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Chad Dickerson’s column in InfoWorld tells the story of how he helped a stranger get their rental car reservation via the miracle of wireless Internet access. The story is more impressive than my summary suggests.

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Gruhn Guitars in Nashville is selling the most important single guitar in the history of country music for $575,000. The guitar belonged to Maybelle Carter.

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Looks like Slashdot got gamed by a Nazi.

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A local paper is providing a weblog for any political candidate that wants to set one up. Unfortunately, you have to register to see them. Ed Cone has the inside scoop.

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After reading this, I’m glad my doctor is a woman. Via Follow Me Here.

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So I’m working on two projects these days. The first is an extremely business-logic heavy application. It was originally implemented in PHP, but I’m writing a Web service that implements the same logic in Java. The other is a code review of an EJB-based application. I’m reviewing the source code to find potential security problems, [...]

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Body and Soul: And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. A must read post on torture.

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Last week, Jim Henley asked:

So the question that arises is, did we, as part of the SAP, torture former regime scientists last summer as part of the WMD search?

The answer, it seems, is yes.

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Gmail is perhaps the most threading-oriented email client ever. If treats threads of messages as individual items, and doesn’t even give you the option of viewing messages outside the context of their thread. I like this approach, especially for mailing lists. The intelligent grouping of messages means less clutter in your in box, for one [...]

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Recently I bought a big bean bag from LoveSac.com. I’m mentioning this only to give them credit for their top notch customer service. The Sac that we bought had a red microsuede cover that unfortunately turned everything it came in contact with red as well. I emailed Kelly, LoveSac’s self-described customer service goddess, and [...]

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