Dr Wingnut

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  • Getting to know you quiz

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    Cut and paste this into a new e-mail.  Then edit my answers and replace with your own.Were you named after anyone?No, I was named after the Jonathan apple.When was the last time you cried?When I watched Harold and Maude.Do you like your handwriting?No.What is your favorite lunch meat?Olive Pimento loaf.Do you have kids?Yes.If you were…

  • Evil Valentines

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    Send your sweetie a valentine from the heart of the evil empire; the GOP.via email from John Treworgy, Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:16:41 -0800

  • Not your father’s campaign ad

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    Yesterday, my friend Adam sent me this link to Barack Obama’s Yes We Can speech.  And today, in the paper the headline from the article on Hillary’s trip to Minnesota over the weekend said, “Clinton asks youth to share her vision.”  I don’t think she gets it…  People don’t need to get “her vision,” she…

  • Baseline’s Greatest Hacker Movies of All Time

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    BreachFirewallSwordfishTakedownThe MatrixOffice SpacePirates of Silicon ValleyEnemy of the StateIndependence DayGoldeneyeHackersStrange DaysSneakersReal GeniusWierd ScienceWar GamesStar Trek II: The Wrath of KhanTronStar Wars2001: A Space OdysseyDr. Strangelove: or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombI don’t necessarily agree with the ordering that they placed them in, especially since some of them couldn’t exist with…

  • Are you a bigger nerd than the Dr.?

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    Overall, I scored as follows:13% scored higher (more nerdy),1% scored the same, and 86% scored lower (less nerdy).What does this mean?  My nerdiness is:High-Level Nerd.  I am definitely MIT material, apply now!I am nerdier than 86% of all people.  Are you a nerd?And if you think you’re a nerd, then check this out The Densa…

  • The Rise Of The Two-Screen TV Audience

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    Of course Mrs. Wingnut thinks that I am crazy when I sit in front of the TV multi-tasking, watching the TV, and doing something worthwhile; looking for a job, working on my blog, et cetera; but apparently I’m not alone, and according to today’s editorial by John Foley of Information Week, I should really be…

  • No problema

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    What is with the constant use of the phrase, “No problema”, or the more common english variant, “No problem”?It is especially vexing to hear this out of the mouths of food servers and other service personnel who’s job it is to serve.Of course it’s not a problem, you get paid to provide service… Just thank…