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Wolverine Frogs and Greek Gods
(non-technical, non-whiny post)
Like many geeks, I was a big fan of "the new" X-Men growing up (Back before The Beast went shaggy for you children. Now get off my lawn.). So, seeing this opened up some scary possibilities. It seems there are a group of frogs in Cameroon that - when threatened - drives bones through it's flesh to cut up the attackers. No mention if they hang out with toads that control the weather, or salamanders with laser eyes.
On another front, if you're looking for a nice, amusing, light summer read, take a gander at Gods behaving badly. It's...
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A little Wi-Fi sob story
I was in a hotel this weekend, and decided to quickly pop into WoW to manage my auctions. Fortunately, like many hotels, this one had wireless. 15 minutes, and I was out. The rest of the weekend was unconnected, until Sunday morning, where I saw this in my Inbox:
World of Warcraft - 5/25/2008 Character Transfer Complete!
Sure enough, when I tried to log in, the password had been changed. I changed my password, and sent off an email to Blizzard, and hit the armory to see to my characters. The character that had been moved (to Bladefist, for the curious) was...
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So
So, the word, "So" (at the beginning of a sentence) was a point of discussion today (on Twitter), and I felt it deserved a broader audience. For those who care, there is a lovely article explaining everyone's favourite Microsoftism (that isn't really a Microsoftism).