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The Year of 360

By G | Published: 26 April 2005

Don’t look now, but 360 is the official buzzword of 2005. It’s vaguely nauseating when this sort of “boardroom synergy” happens at multiple corporations. I blame Anderson Cooper and his news program on CNN for starting it last year, even though I’ve been a fan since he was the nervous gray-haired punk on ABC’s middle-of-the-night [...]

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Smoke in the Basement

By G | Published: 4 April 2005

This is not the best way to begin a Monday. We woke up to the smell of smoke, and discovered it was concentrated in the basement. I ran down there, but didn’t see much besides a slight “light saber” effect when I aimed a flashlight into the north corner of the crawlspace. But the smell [...]

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The Blowout

By G | Published: 26 March 2005

If the tires on your vehicle are over 8 years old, consider replacing them now. There are other ways to fail besides worn tread. I was extremely lucky this blowout happened at the end of a 56-mile mountain highway roadtrip, while turning around in a cul de sac. The front tire, bearing the weight of [...]

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Wrod Porbelms

By G | Published: 15 March 2005

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn [...]

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