Monthly Archives: July 2010

Wikileaks Underwhelms

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Thanos

After skimming articles and looking at some of the data from the Assange/Wikileaks Afghanistan leaks I’m achieved a state of underwhelmed anger. There aren’t new smoking guns or revelations that I’ve found, and beyond a few journalists being able to … Continue reading →

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Wilting Petals in the Morning Sun

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thanos

The tea rose bush has flourished in the heat but the flowers wilt pretty quickly as result. Continue reading →

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Things to Watch

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Thanos

Normally I do not watch movies or Television much, and I’m not a big visual media consumer. Over the past few weeks recuperating gave me opportunity to catch up on a lot of media I had missed simply because holding … Continue reading →

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San Diego: Comic Con 2010

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Thanos

For everyone like me who can’t make it to comic con in San Diego this year, you can still live vicariously and see the Leeloo and Princess Leia slave outfits in SyFy’s photostream: Continue reading →

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When the Reporter Becomes the Story

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Thanos

Like Dan Rather we see a purported journalist not just twisting or exaggerating truth to show an angle of a story, but rather inventing it almost whole cloth from some perversely reversed worldview. Continue reading →

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Sarah Steps in it Again

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Thanos

UPDATE 7/19: Earlier this am I googled “Refudiate” and found it to be the 10th most popular search, and at 10:30 am central “refudiate” was the second most popular search term at google, will Refudiate make it to number 1? Continue reading →

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After the Storm

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Thanos

This was taken with the Canon T2i after the storm that rolled through here yesterday, which tore leaves and branches from trees, made Kasey hide under the desk, and caused three power outages. Click the thumbnail to embiggen & note … Continue reading →

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Saturday Administrivia

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Thanos

That brings me to today, where I am adding Digby at Hullabaloo to my links. I’m adding Digby because they are an old friend rediscovered. Continue reading →

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The Frankenputer Media Server Chronicles II – What’s out there for Content?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Thanos

The first gap is content delivery: the content available for streaming on the internet isn’t quite as rich in video quality or in diversity as that found in the average cable contract without a bit of work or adaptation. Continue reading →

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The Gross Details

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Thanos

I’m posting this ugly picture in the hope of saving some lives – without a cardio scan and some good referrals from docs who were both smart and caring, I wouldn’t have had this operation and sometime over the next … Continue reading →

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