Fat man busted for pretending to be a Marine

Posted by peter on 2006-11-30 | Filed under General and Weird News

FBI agents have arrested a St. Louis businessman who they say posed as a highly decorated Marine Major even though he never served in the Corps.
Forty-eight-year-old Michael Weilbacher was arrested while attending a local Marine Corps League meeting.
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Is that a guitar in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by peter on 2006-11-30 | Filed under General and Weird News

Stupid criminals are fun: Owner: Man Tried to Hide Guitar in Pants

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“Good” posture leads to back aches?

Posted by peter on 2006-11-29 | Filed under Everything you know is wrong, General, News and Science

Acording to an article at ScienceDaily.com your teachers may have been instilling a bad habit in you when they told you to sit up straight: Aching Back? Sitting Up Straight Could Be The Culprit

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Good posture leads to back aches?

Posted by peter on 2006-11-29 | Filed under Everything you know is wrong, General, News and Science

Acording to an article at ScienceDaily.com your teachers may have been instilling a bad habit in you when they told you to sit up straight: Aching Back? Sitting Up Straight Could Be The Culprit

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Wii have Linux?

Posted by peter on 2006-11-22 | Filed under Cool Website, Freeware, General, Linux, Tech News and Wii

That was quick, someone is already developing a Linux distribution for the Nintendo Wii. It sounds like it is based off of Gamecube Linux, which makes sense since much of the Wii’s technology is built off of the existing Gamecube tech. Should be interesting too see what happens with this.

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Orange is the new Red

Posted by peter on 2006-11-17 | Filed under General, News, Politics, Tech News and Thoughts

According to a bunch of judges instant messaging is e-mail. Thats just plain stupid, its like saying a phone call is the same as sending a letter through the postal system. They are not the same. Generally speaking, you can communicate the same information by both means, but they are not the […]

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It’s official; Seattle is the second gayest city in America

Posted by peter on 2006-11-16 | Filed under General, News and Puget Sound News

According to the study cited in this Seattle Times article, Seattle is second only to San Francisco.

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It’s official; Seattle is the second gayest city in America

Posted by peter on 2006-11-16 | Filed under General, News and Puget Sound News

According to the study cited in this Seattle Times article, Seattle is second only to San Francisco.

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Reggie Fils-Aime Interview on Cnet

Posted by peter on 2006-11-13 | Filed under Business, General, Tech News, Video, Video Games and Wii

The Wii less than a week away, Cnet has posted an interview with NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime, interesting and worth a watch.

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Opt out of Yahoo! Web Beacons

Posted by peter on 2006-11-13 | Filed under General, Privacy and Security

Yahoo! and some of it’s “partners”, such as AltaVista use what Yahoo! calls “Web Beacons”, more commonly known as Web bugs. On it’s privacy page about “Web Beacons”, Yahoo! provides a link for you to Opt-out of having Yahoo! use this information for their research. This of course does not stop the web […]

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