Ever wonder why so many smart people think nuclear power is a good idea, and why so many reactionary hippies think it isn’t? As usual the answer comes down to who actually bothers with facts and who spends most of their time protesting things too complicated to reduce to a slogan they can chant at…

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If you have Quicktime installed, you can see my ink here .

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I’ll be posting more on this another time, for now just keep these two quotes in mind. Both are from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Emphasis is mine. “The black dress seemed excessively revealing—because it was astonishing to discover that the lines of her shoulder were fragile and beautiful, and that the diamond band on…

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Anna Sometimes, you hear a song and it just rocks you. It happened to me a long tome ago when I came across Sophie B. Hawkins, and again with Tori Amos as well as Sarah McLachlan.Obviously there are others – but thats not the point. The point is this song by Anna Nalick just kicked my ass.…

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Open Source multiplayer networking layer: Rakkarsoft – RakNet GameDev.net – Product Review – RakNet Multi Theft Auto- Hacking Multi-Player Into Grand Theft Auto With Open Source

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Final form…   This is pretty much the final form for my ink. With any luck, it gets put on tomorrow. Our appointment is tomorrow night @ 19:00. Why do I get the feeling I am not going to hold out long till the next? I have 4 planned for my arms in this placement,…

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inkling… So I have been considering getting some ink on my forearms for a while.  The concept is to use the right side to show power, the left virtue. The [[wp:Kanji]] you see above (top) is the one I am considering for the first on the right arm. The image below it shows you the…

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Some links on the topic of accepting payments over the web because I hate Paypal. I used to be neutral on them, but they are currently in the process of trying to screw me out of $500 so they can bite me. Ask Slashdot: ecommendations for Website Payment Systems Sites I have some confidence in…

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Ok, I did it. In and among my other work I created a “Vampirefreaks” profile. The place is, I have it on good authority, swimming with moderately attractive seriously damaged people. I figured for amusement I’d dangle a hook and see what begs for attention. Operative phrase: Beg. Anyway, here are some of the profiles…

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