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Dixons Miss Point
Dixons, one of the UK’s largest retailers of electrical goods, have decreed that they will stop selling video cassette recorders (VCRs) and will have sold their remaining stock by this Christmas, according to a BBC News article. Their rationale is that we “are now entering the digital age and the new DVD technology available represents…
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Just Roll Me Home
From CNN Money: Hardee’s rolls out its new “Monster Thickburger,” which contains two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame seed bun. Holy Fattening Obesotron, Batman! This sucker gives you 107g of fat (46g of which saturated), 230mg of cholesterol and 2,650mg of…
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UI9 Redux
It’s fun being a geek 🙂< ?code>
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Who Needs CNN When You Have IRC?
From #scotlug … [12:28] <tam> PRESIDENTIAL RESULT[12:28] <tam> Kerry wins[12:28] <tam> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/americas/04/vote_usa/html/8.stm[12:28] <edward> tam: that’s just DC[12:28] <tam> ah
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John Peel Dies
John Peel has died aged 65 of a heart attack while on a working holiday in Peru with his wife. Such a sad loss, one of my favourite DJs — I always remember enjoying listening to his shows as a kid more than the more “trendy” Top 40 on a Sunday … 🙁
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Meeja Flip Flop
As I tend to be doing most weekends, I watched a few movies with some mates on Saturday night. Super Size Me (which UK trailers seemed to be announcing as “I, the Super Sized One”, as opposed to the actual title which says “Yes, please make my order Super Sized”) didn’t impress that much. I…
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‘Punters’, Auuugh!
El Reg reports: “The latest [local loop unbundling (LLU)] cuts – on top of the reductions announced in May – should make it far more easier for rival telcos to install their kit in BT exchanges and provide services direct to punters.” That’s great news, especially since I work for an ISP who is investing…
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Hostages in Iraq … Seem Familiar?
The latest twist in the hostage situation in Iraq, where people of various nationalities have been snatched by Iraqi insurgents and various demands made of their respective governments, is that it looks like one of the current demands is about to be met. Doesn’t this sound really familiar? Anyone around my age will likely remember…