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Cherry Popping
Today, while working on my thesis (due in about a week), a song by the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies “popped” up (HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHH) in iTunes. Remember them? Zoot Suit Riot? Yeah, them. Well, I decided to “take a break” (i.e. procrastinate) and find out what the hell happened to them. The short answer is “not much.” Their…
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Microsoft Zune Will Play Xbox Live Arcade Games
Although it’s been known for a while, Microsoft recently admitted that they are working on a portable media device. In the hyperbolic words of geeks, it’s an “iPod killer”. It’s called the Zune, and looks to have some nice features. Most exciting for me is WiFi – that is, you can transfer songs to it…
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Parking Meter Debauchery
I was walking around campus today, and came across one of those concrete slabs that divide parking lots. I tried to be really cool by hopping up the slanty slide of it and jumping off, landing on the other side. I pulled off the sick maneuver, but then I imagined myself tripping and falling over…

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