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Happy Christmas Worms!

Stuart — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:46:34 +0000

Are the worms gonna have a Disco Christmas?

Problem Solved…

Stuart — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:49:58 +0000

Make everyone go dancing!

SNL’s take on the VP debate

Stuart — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:26:51 +0000

No matter what side of the divide you sit on, I think we can all agree these guys nailed it:

Comcast now implements download caps

Stuart — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:46:18 +0000

Comcast has announced they are now implementing download limits for their customers.

Now I use a lot of bandwidth per month, mainly as I sometimes stream test video through the internet from my place of work. This use is legal, but high bandwidth. I also back up my machines to amazon s3 storage -and with each full backup being around 150Gb… This is also legal, but high bandwidth. Now Comcast are saying we shouldn’t do this? Wow, so in reality you don’t get what you are paying for.

As you may have read, I have been having a whole boat load of troubles with my Comcast internet service. Comcast has already been implementing this limit, but has only now published it. I think this is the final nail in the coffin for Comcast, at least as regards to my use of them.

Steve Jobs’ Obit get mistakenly published

Stuart — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:34:52 +0000

Ooop, Steve ain’t dead yet, but Bloomberg published his obit. It seems in pursuit of the scoop, journalism stoops to new lows… Or it was a mistake.

Feigned impartiality…

Stuart — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:34:48 +0000

Now, I know the US does not offer an impartial news channel. CNN leans left, Fox leans right – tho both deny it adamantly. Because of this I find myself reading and listening to a wide variety of sources for my news intake. However, I laughed today when I went to the CNN website to check the latest poll of polls that they do (Obama leads by 4 btw).

So on the main politics page, I find a nice large ad for Obama’s campaign. Now, I know that this is more to do with CNN’s advertising business unit than the political news desk, but I did think it rather broke any hint of impartiality the website is attempting to show.

I suppose the question is how different is this to them showing a McCain or a Obama ad in the commercial break on the tv channel?

CNN Backs Obama

Half Blood Prince trailer…

Stuart — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:37:56 +0000

Oooh I can’t wait… Thanks to Nick for this one.

Sunstar reader responds to my letter!

Stuart — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:47 +0000

A reader of my local paper sent a reply to my letter to the editor. Kind a nice to have some vindication of my thoughts that Merced City Council (generally) is full of morons, who are just looking after their own and don’t give a rats ass about anybody else.

China bans dog from Olympic menu

Stuart — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:14:23 +0000

The BBC reports that China is advising restauranteurs to remove dog from their menus…
Nice, but I bet we still here of some of the horror stories of people unknowingly eating Fido.

Letter to the editor

Stuart — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:18:22 +0000

My letter to the editor regarding our city council has been published in my local paper. I feel almost as famous as my lovely wife now