askland on January 25th, 2010

A shout out to the Mad Dog motorcycle club in Hong Kong. I thought their leather vests were way cool and asked a member how I could get one. The response started with a polite sneer and ended with a rundown of the commitment and dedication the members have to their club. So I guess [...]

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askland on September 16th, 2009

Here is a segment from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia singing an ode to “Life Day” – the Star Wars Universe’s answer to Christmas. This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.From 1978, the Star Wars Holiday Special about the celebration of “Life Day”, the [...]

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askland on June 22nd, 2009

Read more info on Buck Owens at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Owens I was reading on that link about Buck Owens, the Bakersfield Sound, the death of his guitar wingman Don Rich, and the revival of his career with Dwight Yoakum. There are some great videos of Buck Owens and Don Rich on YouTube. Here’s a couple videos I enjoyed [...]

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askland on February 13th, 2009

Roses are #ff0000, Violets are #ooooff, All my base are belong to you. My geekiest Valentine’s Day ever – upgrading software on 8 community websites. Woohoo! My geeky Valentine’s Day gift to them.

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askland on January 31st, 2009

Is Google messed up? Every website result I see has a link above it that says “This site may harm your computer”. It will not let you go to the page. Another option is to see “detailed informatin about the problems we found” – but when I click on that it says the server is [...]

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askland on May 12th, 2007

In August of 2006 Pluto was declared to no longer be a planet. This was due to a rewriting of the definition of “planet”. According to the new definition, a full-fledged planet is an object that orbits the sun and is large enough to have become round due to the force of its own gravity. [...]

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