The G.W. & Crew Flip Flop Catalog, Autumn 2004

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by Adam at 10:40 PM

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Aaron Eiseman has made a satirical footwear catalog listing the “flip-flops” of the Bush administration. Click through the slide-show of pages, and at the end you can download a PDF version for offline reading and passing on to friends.

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The Etymology of W00t

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by Adam at 8:07 PM

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Wikipedia has a hilarious entry attempting to trace the origins of “w00t.”

See also: The Straight Dope, 8 W4y5 70 $und4y

Update (12/12/2007): w00t has been named Word of the Year 2007. w00t!

RSS Feed for any LiveJournal

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by Adam at 4:31 PM

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Thanks to an entry on the Liferea FAQ, I now know how to get an RSS feed for any LiveJournal. All it takes is a little URL magic.

Enter the following URL into your feed reader, replacing [username] with the correct username for your friend with the LJ:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/[username]/data/rss

Voila! By way of example, here are feeds for a couple of my friends’ LJ blogs:

Okay guys, now I can honestly promise to do a better job of staying up to date on your weblogs. :-D

Update: Gregory Blake shows how get access to friend-locked LJ posts through your feed reader.

Liam Neeson Starring in Kinsey Biopic

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by Adam at 12:25 AM

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This Fall, Fox Searchlight Pictures will be releasing a biopic about pioneering 1940s human sexuality researcher Dr. Alfred Kinsey. The movie will star Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.

Based on the teaser and the trailer, it seems like they had some fun with the sex study aspect, but still treated their biographical subject seriously. Looks like it may be one to watch for in theatres. According to IMDB, Kinsey will be seeing limited US release on November 12th.