site at 1and1 is dead. It keeps getting internal server errors and is often unable to connect to the database, which is running on a separate host.
I just took the latest Drupal from CVS and I’ll be working with that version, since [...]

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I have the Drupal site running. I’m still having some trouble with the filestore module I’m using. It’s possible to upload files, but downloads seem to hang most of the time. I also don’t like that it stores files in the SQL database instead of as actual files, since 1and1 limits the database size. I’ll [...]

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I’ve set up a Drupal test site for ShareYourMusic.com and I’m starting to like Drupal. It’s by far the most configurable and extensible system. There’s even a file upload module, which will provide the functionality I need.
Unfortunately I’m now dealing with 1and1’s suckage. I may end up hosting the site at PEHosting. 1and1’s control panel [...]

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I just ordered iLife ‘04 from the Apple Store. I can’t wait to get my hands on GarageBand and I’m really looking forward to iPhoto 4.

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The domain shareyourmusic.com is now active. It looks like I’ll have to write my own software. I looked at every content management package at DMOZ and they all sucked. Drupal is the nicest, but it falls down when you try to create a site that isn’t a weblog or news based.

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Remember the kid who got in trouble for using the NET SEND command to send a message to the entire school? He posted his side of the story here.
Now for my take on it. In his school, “computer literacy” means knowing how to use Word & Excel and how to get around in some version [...]

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I signed up for a free hosting account at 1and1 for shareyourmusic.com and I’m now starting to work on the design & software. I had started to look at drupal but I’m not sure if it’s really appropriate. It does have a lot of features I like and it could be a starting point, since [...]

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I just registered the domain shareyourmusic.com. Right now it redirects to worldbeatplanet, but I’m planning a new site for it.

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Hey! A thirteen year-old kid gets suspended for three days for using a DOS command to send a one-word message to all 80 computers on his school’s network. Even more charming is that the computer teacher of his school apparently doesn’t know much about the computicatin’ machines. [metafilter.com]

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A great piece by Aaron Swartz:

Stealing is wrong. But downloading isn’t stealing. If I shoplift an album from my local record store, no one else can buy it. But when I download a song, no one loses it and another person gets it. There’s no ethical problem.
Music companies blame a fifteen percent drop in sales [...]

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Troopers thwart ten-year-old [The Register]
A mother’s enquiry about buying Microsoft Flight Simulator for her ten-year-old son prompted a night-time visit to her home from a state trooper.
Julie Olearcek, a USAF Reserve pilot made the enquiry at a Staples store in Massachusetts, home to an earlier bout of hysteria, during the Salem witch trials.
So [...]

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I may have an interview with this company. It would mean moving to Pittsburgh. I’m pretty excited about it.
I’m now actively looking for a new job, since I’m afraid the company I work for now may cancel their Mac product. They’re concerned because it isn’t selling, despite the fact that they haven’t even put out [...]

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Plastic::Politics::School: Due to a variety of factors, more and more minor infractions are resulting in young children and adolescents being arrested and dumped into the juvenile justice system. [Plastic]
Zero Tolerance equals Zero Brains

Once upon a time, if a child was disruptive in class, he or she would be sent to the principal, who would generally, [...]

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Steve’s keynote today was probably one of the least exciting ever. His Reality Distortion Field didn’t seem to be working. No new powerbooks or desktop systems, and the mini iPod costs too much. GarageBand is very cool, as well as the rest of iLife & Office 2004. No iTunes changes. Nothing that made me want [...]

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