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It’s funny. I can look back on a life of achievement, on challenges met, competitors bested, obstacles overcome. I’ve accomplished more than most men, and without the use of my legs. — The Big Lebowski Well I actually do have legs, but today is something of a milestone. Graduation and all that jazz. My last day at Macworld. (I got told by one of the editors that if they had the money that they would hire me — they all…

The Bush campaign has repeatedly accused the senator of “politicizing” Iraq. Bush-Cheney chairman Marc Racicot told reporters Wednesday that Kerry is relentlessly “playing politics” and exploiting tragedy for political gain. Racicot, for instance, told reporters that Kerry suggested that 150,000 or so U.S. troops are “somehow universally responsible” for the misdeeds of a small number of American soldiers and contractors. Racicot made several variations of this charge. But Kerry never said this, or anything like it. As evidence, Racicot pointed…

Wow, my phone is among the coolest gadgets that I’ve owned yet so far. And did I mention that it has a camera on it too? Today was my last day of class at Berkeley. It feels rather anti-climactic. See y’all at the Hotsy later on.

Now while all this nonsense about questioning the leadership somehow “endangers” the troops, (a charge I’ve yet to see proven or even explained) is one thing, but this takes it to a whole new level. As in last Friday’s questioning of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, most of the Senators on the committee roundly condemned the prisoner abuse. But one committee member, Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican from Oklahoma, lashed out at the outrage itself. “I’m probably not the only…

Ok, I know that the fad with Richard Clarke came and went a few weeks ago, but I’m reading his book now. This part (pg. 83-84) is genius. Clarke is writing about the retaliation against Saddam Hussein for the 1993 foiled assassination attempt on former President Bush in Kuwait. Clinton ordered retaliatory missile strikes on Baghdad. Gore urged the President [Clinton] to tell us something that the two highest leaders in the land clearly found funny. “Okay, okay,” Clinton agreed.…

Thank goodness! OAKLAND, Calif., May 6 — Faced with a public outcry, angry threats from Congress and even criticism from some of its owners, Major League Baseball announced late Thursday that it was retreating from plans to place logos for the new movie “Spider-Man 2” on the bases during games next month. The announcement, made jointly with Columbia Pictures, the movie’s distributor, came after a second day of criticism over what many perceived as the sport’s crass commercialization of the…

Jeez. Integrity, schmintegrity, it seems. Moore admits Disney ‘ban’ was a stunt Less than 24 hours after accusing the Walt Disney Company of pulling the plug on his latest documentary in a blatant attempt at political censorship, the rabble-rousing film-maker Michael Moore has admitted he knew a year ago that Disney had no intention of distributing it. The admission, during an interview with CNN, undermined Moore’s claim that Disney was trying to sabotage the US release of Fahrenheit 911 just…

So not only does my phone do Bluetooth, and sync with iCal and my Address Book on my Mac, (not to mention act as a remote for my iTunes and DVD Player), but for an additional $5/month, I can get WAP Internet access on the phone, and send/receive unlimited POP3 emails (and they support SSL!). One problem though is that it doesn’t actually download the messages off the server, it merely forwards them to the phone, so if I’m out…

Who’s on First? Spider-Man. No shit. Ads on bases. What a massively stupid idea. Speaking of bad ideas, what is this Post on WiFi all about? Is this their response to the NYT’s WiFi special issue from yesterday? Even my grandparents know about WiFi. C’mon guys. Get a clue.

Courtesy Engadget, comes this story: The text message came from Christopher’s girlfriend, a college student, and was sent while she was driving in her car to pick up Christopher after school let out. It read: ”I need a tampon!” School officials say it is common knowledge that tampon is slang for a large marijuana cigarette. But Toby and Leigh Klump say that even if Grube and Kocher had the right to search their son’s cell phone, and they don’t believe…