May 05, 2005

Foofaraw

Here's a time-waster for you: The Fashionable Dictionary. A sample:
Reason
Bad, toxic entity, that foolish people use when they ought to use their inner voice, or angels, or intuition, or a gut feeling, or their hearts, or the I Ching.

Science
1. An inconvenient discipline that tends to undermine our most cherished beliefs.
2. A tiny cabal of powerful people who ignore what the majority of humanity believe.
3. A civil religion.

Geeky tricks: How do I control what Windows does at Startup?

You may start hearing the word "chimera" a lot, once stem cell research gets off the ground. So what is it? Think centaurs and werewolves.

When you wrap a package and use scissors on the ribbon, why does it curl?

Opinionated content may resume tomorrow.

Posted by Linkmeister at May 5, 2005 12:38 PM
Comments

I was reading the article on Windows which discussed some backup devices for files. I am currently using an external zip drive for my backup files. I recently found out that external disk drive units will not longer be made, just the zips themselves on which to record your data.
I'm thinking of using a USB at some future time, but I have got this down to a lovely system, which will annoy me to ruin what I've set up... : ^ {

Posted by: Toxiclabrat at May 6, 2005 09:17 AM