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Dave's Pixel Repository: Down comes the curtain
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Friday, September 14, 2007. Down comes the curtain. I don't think I've ever seen summer end so abruptly. At 4:00 today, it was about 29C and sunny, and people were swimming in my building's pool. I am writing this just before 6:30, and it's now 14C and raining. It's as if the show has ended and Mother Nature has pulled down the curtain: it's time to go home, everybody. Posted by Dave Till. I'm tall, middle-aged and geeky. And I write. View my complete profile. Subscribe to this blog. Pining for the Chords.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Not a good idea, parts 1 and 2
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Not a good idea, parts 1 and 2. This afternoon, I was exiting the subway at the west exit of the Bloor-Danforth subway platform. This is the exit that bypasses the Yonge-University line and goes straight up to Yonge Street. Because this exit isn't used much, you use a revolving gate instead of a turnstile to exit. A friend of mine used to call these gates "people strainers". I looked at him, politely but questioningly, as if to say, "Dude - what the? Earning credits for playi...
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Attack, attack, attack!
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Saturday, September 22, 2007. Attack, attack, attack! I'm watching the baseball game this afternoon, and I've seen three attack ads from the Ontario Progressive Conservatives in the last two innings. They all hammer on the same point: Dalton McGuinty has broken his promises. The problem with this is that I already know what Dalton McGuinty has done. What I want to know is what John Tory is likely to do. These ads don't give me any help with that. Posted by Dave Till. View my complete profile.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Cool pictures
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Monday, September 24, 2007. Yesterday, while searching for random images, I ran across Today's Inspiration. This blog discusses illustrations from the 1940s and 1950s. If you're into this stuff (as I am), you should check it out. And I know I've mentioned it before, but Shorpy, The 100-Year-Old Photo Blog. Also totally rocks my world. Posted by Dave Till. I'm tall, middle-aged and geeky. And I write. View my complete profile. Subscribe to this blog. For samples and more information. Pining for the Chords.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Assistants of manager
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Friday, September 07, 2007. As I think I've mentioned before, I love spam written in badly fractured English. I got this one today:. A big international company with great experience and potential is looking for assistants of manager because of growing of its business. We will be happy to see you in our team if you fit our requirements:. Have an access to the Internet. Have a possibility to check you e-mail several times a day. Be a citizen of the US. That last requirement rules me out. Rats.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Go home
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Friday, September 21, 2007. If you're fond of mashups, you might want to know about this: Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions has put his entire catalogue up on the Web. Mashups, as you probably know already, are the result of two or more songs mixed together.). Posted by Dave Till. I'm tall, middle-aged and geeky. And I write. View my complete profile. This is my own personal vanity writing space. It might be interesting to you, or it might not. Subscribe to this blog. For samples and more information.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Tory versus Tory
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007. On the weekend, I was walking on King Street near Parliament and saw this election poster:. Clearly, somebody has decided that the John Tory name will sell better in Toronto than the name of the party to which he and Ms. Taylor belong. This ad refers to the Progressive Conservative party only once: "PC" appears, in small print, at the right of the dark blue line under the stylized John Tory signature at the bottom left of the ad. (Ms. Taylor's web site. Posted by Dave Till.
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Away, my songs
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Thursday, September 13, 2007. Away, my songs. This morning, I got another meaningless spam message. The subject header was "hcjqx", which suggests that somebody was testing out their spambombing software. Here's the message, in its entirety:. Traces of those deep cuts lie thickly upon. Again awaken from your being gone to find. Point, after all, when finally one reaches. Preface to the 1948 Edition. To matter, for the flushed boys are muscular. Is it almost honey, is it snow? Posted by Dave Till. Politic...
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Semolina Pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007. Semolina Pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower. I have always been fascinated by spam that isn't trying to sell me something. Why does it exist? Because of bored high-schoolers who've gotten hold of software from somewhere and want to try it out? For example: yesterday, I received a spam email with the subject header "pritchard". The message, in its entirety, was:. The spoofed address was from somewhere in France, if that helps. Which it doesn't. Posted by Dave Till. Insult...
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Dave's Pixel Repository: Odd conversation
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007. I just had an odd conversation that went something like this:. CALLER: Hello, is [some name other than mine] there? ME: No, sorry, I'm afraid you have the wrong number. CALLER: I'm calling on behalf of John Tory. I'll try again another time. Tory and the Tories" would make a great band name. You could picture them covering "At The Hop" at party conventions, or something.). Posted by Dave Till. I'm tall, middle-aged and geeky. And I write. View my complete profile. Not a goo...
