Monthly Archives: August 2004

Big, brown and ugly …

Posted on August 31, 2004 by Derek

Ha! Going through old boxes and tossing everything I dont need led me to find my old BCGs. For those that dont know, BCGs are birth-control glasses, given to you during basic training in the military. Big, thick, heavy, ugly, … Continue reading →

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Bad, bad, baaaaaad …

Posted on August 31, 2004 by Derek

The movie Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 received a perfectly-bad 0% rating from the meta-review site Rotten Tomatoes, meaning that not even one of the hundreds of movie critics the site tracks gave the film a positive rating, something increasingly rare … Continue reading →

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Sci Fi sneak peeks …

Posted on August 26, 2004 by Derek

Apple’s Quicktime site has the Farscape: The PeaceKeeper Wars mini-series trailer up. For those of you who are familiar with bittorrent, you can use it to download the Serenity (Firefly movie) teaser that was shown at this year’s Comicon. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Winamp exploit

Posted on August 26, 2004 by Derek

For users of the popular mp3 player Winamp, there’s currently a malicious exploit circulating through the ‘net that makes use of the software’s feature that automatically installs downloaded skins. Details about the exploit can be found on the Winamp community … Continue reading →

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More tech humor …

Posted on August 20, 2004 by Derek

The Harsh Reality of an IT Project Life Cycle: Phase 1: Uncritical acceptance. Phase 2: Wild enthusiasm. Phase 3: Dejected disillusionment. Phase 4: Total confusion. Phase 5: Search for the guilty. Phase 6: Punishment of the innocent. Phase 7: Promotion … Continue reading →

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