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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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  1. Parody is not license to be racist

    Dec 28, 2008

    Recently, some Republicans thought it would be a brilliant idea to distribute a CD to members of the Republican National Convention containing a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro”. The general response was about as

    Tagged: politics, racism, republicans, barack obama, parody, rnc, pop culture, puff the magic dragon, barack the magic negro

  2. How browser security exploits hinder exploration of the web

    Dec 22, 2008

    It’s important to be able to feel safe while browsing the web, both in terms of what your software protects you against and what your own “web street smarts” protect you against. Users who don’t feel safe will restrict

    Tagged: net, internet, microsoft, internet explorer, web, malware, safety, browsing, mozilla firefox

  3. Tanks in rush hour

    Dec 10, 2008

    This makes twice in one year that my commute home from work has been slowed by rubbernecking delays thanks to tanks being in the pull-over lane just south of the American Legion Bridge crossing the Potomac River along

    Tagged: personal, traffic, delays, tanks, m1 abrams, commute, rush hour, american legion bridge

  4. Batman Minus Batman

    Dec 8, 2008

    You may or may not be aware of Garfield Minus Garfield, a mash-up of the comic strip Garfield that simply removes Garfield from all frames, leaving John Arbuckle as a lonely, psychotic man. I bring it up because it

    Tagged: cinema, movie, heath ledger, the dark knight, movie review, pop culture, batman

  5. Slumdog Millionaire - A movie in review

    Nov 23, 2008

    My mother is plugged into the independent arthouse movie scene, so she’s always seeing (and raving about) movies that I’ve never heard about. Yesterday, my cousin from New York City was in town, so we took the

    Tagged: india, movie, movie review, pop culture, slumdog millionaire