Monthly Archives: January 2004

Captain Kangaroo is Dead!

Posted on January 23, 2004 by Joey Gibson

I am once again heartbroken! First we lost Mr. Rogers and now, less than a year later, we’ve lost Captain Kangaroo! I was a kid in the 70′s and both of these men had a big impact on my life. … Continue reading →

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Amusing 2003 Magazine Stories

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Joey Gibson

From this story in the Washington Post on amusing, misleading and downright silly magazine articles from 2003, we find this: … Playboy published an article titled “Superstars of Weird Sports,” which featured this helpful tip from James Pratt, three-time World … Continue reading →

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Bush Appoints Pickering!!!

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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It Looks Like Wesley Clark Is a Lying Dirtbag…

Posted on January 15, 2004 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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Liberal Media Bias Example #9,432,655

Posted on January 14, 2004 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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Second Piping Lesson

Posted on January 13, 2004 by Joey Gibson

Well, my second (again) piping lesson came off pretty well tonight. I say ‘pretty well’ because it’s been one month since the last lesson and very little practice was had during the Christmas and New Year’s season. I spent about … Continue reading →

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Lego Mindstorms Are Very Cool

Posted on January 8, 2004 by Joey Gibson

I got some cash for Christmas, bought a Lego Mindstorms robotics kit and It arrived yesterday via UPS truck. Ooo boy, this thing is cool. So far I’ve built the starter robot (see the photos; click to get larger view) … Continue reading →

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SSH Util Ruby Script

Posted on January 7, 2004 by Joey Gibson

OpenSSH, that ships with Cygwin has a nice utility called ssh-agent. This program is a daemon that will hold on to your keys so that hosts you are authorized to log on to will not continually ask for your password. … Continue reading →

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Don’t F@#K With Santa

Posted on January 2, 2004 by Joey Gibson

If this post is dated before 2011, I almost certainly do not agree with its contents any more. I had a profound philosophical shift that began in early 2010, which ultimately left me somewhere left of center. Please disregard all … Continue reading →

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