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Free replacements for many commercial apps are already available. Here is a good list to help you get started looking, once you have your basic Linux system up and running. (Some of these apps will already be bundled with many distros!) If you don’t find it in the list, freshmeat and sourceforge are your friends. [...]
42 Years of Phone Rental
A 82-year old widow, Ester Strogen, in Canton, Ohio was found to have paid about $14,666 for a now outdated rotary phone. She first leased the phone in the 1960’s. Strogen says she’s not a big fan of her new push-button phone.
“I’d like to have my rotary back,” she said. “I like that better.”
Shoe Lacing Methods
Ian’s Shoelace Site sifts through the 2 trillion mathmatically possible ways of lacing six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe and suggests 31 favorites. Odd but compelling.
And that’s no fufu
No more slogging over the pounding stones beating the yam and cassava into submission. Instant fufu is here!
Fripp to be on Vista!
The guitarist/composer Robert Fripp was seen putting sound down for the upcoming Windows Vista. At least the sounds will be State of the Art…
Snow sculpture erected
From the New Windsor(NY) Times Herald-Record, quite possibly funniest article title of the year. New Windsor police Chief Michael Biasotti worries the display might give others ideas.
“Now we’re going to get snow penises popping up all over town,” he said.
End of the Year begins.
Lists, lists, lists. Here a good looking one. Time Mag’s Best Photos of the Year 2005.
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