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MGM is a movie butcher

Spine.cx Archive 2005

According to an article I've just read on Slashdot, at least 315 of MGM's so-called "widescreen" ...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Best new show on TV this season

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So, what do I think is the best new show on TV this season? House, M.D. It's kind of like a cross...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

User 'blog functionality

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For all you kids who like to 'blog, spine.cx now has a solution for you. Check out the box on th...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

So, they're going to do another bridge study

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Sometimes I just don't understand what goes on in the minds of politicians. From things as big a...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Whidbey Beta 2

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I was at an MSDN event tonight, regarding security in .NET. That wasn't so interesting in itself...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Spine.cx gets rewritten

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Over the past few days, I've been working on a new code stream for spine.cx. Something not so cl...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Razor blades

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How much does it really cost to make a razor blade? Per ounce, they must be more valuable than g...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

LokiTorrent.com shut down

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LokiTorrent.com, one of the few remaining big torrent sites has been shut down by the MPAA. Mak...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Party at the Frosst's. I think my body is rejecting it.

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Oh my. Alcohol is evil. I've suspected it for some time, but now my hypothesis has been confirm...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Goodbye to the Wave?

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I was reading in the Halifax Herald today that due to renovation of the Maritime Museum of the At...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Why aren't there bathroom standards?

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Toothbrush handles have been getting conspicuously girthier in past years, but the diameter of th...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Windows XP firewall is useless

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My brother sent me an interesting email today. It doesn't totally surprise me. By adding a new ...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Fire in Fairview

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This guy has some pretty good photos of the fire that ravaged that apartment building in Fairview...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

A visit to the doctor

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For the first time in around 10 years I felt sick enough to make an appointment to see a doctor. ...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Two more visits to the doctor

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After my throat swab for strep came back negative, my doctor called me back in for a blood test. ...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Crash course in BBCode

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I'm sure more than a few of you have wondered, "WTF is up with all this BBCode shiznit? OMGWTFLO...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

There's a new Pick in town.

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My friend (and boss) Jeff Pick just had his second kid. Another boy...I'll let him explain the s...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

The elusive internet café

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I am sitting in what used to be commonly called an “Internet Café”, but what are now commonly ref...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Deadwood Season 2!

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One of my favourite shows from last year is back: Deadwood started its second season last night....

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn

Canada's not so liberal when it comes to the Internet

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I'm not sure how reliable this is, but it seems that the Canadian government has plans for their ...

Updated 2 years ago by Steve Dinn