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Monthly Archives: February 2007

The Weather

Sunday, February 11, 2007

OMG I SAW AN INSTORE OF DOUG MARTSCH AND MY BY BUD JOHNNY TOTALLY GOT IT ON TAPE!!!! YO THATS ME IN THE BAKGROUND WITH THE CAP KEEPIN IT REAL AND ROCKIN OUT!!!

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Animation Roundup

Sunday, February 11, 2007

The creators of the awesome Homestar Runner make a tepid knock-off style creative entry in the commercial world with this cartoon for The Mellow Mushroom. It’s so bad it seems like an intentional “fuck you” to the restaurant chain. Get that horrible taste from your mouth with this latest by Brad Neely. You want more? [...]

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Encryption at Risk?

Friday, February 9, 2007

Modern encryption, namely the RSA algorithm, employs the strategy that it wraps up your messages in a big ball of numeric yarn and it would take computers till the end of time to unwind that yarn. That is, today’s computers have to unwrap that yarn one thread at a time, but quantum computers can unwrap [...]

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Rich

Friday, February 9, 2007

It’s becoming clear to me how hard it is to put yourself in the shoes of someone for whom being an hour late to work could lead to life-wrecking consequences, or that when I see someone pissed because the bus ate their $1.75, it may be because they won’t be having lunch now. I think [...]

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The Brian Risk Band – WTF?

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Potential employers search on job applicants all the time. It makes sense — the internet may tell an entirely different story from your resume. Seven out of the top ten Google search results on “Brian Risk” are about me, but there’s a new player in the field. The Brian Risk Band (homepage).

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Permanent

Sunday, February 4, 2007

I had a meeting with HR to discuss the benefits of going permanent. One such perk is that they will pay for one class a week as long as it relates to my profession. “Does anger management count?” “Uh… no… no, I don’t think so.” “Well it had better!” This story isn’t that funny but [...]

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