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Leo N. posted on
Jul 28, 2010, 0:18 EDT |
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| The other night, after a smashing game of Dungeon and Dragons, I said bye to my friends, turned on my lights, hopped on my trusty metal steed and started pedalling home down Yonge Street. In front of me was a woman riding her bike. Since she wasn't going fast enough for my taste, I made a point of passing her. She didn't like that. The pseudo race that followed proved to be one of the most competitive challenges I have ever endured. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Jul 1, 2010, 15:47 EDT |
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| They were starting a new life together. She was happy.Wasn't she? This was everything she ever wanted. At least, it was now. It hadn't been hard leaving the city. She had graduated with honours. All that was left for her in the city was post-doc, or that extended master's program she had once worked so hard to get accepted to. It's not hard to give up dreams if new dreams come. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Jun 8, 2010, 16:41 EDT |
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| Why Other People Think I Should
And Why They Are Wrong Elections are coming up here in the Netherlands, Europe. Because of this I have been subjected to just about every cliché there is about the subject. But I do not vote. I made a very conscious decision not to vote and in fact I urge everybody to follow my example. (More) |
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David Dylan posted on
Jun 6, 2010, 15:20 EDT |
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| She walks the last stretch home. It's nearly summer, which means their street is nearly not as depressing. Post-war brownstone blocks. Satellite dishes on the tiny balconies. Garbage bags at the door, waiting to be collected.
Once this was paradise. Her uncle and father helped her renovate the small apartment. Two men who shared her tastes, and her unshakeable belief that, in fact, their tastes, their beliefs, their opinions, were in a way better than anyone else's. People she could work with. (More) |
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CoN Staff posted on
Jun 6, 2010, 10:06 EDT |
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| This video shows you what people are really using the iPad for. Is anyone really surprised? (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
May 12, 2010, 16:02 EDT |
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| Some people say she has her life planned out, but she knows that is not true. You can't plan for the inevitable. It is like the difference between knowing and believing. And she believes. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
May 4, 2010, 15:33 EDT |
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| Talk about tattoos. Talk about music. Talk about whatever. She feels out of place. She feels intimidated. It's not her, she tells herself. She is cool. It's them. The old guys staring at her. The normal people. The conformists. The ever so non-conformist conformists, all looking the same. (More) | |
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Leo N. posted on
Apr 29, 2010, 11:00 EDT |
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| Until a few nights ago, I was the proud owner of a jail-broken iPhone 3G. A recent crash and a forced firmware upgrade left me locked out of my own phone. It has now become obvious that Apple is the superior force, Steve Jobs knows better and that I will no longer attempt to do what I believed was only fair with a phone I thought I actually owned. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Apr 16, 2010, 10:00 EDT |
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| There are some books that will bore you to tears. Books that are a waste of time just sitting there on the shelf. But you have to read them, because they are relevant, or because they help you understand things, or because just because. This series of articles looks at some of these books. This instalment: The Communist Manifesto. (More) | |
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Leo N. posted on
Mar 16, 2010, 0:00 EDT |
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| As a sci-fi geek, whose only criteria for a good television show is the word "star" in its title, I was quite interested when in recent news scientists started toting the abilities of their latest toy, the Kepler telescope. The Kepler is a satellite named after some German astronomer, whose mission is to search the skies for planets that are similar to our own. The scientist have made the bold claim that, within the next four to five years, we could soon discover earth-like planets capable of harbouring life, hinting that aliens may really be out there. Are they? Of course. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Feb 25, 2010, 17:42 EST |
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| There are some books that will bore you to tears. Books that are a waste of time just sitting there on the shelf. But you have to read them, because they are relevant, or because they help you understand things, or because just because. This series of articles looks at some of these books. This instalment: Silmarillion (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Feb 15, 2010, 10:00 EST |
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| Cheap computers, readily available broadband and increasingly easier to use interfaces also means the experience has become more and more instant. There is no learning curve, no sense of being 'new' and the humility that brings. Frankly, without wanting to sound hateful, it also means the bar has been lowered beyond a point where people we wouldn't invite to a party can now join in without restriction or buffer to help them, or force them, to spend time to adapt to their new surroundings. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Feb 7, 2010, 15:50 EST |
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| There are some books that will bore you to tears. Books that are a waste of time just sitting there on the shelf. But you have to read them, because they are relevant, or because they help you understand things, or because just because. This series of articles looks at some of these books. This instalment: Anne Frank's diary. (More) | |
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Leo N. posted on
Feb 3, 2010, 21:35 EST |
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| I began to complain lately that I hadn't done any writing. It's true, I haven't. But the problem was not just a matter of having writer's block or that I couldn't figure what to write. After a long day, sitting in front of a computer and trying to write something was the last thing on my mind. And so no writing got done because it was far easier to just complain about it. It's kind of like complaining that you never win the lottery when you never actually go out and buy a ticket. Here's what I'm doing about it to change that. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Jan 20, 2010, 12:59 EST |
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| I play Dungeons & Dragons. I admit it. I love it. Besides; it was my love of games and my interaction with the game's inventor (Gary Gygax, RIP old bear), whom I was proud to call a friend for a while, that made me go into multi-media. This week (and the week before, and the week before...) my group couldn't get together. So, instead I played with Photoshop. The result is rather D&D-ish... but I like it. (More) | |
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Basil Baxter posted on
Dec 23, 2009, 15:09 EST |
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| First and foremost, Basil Baxter (who Loves You) wishes to address some personal grievances. Basil Baxter (who Loves You) has noted with mounting displeasure that, despite claims to the contrary by your extensive PR department, you apparently do not, in fact, read all letters sent to you. (More) | |
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Ference Calvin posted on
Dec 1, 2009, 20:00 EST |
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| Why can't I analyze people? Because it's not my field? What the fuck? Seriously. I can analyze an electric circuit, I can analyze a computer program. Why not a person? (More) | |
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Tim King posted on
Nov 20, 2009, 7:33 EST |
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| Economics, like many faith based beliefs, actually depends on wilful ignorance in order to exist. Bankers are the front line of this faith. They claim natural disaster when human failings are inevitably the cause. They create double-speak and misdirection in order to maintain control of a system of value that has nothing to do with the real world. (More) | |
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Basil Baxter posted on
Nov 6, 2009, 15:15 EST |
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| Outside throngs of kiddies, accompanied by parents with visibly frayed nerves (as is always the case whenever large packs of toddlers gather) were waiting in the pale sunshine. Large signs proclaimed that there was to be a movie premiere. This was just perfect. Basil Baxter loves movie premieres. He loves any reason for crowds to gather. (More) | |
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Basil Baxter posted on
Oct 30, 2009, 15:03 EDT |
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| Today's event would be an exceptionally good one. Having all but completely depleted the sordid pool of muck that is TV-formats that end with "with the stars", the TV production company had moved on to "with the children". Basil Baxter can think of many things to do that involve children. Mostly it also involves either killing them or recruiting them as assassins. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Oct 30, 2009, 10:19 EDT |
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| It was overcast. Jimmy liked the overcast skies; they were so not like home. He loved the light. He took out his ageing camera and took a few pictures. He ducked deeper into his thick coat. It was hard getting used to the cold. It was cold, bitter cold. In the distance the hills looked colder still, there was snow coming. Funny how you learn these things in just a few years.
Hit Play before reading. (More) |
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Basil Baxter posted on
Oct 23, 2009, 14:34 EDT |
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| Dear Usama, Thank you for your interest in joining Basil Baxter on his drive to purge the world of all that possesses life. Your kind letter has brightened Basil Baxter's day. (More) |
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David Dylan posted on
Oct 23, 2009, 12:27 EDT |
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| The doorbell rang, and rang again. Dave cursed; he'd completely forgotten that a reporter was coming around to do an interview. He practically jumped into his jeans and put on a T-shirt he found laying next to the mattress he used as a bed. After pushing the button that opened the downstairs door, he popped in a CD and started to make coffee.
Hit "play" before reading. (More) |
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Basil Baxter posted on
Oct 16, 2009, 14:26 EDT |
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| There was a long line at the venue. Fortunately Basil had had the foresight to arrange backstage passes so he whistled a little tune as he nonchalantly sauntered past the waiting throng to the VIP entrance. His passes were all-access and one special one that would give him dressing-room access. (More) | |
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David Dylan posted on
Oct 13, 2009, 9:41 EDT |
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| She's too young and by far not innocent enough for him. Under the knockout-blonde exterior anything could be lurking. A chaste virgin with dreams of the one true lover. Or a child with too many boyfriends. He doesn't know. (Hit "play" before reading.) (More) | |
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