I ran across this link today, and it is quite neat/hypnotic/addictive/etc. I suggest the flash version and a small chunk of free time.

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Close to a 24 hour downtime. Yay. The first major problem I’ve had with the host, but still more than a bit annoying. I’ll save the rant, I’m sure everyone can imagine. Somehow my directory was chmod’ed as well, so the last few posts didn’t take. Thank my obsessive backups that you can see [...]

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I stumbled across an essay by Kurt Vonnegut that was written back in May. I’ve always been a big fan of his; I love his style and most of his message. It’s a bit long, but well worth the read.
Doesn�t anything socialistic make you want to throw up? Like great public schools or health [...]

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Ran into this via BoingBoing, some of their descriptions had me in tears. I think the Soya Bean Drink is my favorite so far. Just from the descriptions I don’t see how anyone could drink some of this. I remember a few of the Asian concoctions from the Coke Museum in Atlanta that still [...]

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I just don’t understand the world. I don’t see what’s so special about an island with no natural resources to speak of. I don’t see why a visa is such a big deal to a former politico. After all, Nixon went to China. Or something. It seems as if politics is just a big [...]

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It’s with no small amount of amusement that I’ve found myself actually keeping track of exchange rates these past few weeks. I honestly don’t know if I should laugh or cry because of this; finance and economics both bore me to tears, yes I find myself wondering things like, “hmm, I wonder if a [...]

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