Momentary Fascinations

The Lost Monty Python Cartoon

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:58:57 -0700

Last summer I was showing my oldest nephew some Monty Python. Specifically, I showed him episode 24: How Not To Be Seen. It's a corker of an episode, full of great ...

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A Site Upgrade For 2007

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:18:50 -0700

It seems I actually have readers now! And readers demand features! I hear, and I obey.

To achieve these features, yesterday I threw out my old blog software and wrote a ...

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About Momentary Fascinations

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:38:12 -0700

Welcome!

Welcome to Momentary Fascinations! This is a blog... sort of. Really, it's an outlet for essay writing, a way for me to work off my occasional topical ...

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Vista: The World's First User-Hostile Operating System

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:11:59 -0700

Engineers have been joking for years that a particular software package, far from being "user-friendly", is actively "user-hostile". But Vista is the first operating system that is ...

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Tales Of The Self-Indulgent: Manfac by Martin Caidin

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:45:19 -0700

Martin Caidin was a prolific author of science-fiction novels and serious military history. He is probably most famous for his 1972 novel Cyborg, which was adapted into a TV movie and ...

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