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Monthly Archives: January 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AREA MAN TRIES LIGHT BEER FOR FIRST TIME

After listening to the glowing praise bestowed upon it by Julietz80, I decided to try an Amstel Light. So, trusting her palate, I bought a single bottle, along with a six pack of “backup beer” in case the experiment didn’t pan out.
The decision was not made without overcoming a bit of trepidation. It’s [...]

Ack.

Dead Whale Explodes.
Finally, some real news.

The music of my youth.

Nice to see the Minibosses getting some press. In short, a video game music cover band.

Yes, I am a tape “hater.”

So FuriousGeorge and I were wondering how many types of media we will see phased out in our lifetime. So far, it’s cassette tape, 5 1/4 inch floppy diskettes, BETAMAX, and the death and rebirth of vinyl. We estimated about 2 years for 3.5 floppy diskettes to leave the market. I couldn’t [...]

It takes sooooo loooooong!

I found a box full of cassette tapes in the closet. One of them was labeled, “The Art of the Toy Piano.” Now, I vaguely remember the circumstances that lead to my acquisition of this tape. I know it was a legitimate backup copy of a CD that a friend of mine [...]

Not as scary as you’d think

I think that filling out the legal paperwork for skydiving is far more terrifying than jumping out of the plane.
I initialed about 7 pages of legalese which can be summarized, “If you die while skydiving, your family cannot sue us.” One of those pages was printed in 40 point font, and read, [...]

I’m going to wait for the handheld version

The University of Wisconsin has developed cheese cutting laser technology. It was apparently pretty tricky, because lasers get very hot and kept frying the cheese.