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Date: August 16th, 2008

Hint: It’s Not a Verb

16 August, 2008 (05:24) | History, Language, Tech, peeve | 1 comment

Sat-nav for flappers
Sat-Nav wristwatches have been around since 1920.
OK, the idea of a small chart scrolling on one’s wrist is clever, but the “sat” part of “sat-nav” stands for satellite, as in artificial satellite. What artificial satellites are involved here?
Yes, I have a peeve about using acronyms and abbreviations where one obviously doesn’t know [...]

In Case You’re Homesick for the Keystone State

16 August, 2008 (05:23) | Misc, Rants | 1 comment

Last week I was vacationing in Bills’ country — it’s tough being a Dolphins fan these days, but especially so within an hour or so of Buffalo — getting my fix of hot wings (not hard to find pretty much anywhere these days) and Beef on ‘Weck (still a local phenomenon), which required me to [...]

Just Checking

16 August, 2008 (05:23) | Humor, Sick sick sick, Video | No comments

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Yep. Still funny.

 

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