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Daily Archives: February 23, 2004
Flash Mob Supercomputer
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 Some class science projects get out of hand. That is certainly the case with Patrick Miller’s graduate course in do-it-yourself supercomputing at the University of San Francisco. On April 3, his students plan to assemble the … Continue reading
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We’re Always the Last to Learn…
How to cheat at Apple Computer’s much-hyped Pepsi/iTunes music-giveaway promotion. For a chance at a free song from the music download service, buy a specially marked bottle of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, or Sierra Mist. The underside of one out … Continue reading
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Make Way for Goslings
Spotted leaving work this afternoon, crossing the BU Bridge on Memorial Drive along the Charles River in Cambridge, an extended family of geese. Bringing both drivers and joggers to a stunned halt, the gaggle of approximately 50 geese and … Continue reading
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US Sec of Education Calls Teachers “Terrorists”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teachers union a "terrorist organization” during a private White House meeting with governors on Monday. Democratic and Republican governors confirmed Paige’s remarks about the National Education Association.`These were the … Continue reading
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Long, Hot Summer
The Dowbrigade has never been afraid to admit he was wrong, which is a good thing as this happens so frequently that otherwise he would live in a constant state of fear. In our first posting on Blogging the Conventions … Continue reading
Time Heals All Wounds
Time truly heals all wounds. For a looong time after that fateful October night, the Dowbrigade could not hear the word baseball or see the color red without suffering anew the deception and depression due to the disastrous denouement of … Continue reading
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