Having children is like openin...

Having children is like opening a franchise.

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"And leave out words like amen...

"And leave out words like amenable, indecorous, and such. Speak English not whatever they speak in...." "England?" - Buffy, Giles

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"My blanket's gone! Where's my...

"My blanket's gone! Where's my lamp?" Quick! Check on your toaster, maybe they tried to follow you to college.

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Finally catching up on Dexter....

Finally catching up on Dexter. Edge of my seat.

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So very impressive; movie time...

So very impressive; movie timelines: http://xkcd.com/657/large/

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I notice that the more I study...

I notice that the more I study IP law, the easier I find it to agree with conclusions that defy all common sense.

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My IP notes from the week befo...

My IP notes from the week before OCIs are shockingly bad. I only wrote one sentence Oct 1: "There's a difference between a pie and a play"

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"I think hand-driers work by a...

"I think hand-driers work by a clever combination of the placebo effect and naturally occurring evaporation."

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Nooo. I spent forever cleaning...

Nooo. I spent forever cleaning up my contact list and I sent a mass email out and it synced every address to my phone. Darn you Google!

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Precisely how many Os are requ...

Precisely how many Os are required to get the point across? Twitter made me reduce it to 3 but I feel like I needed 5 to convey the emotion.

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A developer's thoughts on Appl...

A developer's thoughts on Apple: http://paulgraham.com/apple.html

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"Parking Brake Fail" - http://...

"Parking Brake Fail" - http://twlol.com/tw/?v7-30525 #fail Poor guy.

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Guys, skirts are apparently in...

Guys, skirts are apparently in: http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/beauty/h-m-s-new-collection-features-skirts-for-men-547911/#photoViewer=1

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RT @feliciaday: The Matrix's B...

RT @feliciaday: The Matrix's Bullet-Dodging Scene, Faithfully Recreated in Lego - Lego matrix - io9 http://bit.ly/4s8rMF (via Omer)

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Preparing for the rising of th...

Preparing for the rising of the undead? Zombie Outbreak Simulator: http://www.class3outbreak.com/zombie-outbreak-simulator/

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For now the product is entirel...

For now the product is entirely imaginary - and yet, oddly enough, it's already received more reviews than most devices that actually exist.

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Walked past line of schoolkids...

Walked past line of schoolkids. Cool wave pattern of misbehavior with teachers as nodes.

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OMG, that was the meanest thin...

OMG, that was the meanest thing ever. #House

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3 Brewers. Yummy. http://yfrog...

3 Brewers. Yummy. http://yfrog.com/33t64gj

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Whoops, forgot to mention it's...

Whoops, forgot to mention it's by the Eaton Centre. L: http://short.to/xz7l

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Guy walking around Apple store...

Guy walking around Apple store with an HP laptop: http://twitgoo.com/590t4

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Comparing movement in various ...

Comparing movement in various Disney films, interesting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXIkUgG3h6c [Video]

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I'm always shocked at how high...

I'm always shocked at how high def the world is when I clean my glasses.

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RT @mostlylisa Only in Canada ...

RT @mostlylisa Only in Canada would the iPhone auto-correct "long" to "loony". What's next "about" to "aboot"?

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@ambermac The prices in TO are...

@ambermac The prices in TO are crazy high. Wait for all those condos at the lake to finish and the market to crash.

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"Because your feet are shaped ...

"Because your feet are shaped differently" http://yfrog.com/33dq4j - But what happens when you lose one in the dryer?

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RT @travelrn Bing Accused of C...

RT @travelrn Bing Accused of Censoring Simplified Chinese Language Searches: http://bit.ly/4wB8Qw

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Says my cellphone todo list wh...

Says my cellphone todo list when I postponed a task the second time: "I can't help you organize your life if you keep doing that."

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@Jason Your bio says you're a ...

@Jason Your bio says you're a cereal entrepreneur, but other than TechCrunch50, I can't imagine any of those being breakfast food.

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Beatles thieves make me laugh:...

Beatles thieves make me laugh: http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091118/court-kills-preposterous-pirate-beatles-site/?mod=ATD_rss

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@ambermac I just realized how ...

@ambermac I just realized how great the name of your show is. I can't open a new window on my Mac without thinking CommandN.

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After six years, one would thi...

After six years, one would think that the doctors on #House would be less likely to assume that the patient is ok.

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Dr. Horrible Prequel (Horrible...

Dr. Horrible Prequel (Horrible Turn): http://station.newteevee.com/show/horribleturn/

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"You haven't heard of Prodigy?...

"You haven't heard of Prodigy? It's like Compuserve only better." - Horrible Turn

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I crashed Google Wave! It was ...

I crashed Google Wave! It was the greatest web app crash ever.

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Wow. The doctor's office has h...

Wow. The doctor's office has hired a traffic guy for the parking lot.

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Oh Arnold.

Oh Arnold.

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No Glee? I'm sad.

No Glee? I'm sad.

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When hospitals say they'd rais...

When hospitals say they'd raise the money themselves if they could, is that saying they wish they could charge?

Originally posted at W E Barnes.ca by Billy Barnes

This bar is recommended by "Wh...

This bar is recommended by "Where To Eat On Parole Day".

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What's the difference between ...

What's the difference between bird flu and swine flu? One requires a tweetment and the other an oinkment.

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There's something funny about ...

There's something funny about reading my IP casebook next to a bunch of guys talking about torrenting music.

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"Real leaders are supposed to ...

"Real leaders are supposed to be able to see a better future. Like Thomas Jefferson or that kid from the Terminator movies."

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I almost went downtown and I d...

I almost went downtown and I don't have class.

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"A special interest, that's ba...

"A special interest, that's bad. But a stakeholder, well that's someone who should be at the table."

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I figured out what happens to ...

I figured out what happens to socks that in missing in the dryer. They turn into cables and hide behind my computer.

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"Have you ever been involved i...

"Have you ever been involved in a law suit? Count yourself lucky. I hope you never are." - Law professor to student

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"Engineers believe that if it ...

"Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it hasn't got enough features yet."

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"The most important part of ro...

"The most important part of romance is being selfish the rest of the time. Otherwise a romantic act will be just a normal act."

Originally posted at W E Barnes.ca by Billy Barnes

@stephenfry Someone re-invente...

@stephenfry Someone re-invented IRC. #frys

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"There follows an article whic...

"There follows an article which I hesitate to describe as literary but it is an article written as one expects in a paper of that kind."

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Conspiracy theories are just a...

Conspiracy theories are just a conspiracy to distract people's attention from what's really going on.

Originally posted at W E Barnes.ca by Billy Barnes

"Isn't the essence of legal ar...

"Isn't the essence of legal argument insisting that there is a distinction when there isn't one?" - Law Professor

Originally posted at W E Barnes.ca by Billy Barnes

links for 2009-09-19

• Zune HD a major sellout?
  (tags: zune microsoft)

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links for 2009-09-18

• BUSTED: Burglar Arrested After Checking Facebook During Robbery
  (tags: facebook crime stupid)

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"A definition given in this pr...

"A definition given in this prospectus supplement supplements the definition given in the prospectus." *head explodes*

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"A definition given in this pr...

"A definition given in this prospectus supplement supplements the definition given in the prospectus." *head explodes*

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Jewel thief arrested after log...

Jewel thief arrested after logging into Facebook from victim's home computer http://bit.ly/5oThn

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links for 2009-09-16

• Senson on Science
  (tags: science educational)
• Facebook's Userbase to Pass US Population Numbers
  (tags: facebook)
• Official Google Blog: Teaching computers to read: Google acquires reCAPTCHA
  (tags: google recaptcha captcha acquisition)
• Hiroshi Sugimoto's Lightning Fields | PDN Photo of the Day
  (tags: photography lightning photos)

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A watched TV dinner never cook...

A watched TV dinner never cooks.

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Testing syndication again

This time using CrossPress.

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