It looks like De Beers, the bastards that artificially inflate diamond prices by holding back supply, may finally have met their match. Wired has an article about a couple of different methods of mass producing diamonds. The stones will be so inexpensive that they may even be used in semiconductors: Still, Butler is frustrated with… Continue reading Man-Made Diamonds
Month: August 2003
The Decline of the Dictionary
The Weekly Standard has an interesting article about the practices of dictionary publishers. Not that I’ve ever been mistaken for ‘Mr. Vocabulary’, but there are some things in this article that have bothered me for years. And the more blogs & online forums I read the more these things bother me. Here are some of… Continue reading The Decline of the Dictionary
I’m Hit!
A thunderstorm just popped up and something in my neighborhood must have been hit by a bolt. That was the loudest clap of thunder I’ve ever heard. And the flash damn near blinded me. At least my grass is getting a good soaking though. Update: So now, 15 minutes later, after the sky has cleared… Continue reading I’m Hit!
SlamBall is the Sh*t!
I just saw SlamBall for the first time and I’m hooked. I can’t believe I slept on the entire first season though. I remember seeing promos for it and thinking ‘eh, so what if these guys can dunk using trampolines…’. Silly me. Here’s a description of the game: Take basketball. Then mix it with football,… Continue reading SlamBall is the Sh*t!
Get Healthy, Drink White Tea
Coffee and soda drinkers may want to take heed of this report on oral health concerns of common beverages, and the health benefits of white tea. It appears that white tea, which is minimally processed, has many health benefits:
O.D.B. is for the Kids
It looks like VH1 is taking Behind the Music to the next level. They have a new show called Inside/Out which is: is a cinema-verite documentary series from VH1 that captures an artist or celebrity as he or she faces a personal or professional crossroads. With extraordinary access to some of entertainment’s biggest names, Inside/Out… Continue reading O.D.B. is for the Kids
10,000 Hits
I just passed 10,000 hits (actually visits… hits are a bit higher) on this blog. I’m surprised that it reached that level so fast because my other blog, Trader Mike, is almost 3 months older but only has 5,600 hits so far. I wish I could say this blog has taken off because of my… Continue reading 10,000 Hits
Kobe & O.J. Part Deux
I’ve often said that Aaron McGruder, the Boondocks’ creator, is in my head. This is why.
My Spam Filter
I finally turned on SAProxy, the spam filter in the Bloomba email program. It’s working well so far, although a few legit messages have gotten marked as spam. A very cool feature of the filtering engine (SpamAssassin) is that it tells you why it flagged certain messages. As you’ll see, failing one of the filters… Continue reading My Spam Filter
Classic Video Games
Kevin provides a flashback to my childhood with his post about the Mattel Football game. (I can’t believe that came out in 1977… damn I’m getting old!) I, like Kevin, was shocked to see those old games and others in stores a few years ago. (And others like Simon.) We had so much fun playing… Continue reading Classic Video Games