On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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Gris - Apr 16, 2005 8:04:53 pm PDT #2476 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Hmm. I think NetNewsWire Lite is the most popular one. Me, I like the interface of Newsfire more, though I've had some stability issues (that may be corrected by now, I've not used it for a while as I've mostly switched to Livejournal feeds and read things on my friends page.)


evil jimi - Apr 17, 2005 12:56:04 am PDT #2477 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Anyone mentioned the new Yamaha 42-channel/speaker doodad?

[link]


Laura - Apr 17, 2005 4:00:31 am PDT #2478 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.

I don't know about Jess, but I'm bookmarking it.

Funny because I marked ND's post then read this one next.


Jon B. - Apr 17, 2005 5:53:16 am PDT #2479 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'm gonna download an RSS aggregator/browser. I'm on a Mac. Which one should I get?

I use the web-based Bloglines and love it.


tommyrot - Apr 17, 2005 5:54:40 am PDT #2480 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

iPod devotees rocked by thefts

(Washington Post article on the MSNBC site, so no login required.)

Apparantly iPod theft is way up - don't know if that just a DC problem or nationwide. Thieves used to ignore iPods, but now people who fence stolen goods have found a market for stolen iPods, which is responsible for the recent upswing of iPod iTheft.

The article mostly foucuses on how traumatic it is to have one's iPod iStolen.

(iSorry.)


DXMachina - Apr 17, 2005 5:57:08 am PDT #2481 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The article mostly foucuses on how traumatic it is to have one's iPod iStolen.

Oh. Please.


tommyrot - Apr 17, 2005 6:04:44 am PDT #2482 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

"Everybody has a lot of memories they associate with music, and musical taste is usually very important to people," said Anita Boss, a forensic psychologist in Alexandria who has counseled crime victims. "You actually have a piece of identity theft here."

She added: "Anytime something is stolen that is so personal, victims are going to have a reaction like that. It's not the same as stealing a coat."

See? Even a fucking forensic psychologist says so. You're not doubting a forensic psychologist, are you?


Jon B. - Apr 17, 2005 6:24:17 am PDT #2483 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

"You actually have a piece of identity theft here."

Except for the part where the entire iDentity is also on the person's computer.


DXMachina - Apr 17, 2005 6:26:23 am PDT #2484 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

It's not the same as stealing a coat.

No, it's probably even less personal, because your leather jacket, the one that you've spent years getting used to, is a lot harder to duplicate than a fucking iPod. You buy a new iPod, and download the songs again from your computer. Cry me a river.

Or what Jon said.


Betsy HP - Apr 17, 2005 6:46:31 am PDT #2485 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

Thank you, ND. I love you.

On the other hand, Monster Cable for computer stuff? Dumb dumb dumb. It's an error-correcting protocol, peeps.