Archive for May, 2005

May 31 2005

Blork: pîrï stàr

Categorized under Web/Tech

Spammers’ efforts to evade spam filters have gotten out of control. Spams have become almost incomprehensible. Not that you want to read them anyway, but still — what’s the point of spam that a sucker can barely even decipher?
Here’s today’s beauty:

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May 30 2005

Advice on eating apples

Categorized under Food and Drink, Science

Last week the Globe & Mail reported on a study by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on the nutritious value of various types of apples. The study (to be published this week) found that the Red Delicious variety is the most nutritious.
That’s unfortunate for me, as the Red Delicious is far from my favorite type of […]

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May 26 2005

Sideshow Phil

Categorized under Current Affairs

Not to be outdone by the Michael Jackson freakshow trial, Phil Spector has revealed his new look at his on-going (and less-reported) murder trial.

Latest story…

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May 25 2005

Sweet, sweet peppers

Categorized under Food and Drink

My favorite produce store is Fruitical in Saint-Bruno. It’s about a 30 kilometre round-trip from chez nous, but since Fruitical is just around the corner from Martine’s sister and family, it is, fortunately, quite easy to justify the trip. (As if the freshness and variety of the produce were not enough!)
On Sunday, we found a […]

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May 24 2005

No A-List for You!

Categorized under Weblogs

I checked the Blogebrity list and found that there are no A-list bloggers from Montreal.
Former Montrealer Heather Champ made the B-list, and Maciej Ceglowski, who lived here very briefly and then complained about it, made the C-list.
Big deal. That whole A-List thing is a bunch of crap anyway. Wil Wheaton? Please!
Last Friday I spend half […]

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May 24 2005

Noooooooooooooo!!!

Categorized under Television

This really happened:

Season finale of "24." Two-hour special. Only one hour and 38 minutes left on the Illico. Noooooooo!!!

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May 22 2005

Was it something I said?

Categorized under Moi, Weblogs

… or something I didn’t say?
After six months of continuous growth in readership, the month of May (so far) has seen a huge plunge. I don’t obsess about these things, but when I see the graph (below) I have to wonder what’s going on. The graph shows my page views and visits (according to Site […]

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