Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • DiskWarrior

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    I was having a little bit of trouble with my Mac Mini locking up and being unresponsive.  Of course, the answer I got from Apple support was to back everything up, format the drive and reinstall OS X.  Because that sounded too much like a Windoze solution, and I had read the article Resuscitate an…

  • Truth

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    Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.William Penn

  • Twenty-five signs you have grown up

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    Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.You keep more food than beer in the fridge.6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.You hear your favorite song in an elevator.You watch the Weather Channel.Your friends marry and…

  • Compliments

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    I can live for two months on a good compliment.Mark Twain

  • Wal-Mart greeter

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    A very unattractive, nasty, mean-acting woman walks into Wal-Mart with her two kids.The Wal-Mart Greeter asks, “Are they twins?”The ugly woman snarls, “Hell no, the oldest one, he’s 9, and the younger one, she’s 7.  Why… do you think they really look alike?”“Hell no,” replied the greeter.  “I just couldn’t believe you got laid twice!”via…

  • Advice

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    I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice and then going away and doing the exact opposite.G.K. Chesterton

  • The amusing web

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    Spooky dancing riceInteresting music-related siteAll about “the Lohan wink“Remote-controlled plane videoMusic for one apartment and six drummersFirst lines: a sort of literacy testWatch the four-fingered DJ in actionWatch the car-shredder in actionQuickly create graphs (bar, line, area) and output them easilyTime lapse of the first day of New York’s new 5th Avenue Apple Store.From Good…