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Further to the strange things you can find on e-bay, you can bid on some original art here

Scary, but I think 24601 would love it. You can read the original article on today’s PvPOnline

Do you remember the Tommy TuTone song Jenny:867-5309? Apparently you aren’t alone. With the new reg in the US about keeping your cell number no matter where you are and what carrier you have has opened up some creative business. The person who owns the New York cell number above is selling it on e-bay. It’s over $8,500 US as of today (linked from an email i got)

price update: $200,100

Here is a really good article on open source. It’ one of the best I’ve read on the intricacies and shades of gray in open source. (ganked from /.)

Recently, an organization I work with (PAR-BC) on the board of directors has been discussing a switch from a paper office to a paperless office. We currently have an entire room full of documents that date all the way back to the 70′s. It’s really hard to search for old documents considering that the filing/sorting is archaic. Our idea has been to develop a wireless network with all documents either scanned in and converted to pdf/doc/xls or when recieved electronically (about 50% of all our documents we deal with daily now) to be put into an electronic database. The problem becomes how to file and retrieve all the information on a VPN. In looking at this, you can get a professional, proprietary system that costs ridiculous amounts of money we don’t have, or you can somehow try and metadata tag the files. This concept isn’t new as that is exactly what xml does for web pages and what photo mechanic does for photos. However, in my research on the web, it seems that metadata tagging is still basically “alpha” for documents. I have come across several interesting articles.

One slightly used LinkSys (now Cisco) 4 port router in great shape. Perfect for networking your house for multiple users. Especially good for LAN parties involving all night Call of Duty and StarCraft games. Awesome at protecting your home network or computer from online 11 year old kiddies who try and attack other computers cause they can’t get their little willie up yet for sex. Specs here. Brand new at London Drugs for $100. Asking $60.

It’s no secret (or maybe its an open secret) that I’m not necessarily the most gifted human in terms of hand eye coordination. Well, I play a pretty decent ping-pong, and I survive at ulty, but there’s an enormous number of activities that I don’t think I have a hope of mastering. Well, not this century anyway.

Which is unfortunate, because at least one study shows that juggling makes your brain bigger. I wonder if you juggle with flaming torches whether or not it would enhance the effect…

Canadian Recording Industry Association asking Canadian ISPs to provide customer information, relating to users sharing music files.

Read about it here

(shrug) This is gonna be interesting.

Posted on behalf of Sandra, who I’m gonna have to give a login to.

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Hi everyone,

This Friday we are going to Main Street to a fairly new pub called The Five Point at 4:30 or later for those who can’t make it that early. It’s on Main Street , between 15th and 16th avenue.

Let me know if you can make it.

See you then.

Sandra

Okay, I admit it. I have an obsession with Penny Arcade. I love the comics. I love the articles. Heck, I’ve even browsed through the wallpapers and advertisements for Tourism Alaska. The ironic thing is that I’m not even a gamer. I mean, I played ‘Need for Speed: Underground’ with my cousin at Christmas, and it was probably the first time in two years that I’ve touched a video game console. But the fact is, PA is intelligently written and DAMN FUNNY, even if you’re not a member of the gaming elite (oxymoron?).

Today’s article is a prime example. Tycho is reviewing a new game that features an alien species with FOUR different sexual orientations. In the process, he offers this insightful description of ‘asexual reproduction’:

“Nothing to write home about here. It’s just like masturbating, except that when you get done there’s somebody else in the room. The whole thing is pretty crazy. What would you talk about? It’s not like you can deny what you do in your spare time.”

He goes on to describe the advantages and disadvantages of having a seven-dimensional penis. Brilliant hilarity ensues. I guess this is just my way of thanking whomever it was who turned me on to this site. PA rocks.