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Samplings from the World Wide Web by C.K. Sample III

Entries for September, 2005

Funny…

From Nora Ephron: One Small Blog - Yahoo! News:

I don’t have a clue how she has had time to write a novel, what with the blogging and the drinking, but I guess you save a lot of time not having to do any reporting.

Funny, but I think the real reason is because busy people are [...]

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Another goofy pic of me…

goofy pic of me angry

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

This time the theme is “Hulk smash.” This picture was taken several years ago around this time of year when we went pumpkin picking out on Long Island. That round object in the foreground is a [...]

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Goofy pic of me…

goofy pic of me happy

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

I think once I am a widely published author, I want this picture that Kristin took of me while we were on our honeymoon, to be my author headshot on the inside flap of all my [...]

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The way it should be done…

This is amazing:

We’re not streaming, or offering 30-second song samples, or annoying you with digital rights management software; we’re putting up the whole record, for free, forever. Full stop. Please help yourself; if you like it, please share with friends.

I think this band is going to sell a lot of copies after giving it away [...]

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My How-to on Attack of the Show

I posted about this over at TV Squad, but I just wanted to note here that the how-to on downgrading your PSP from 2.0 to 1.5 firmware was mentioned on G4’s Attack of the Show last night! Cool!

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How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle

This is sublime: How to Survive a Freestyle Rap Battle - WikiHow. Thanks to Mags for sending the link my way.

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PSP Hacks: The Book » HOW-TO: PSP 2.0 to 1.5 downgrade

PSP Hacks: The Book » HOW-TO: PSP 2.0 to 1.5 downgrade: “My downgrade step by step is up at hackaday now.”

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BuzzMachine on Google commodifying everything

This is a good post. I’m not always the biggest fan of Google, and I am suspicious of their do-no-evil policy, combined with their continued non-support, or delayed support of Apple. Internet tools need to be as open as possible to all platforms, and Google of all companies has the money to do it right [...]

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I hope this doesn’t happen to my D70…

According to Engadget, Nikon acknowledges DSLR defects:

Camera users on the internets have been complaining for a while about reliability problems with certain Nikon DSLRs — users have dubbed the problem the “Blinking Green Light of Death,” or BGLOD — and now Nikon has confirmed the problem.

They’ve agreed to fix it if it happens to your [...]

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Salman Rushdie Interview

Note to self: Read this.

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Wake up…

Wake up!
“Were we abandoned by the Federal Government? Absolutely…. Did inefficiency…did bureaucracy commit murder here? Absolutely, it did.”

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Wordpress.com invite

Well, my initial impressions of the Wordpress.com service from setting up My last name is Sample is pretty cool. I have an invite I can pass along. Anyone want to give this a shot?

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My last name is Sample

Another blog: My last name is Sample. UPDATE: wtf!? Wordpress.com shut down my account and someone else is cyber-squatting there. UNCOOL Wordpress.

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Flickr: badcops

Flickr: badcops.

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