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Entries from November 2007

Newsclipping: Missing student may have been porn star

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press Writer 33 minutes ago
 
 

EL DORADO, Kan. - A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane, a friend told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
 

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The Game of Telephone

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Gah, the current weather forcast includes moderate drama with occasional thunderstorms. People always wonder what causes the most grief? It’s not the notion that people have shoulders to cry on, or that they have their go-to guy or gal that they can spill all their inner angst to. It’s moreso that they need to make [...]

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Tags: Personal · Politics

For those who ever thought they had a disfunctional relationship…

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Ok, if you’ve ever thought you might have had a tad bit of a disfunctional relationship, try this one out:
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/14/news_pf/Tampabay/Clash_ends_in_stabbin.shtml
But the punchline isn’t so much the killing the guy w/ the samurai sword, but rather the post story commentary on the estranged husband and wife’s past run-ins with the law.

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Tags: Personal

Well Heck

November 26th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s like it snuck up on me - I know it shouldn’t have - but for some reason I totally thought I had an extra week in there between Thanksgiving and the 1st. But noooo, I just looked at the calendar and saw that the 1st is this upcoming Saturday. I could have sworn that [...]

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Some OpenSocial thoughts

November 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been giving a fair amount of attention to Google’s OpenSocial platform over the past week. Here are some initial thoughts

You can build OpenSocial apps as Google Gadgets or on your own.
Gadgets can be easily added to iGoogle and Orkut. Not sure how other sites will handle these.
Orkut, Ning, and [...]

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Tags: Programming