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From Yahoo! News:
“A gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Sunday, creating such intense heat that a stretch of highway melted and collapsed. Officials predicted a traffic nightmare for Bay Area commuters for weeks or months to come.”
What is more interesting:
“The tanker carrying 8,600 gallons of gasoline ignited [...]

I was over at att.com looking at my bill online when I noticed their AT&T Blueroom. It is some sort of “hip” entertainment hub. It has music, Hollywood, gaming, and other stuff there. Of course, when I saw the site and the associated AT&T brand name, it made me giggle — [...]

My one and only Windows XP box got WGA’d today (Windows Genuine Advantage). Is it a big deal for me? Not really at this point because I doubt I will run Windows — on my personal boxes — much more. Yea, I will still run Windows on one of my work [...]

BigMac: You were abso-fricking-lutely right about Season Five of The Shield. Cripes! Why Lem?
SPOILERS AHEAD. If you plan on watching The Shield Season Five, DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER. You have been warned.
Every action has a consequence. Season Five of The Shield really put this into focus. [...]

I was using my notebook at work and a coworker swung by to talk. He looked at my notebook and observed, “That isn’t Windows.”
“Nope, it’s Red Hat Enteprise Linux.”
“You installed Linux on your notebook?” Followed by puzzled look.
“Yup.”
“You dual boot?”
“Nope.”
“You mean you don’t run Windows at all on the machine?” Puzzled [...]

Get ready for Hack Day in London!
Fresh from the fantastic success of Hack Day in the USA, we are pleased to announce that we plan to hold a Hack Day at the Alexandra Palace in London on 16th and 17th June 2007.
We’ll be inviting 500 developers to attend the event, which will begin with [...]

Yes, I have satellite TV. No, it doesn’t come with FX. Damn.
So each year, I have to wait until The Shield comes out on DVD before I can watch it. The wait was a long wait for season five. But it was well worth the wait! I watched the [...]