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BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent? 01/05/2005 01:38 PM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 5:09PM GMT

Baked America

Baked America 03/22/2005 04:40 PM

« Fresh, warm dallaspulla. It might be impossible to eat only one. :) »

On the Friday before last, I was leafing through Nyt magazine and saw a sidebar that answered a burning question I've had for nearly two years [see below]; What's the deal with all the pullas named after American locales? The bostonkakku has been around for a really long time and is essentially a cinnamon-almond filled pulla baked in a round pan and served like a pie rather than individually. Then there is the texaspulla which I assumed was named for its size. Recently the dallaspulla started appearing everywhere so I figured it was a trend. Maybe someone at Fazer *hearts* GWB or has a bakery underground supplying pulla to Finns at the Nokia offices in Dallas. I keep hoping for a fruit and nut version to be called the californiapulla. Fazer might like to know that Texas is home to 'Needmore' and 'Happy' which would make great pulla names. There's also a Boston, Texas. :)

Who invented the Dallas?

A dallaspulla there, a texaspulla here. They have taken over cafes, R-kioskis and service stations. Soon you won't find any other kind of pulla in Finland!

Who is responsible for this? We asked Fazer Bakery Head of Product Development Sampsa Haarasilta. "The Pullas were invented by our product developer Tapani Mäkäräinen."

Does he wear a stetson and boots? "No, at least not at work."

Why exactly are dallas and texas pullas taking over the market? "They have good fillings and rich dough and the taste is unpretentious. The texas has a cinnamon filling and the dallas has a vanilla quark filling."

Why is the pulla's name dallaspulla? "First came the texaspulla which was fashioned after the American cinnamon roll. Then someone noticed that there is also a city called Dallas [in Texas] and suggested we give another pulla that name."

We also asked Dallas residents if they have seen dallaspulla.

"I've not seen them. Besides, it's really hard to find quark [rahka]", says Dallas resident Heli Niemi.

See, Texas is really more like a cornbread and beef jerky kind of place rather than coffee cakes and cinnamon rolls. Tex-mex beef jerky pulla would be more worthy of the texas title. Boston is closer to the mark. I'm still confused, but I'll accept the explanation. :) I went hunting for a dallaspulla recipe since I didn't know what the filling was made of and found the original recipe from Tapani Mäkäräinen on the ruokala.tv website. It would make enough pulla for 60 people as well as the ingredients were all measured by weight rather than volume, which is a pain if you don't have a kitchen scale. So, I did a bit of research and worked on the recipe to come up with a version an average person like myself would consider making. The dallaspulla are really cheap and easy to make if you follow the recipe and have a little patience. I baked some of the new frozen Fazer mini dallaspulla as part of my research and found them dense, greasy and overly sweet. Nothing beats a fresh, warm pulla from your own oven that isn't full of E additives.

I first translated the recipe and then halved it successfully as my research subjects appeared to be too busy snarfing pulla to find fault with them. I tried a few more batches, cut the production down to 12 pulla and adjusted a few parts that I thought needed it. The first thing to go was the cardamom. The dallaspulla in its current form doesn't contain cardamom and it's such a strong spice that it wrestles any flavours more subtle than itself into submission. I also replaced the powdered milk and water with real whole milk since there's really no good reason to use powdered milk in such a small recipe.

Finnish dough recipes very often leave the addition of the butter until the dough is already in a ball and it is kneaded in last. It seems to work well, but I find it a bit strange. I prefer making the primordial ooze containing the butter, milk and sugar for the yeast at the beginning which gives the yeast a chance to feed and leaves me free to add flour as needed without having to worry if other ingredients are mixed in with it.

The original filling calls for a vanilla cream powder which someone on a bulletin board mentioned is the same as the instant vanilla sauce mix that is found in most groceries. I compared the ingredients of the vanilla cream powder and the vanilla sauce mix and found this to be correct. The suggested substitution also works well.

The flavour of the rahka filling reminded me of cream cheese but it was difficult to work with since it wasn't very stiff and it didn't bubble up like the filling appears to do in the bakery versions of the dallaspulla. I tried a few variations and didn't succeed in reproducing that effect. The original recipe also suggests piping some of the filling onto the tops of the pullas, but this didn't work well at all as it didn't brown and it turned into a chewy sort of cheese.

Since rahka/quark is not available in the US, I figured that the filling should use something American to deserve the name. I made a filling out of Philly Cream Cheese [ yet another food with an American city in the name. :) ] which is available in Finland and also makes a stiffer filling that is easier to work with when slicing the roll of filled dough. Lemon zest will add just enough sourness to lean towards the rahka flavour of the original filling and the orange is a pleasant variation. The dough itself is also very soft so if the filled roll is too soft to work with reasonably, place it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes or so to firm it up a bit. The icing is a very tasty, very American touch if you're up for the sugar buzz. :)

Kierrepulla vaniljarahkatäytteellä, a.k.a. Dallaspulla

Makes: 12 pulla
Time: about 2 hours
Source: Tapani Mäkäräinen on ruokala.tv

Dough:

• 2,5dl or 1 cup whole milk
• 75g or 3/4 stick softened butter
• 1 50g yeast cake or 1 packet of dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 80g or 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• 2,5g or 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 0,55 kg or ~5 cups wheat flour

Finnish Filling:

• 50g or 1/2 stick butter
• 1 large egg
• 25g or 2 tablespoons sugar
• 100g or 1/2 cup maitorahkaa (a.k.a. quark)
• vanilla cream flour [can be replaced by mixing together 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar and 25g or 1/4 cup potato or wheat flour]

American Filling

• 8 ounces or 200g cream cheese (1 package)
• 1/4 cup or 0,5 dl granulated sugar 
• 1 large egg 
• 1 teaspoon orange or lemon zest from 1 small orange/lemon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract  or 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
• 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour 

Icing

• 1/2 cup or 1,25 dl confectioners sugar
• 3 teaspoons fresh orange or lemon juice
• dash of water to desired consistency

Directions

1. Prepare filling by mixing ingredients into a smooth paste. Refrigerate until needed.
2. In a saucepan over low heat, warm the milk and butter to about 40C/104F.
3. In a bowl, crumble the yeast into the warm milk and butter mixture. Add sugar, salt and egg. Mix together well until the yeast is dissolved.
4. Add flour gradually until the dough forms a ball. Add more flour only if it's still sticky and add only a little at a time.
5. Knead dough for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
6. Place a towel over the bowl and let the dough double in a warm, draft-free place for about 30 minutes to 1 hour [warming the oven to ~40C/100F works very well as a proofing box].
7. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface. Gently shape dough into rough rectangle with long side nearest you. Lightly flour dough and roll into a 16-inch x 12-inch (40cm x 30cm) rectangle.
8. Spread filling on the dough leaving a 1cm/.5in border on the far edge.
9. Beginning with long edge nearest you, roll dough into taut cylinder.
10. Firmly pinch seam to seal and roll cylinder seam-side down.
11. Very gently stretch and roll to cylinder of even diameter and 18-inch/45cm length; push ends in to create even thickness.
12. Using a sharp serrated knife and gentle sawing motion, slice cylinder in half, then slice each half in half again to create evenly sized quarters. Slice 1,25cm/.5in pieces from the roll and place into a rectangular pan using a spatula.
13. Cover with a towel and allow to rise for about 30 minutes while the oven warms to baking temperature.
14. Make icing.
15. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200-225C/390-435F for about 13-15 minutes.
16. Cut pulla apart and drizzle icing over the tops.
17. Try not to eat them all in one sitting. :)

Baked Alaska

Baked Alaska 09/10/2004 09:24 AM
In the Arctic, where flowers are madly blooming, trees are growing to mutant sizes and the snowpack is thinning, researchers are getting an incontrovertible view of global warming.

Half-baked

Half-baked 12/30/2003 06:32 PM

I spent the past few days sitting in some airports which means I got a lot of writing done in the downtime. I jotte d down a bunch of things that have been bouncing around my head regarding social software, some half-baked, some fully baked.

I really like the map idea and think it could be successful. If anyone has a spare few million around and wants to try melding GIS software with community data, drop me a line. :)

Tiger's "Half-Baked" RAW Handling

Tiger's "Half-Baked" RAW Handling 06/24/2005 04:41 PM

"When you edit a Raw image in iPhoto, you're actually just editing the JPEG version... Thus, each edit you make will likely impact the overall quality of the finished product." By C.K. Sample, III, Unofficial Apple Weblog

Cable a la Carte Still Half-Baked

Cable a la Carte Still Half-Baked 07/14/2004 05:20 AM
Why can't you buy only the channels you really want to watch? The answer is different depending on who's asked. Congress tries to sort it out Wednesday. By Michael Grebb.

Blosxom Comment Plug-In 3/4 Baked

Blosxom Comment Plug-In 3/4 Baked 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
I whipped up 3/4 of a comment plug-in for Blosxom last night. I say 3/4 only because I'm putting the final touches on the associated flavour templates (including commentsinRSS).

It's ultra-simple, uses existing flavour methodology to style the comments themselves, has room to expand to support TrackBacks, is about as RESTfu l as can be (for those of us that care about this sort of thing), and requires nothing but the plug-in itself and a little flavouring fun.

Give it a whirl here.

Blosxom Writeback Plug-In 4/5 Baked

Blosxom Writeback Plug-In 4/5 Baked 03/11/2003 09:43 AM
My comment plug-in has blosxomed, if you will, into a combination of comments and trackbacks... writebacks.

As ultra-simple as its predecessor, its about as Blosxom zen as you can get. I'll be releasing it after a day or so of trial pings and comments. To give it a whirl, click the blue 'writebacks' link associated with this, or any, weblog entry. Or, if your weblog tool is TrackBack-aware, the usual TrackBack auto-discovery sugar is embedded into the HTML of this page.

Wired News: Cable a la Carte Still
Half-Baked

Wired News: Cable a la Carte Still
Half-Baked 07/15/2004 03:46 AM
It's One Of The Most Perplexing Questions Ever To Face Humankind: Why Can't You Buy Just The Cable Channels You Actually Watch? .. a la carte channel selection for cable TV

wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64203,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
track this site | 5 links

riley dog..half-baked cookies in the
oven..fruitcakes on the street..

riley dog..half-baked cookies in the
oven..fruitcakes on the street.. 06/30/2004 04:40 AM
new home for riley dog

blueplane.textdrive.com/rileydog.html
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BitTorrent Will Not Go Away

BitTorrent Will Not Go Away 03/17/2005 03:08 AM
There was an article I read in Yahoo News from the Washington Post on BitTorrents. It explains that too many legit uses exist for BitTorrent for the service to be shut down. The MPAA is admitting that there are good and bad uses for BitTorrent and that they will only go after people that are helping users to download illegal movies. It's good to see a mianstream media outlet like the Washington Post understand the real concept and design behind BitTorrents.

This represents a shift from previous practices, in which the MPAA, the Recording Industry Association of America (news - web sites) and other groups have tried to have entire products -- for example, the first Diamond Rio MP3 player or the networked ReplayTV (news - web sites) video recorder -- taken off the market.One reason for this change of heart may be that in BitTorrent, unlike many other file-sharing programs, legitimate use doesn't amount to a token minority. It's central to this program's existence. Developers of versions of the Linux (news - web sites) operating system were some of the first to jump on BitTorrent as a way to ship out vast amounts of data. A Linux distribution can easily span four CD-ROMs; instead, companies such as Red Hat offer BitTorrent downloads of their work.

No - 911 will not be available on
bittorrent - yet

No - 911 will not be available on
bittorrent - yet 05/27/2004 03:10 AM

The Doc Searls Weblog

Doc makes it very clear.  I just liked this story so much - I ran it anyway - but alas - it's true - it was fake....

Panning for gold in the bitstream 

Brian Dear says Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, will be distributed via BitTorrent:

In a stunning move, controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced today that his latest film, "Fahrenheit 9/11", will be released by BitTorrent, the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing network.

From Brian's Denounce.com.

[Later...] Once again, we need to point out that Denounce is a satire site. Hence the name. Here's the disclaimer, from top right on the index page:

Recognized around the world as the best source for completely fictional news and information.

When you're not looking for a reliable, accurate site for industry news, there's only one place to go: Denounce.

All fake. All the time.

Founded in 1980. Eight years before The Onion. Deal with it.

BitTorrent v4.0.1

BitTorrent v4.0.1 03/25/2005 09:08 PM
BitTorrent is a protocol designed for transferring files. It is peer-to-peer in nature, as users connect to each other directly to send and receive portions of the file. However, there is a central server (called a tracker) which coordinates the action of all such peers. The tracker only manages connections, it does not have any knowledge of the contents of the files being distributed, and therefore a large number of users can be supported with relatively limited tracker bandwidth. [Freeware 3.6 MB]

BitTorrent++

BitTorrent++ 06/07/2004 04:32 AM
BT++ Back In Development

BitTorrent

BitTorrent 06/09/2004 10:03 PM
The new BitTorrent 3.4.2 for OS X has an all-new GUI that makes it easier to keep track of multiple downloads.

BitTorrent 4.0.1

BitTorrent 4.0.1 04/02/2005 12:57 AM
The key to cheap file distribution.

Examining Bittorrent

Examining Bittorrent 12/19/2004 03:51 PM
Slashdot Dec 19 2004 2:12AM GMT

The BitTorrent Effect

The BitTorrent Effect 12/28/2004 11:11 PM
Wired News Dec 29 2004 2:44AM GMT

Professional BitTorrent?

Professional BitTorrent? 08/31/2004 04:28 AM
A startup, Atzio, is now claiming that they have the first peer-to-peer internet platform for television, apparently ignoring something like BitTorrent. Of course, the technology can basically be described as... BitTorrent with copy protection (how innovative). Plus, they only allow a select group of clients to seed material on the network, making it less likely that people will bother to download the software to make it possible for all this P2P television distribution. The company's own website, amusingly, claims it's having trouble handling all the traffic from the news of their launch -- which might raise some concerns from a company telling the entertainment industry they can handle the distribution of large files in great demand. Still, you have to wonder how effective this sort of solution is. The whole point of their system is you want more people getting and redistributing the content, but then they throw in this copy protection, which is almost laughable considering the system doesn't work if people aren't copying from you while you're copying from others. Besides, if you're a content producer, why bother paying this startup (and I assume they want money) to put your content on their network, when it's easier to just create a torrent, and get it out there -- where a lot more people already have BitTorrent clients.

BitTorrent for Dummies: On its way

BitTorrent for Dummies: On its way 03/19/2005 03:08 AM
My February 26 post pleading for BitTorrent for Dummies bore fruit. First, Travis Smith pointed me to the project, and then Kris Krug emailed me. Kris is one of the authors of the forthcoming book. One way or another, I'm...

Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT-0.0.8

Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT-0.0.8 06/20/2004 11:55 PM

How to Bittorrent Farenheit 9/11

How to Bittorrent Farenheit 9/11 07/08/2004 10:48 AM
Aliased BoingBoing reader "humboldt 11" provides instructions for obtaining a digital copy of Michael Moore's latest film:

1. download BIT TORRENT 3.4.2.exe (Link) and install
2. download Fahrenheit.911.CAM-POT(1).torrent (Li nk) on your desktop
3. open it with BitTorrent
4. start download
5. download "wrar330d.exe" (Link) open it
6. unpack the file "pot.911a.rar" in the CD1 file (as well as the "pot.911b.rar" in the CD2 file - this is why there are 36 parts on each desk. In order to assemble it, opening the file will automatically identify all the segments and put them together) this will create a "pot.911a" (and a "pot.911b") file
7. download "vlc-0.7.2-win32.exe" (Link) install
8. open "CD1.cue" from the "pot.911a" file

Link

A new hope for BitTorrent?

A new hope for BitTorrent? 01/05/2005 08:14 AM
Unreleased Exeem could make BitTorrent more lawsuit-resistant, but questions remain.

Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT-0.010

Net-BitTorrent-LibBTT-0.010 06/25/2004 12:39 AM

BitTorrent t-shirt

BitTorrent t-shirt 06/29/2004 11:31 PM
There's now a BitTorrent t-shirt to complement your Buccaneer-American shirt.

Everything you ever wanted to know about
BitTorrent

Everything you ever wanted to know about
BitTorrent 07/04/2004 06:59 PM

I have used BitTorrent quite a bit and really like it's performance for those big downloads. If you are not up to speed on BitTorrent this Faq is the place to start. [BitTorrent Faq]

Reviving BitTorrent

Reviving BitTorrent 01/06/2005 12:27 AM
CNET Asia Jan 6 2005 4:47AM GMT

BitTorrent 4.0.1 for Mac OS X released.

BitTorrent 4.0.1 for Mac OS X released. 04/02/2005 12:48 AM
MacCentral: Bi tTorrent 4.0.1 for Mac OS X released. I've been beta testing this for a while; it's like the old version but even better.

Bittorrent marketplace

Bittorrent marketplace 04/10/2005 12:37 PM
Prodigem, a legal torrent site, has announced a marketplace that will let you upload a file and sell bittorrent access to it. So, if you had, say, a video of your band performing its hit "Download Me, Baby, and Then Why Doncha Set Me Free?" that you wanted to sell, you'd upload it to Prodigem Marketplace and slap a price on it. Prodigem takes 10% plus the PayPal fee and passes the rest on to you. It's DRM-free once you've downloaded it: It's just a file that you can redistribute as you see fit. And they're contemplating an interesting licensing...

She Bangs BitTorrent and RSS

She Bangs BitTorrent and RSS 03/06/2004 02:08 AM
I heart BitTorrent. It's a poor man's TiVo! In a single day, I was able to catch up on my Scrubs and Simpsons seasons. Frasier, Friends... they're all here. That, combined with RSS, makes for a wonderful broadband experience. Props to rayg for helping feed my new addiction. Now I can stay abreast of all of William Hung's appearances. Here's to hoping they give him a card in an upcoming GPK release. FWIW, Topps just announced an all-new 2nd series the other day. Too bad they don't have an RSS feed, eh?...

Top Tip: Is BitTorrent dangerous?

Top Tip: Is BitTorrent dangerous? 04/12/2004 02:14 AM
I was intersted in using bittorrent but was afraid it was like Kazzaa and would end up with massive viruses and hackers. Is this true, will this most likly occur?

bittorrent is nice, but...

bittorrent is nice, but... 01/08/2004 08:18 PM

...there's always a 'but' isn't there?

I had attempted to use BitTorrent a couple of times before, but never spent more than a few minutes with it, not enough to understand what was going on. Yesterday night though, I gave it a little more time and some tips from Russ and Matt I could get it going. I had to adjust some settings, such as the bandwidth allocated for uploads, which defaulted at 12 KB/sec and immediately started to suck up my entire upload capability (I set it at 7 KB/sec). I chose a couple of files (three actually) and let it download overnight. This morning, things were well on their way, two files done, the remaining one halfway through. But then it hit me: my transfers are limited!

I have a 4GB transfer limit (as it's common here in Ireland) on my DSL connection. So now I have downloaded, in one day, over 1.5 GB of data, and still have 1 GB to go. Then, there's the uploaded data, which also counts. EEk! By the time the second transfer is finished I will have spent over 75% of my monthly bandwidth allotment. With 60% of the month still to go!

Damn. I want to go back to my good old days of DSL in the Bay Area, where I had a symmetric 768 KB/sec DSL connection, with no transfer limits, at $40 a month. Okay, that's not realistic. :) But on the other hand, until transfer limits are removed (or at least raised) here, I won't be able to do much with BitTorrent. Too bad.

And, btw, this clearly has to have an impact on broadband usage. Forget about BitTorrent specifically, other types of media transfers are also quite heavy, and having that sword hanging over your neck (the sword being whatever they charge per megabyte after you cross the transfer limit) users will be more likely to treat broadband as a kind of always-on modem, rather than as true broadband. Ireland is great, for technology in particular, but it definitely needs some serious improvements to both infrastructure and access to that infrastructure (see my post on mobile handset costs yesterday) to be truly competitive. There's a qualitative jump (both on the supplier and the consumer side of a market) that happens when connectivity is pervasive, always-on, fast, and relatively inexpensive, and Ireland isn't there yet. Here's hoping we won't have to wait much longer.

US govt uses BitTorrent

US govt uses BitTorrent 04/06/2005 09:02 PM
Cory Doctorow: Adam sez, "First Bittorrent hosted off a .gov domain. Tracks the releases of World Wind since it was saturating the bandwidth of the direct download." Link (Thanks, Adam!)

MLDonkey and BitTorrent

MLDonkey and BitTorrent 05/09/2004 06:27 PM

I was looking through MLDonkey wiki when I ran into this technical yet compact explanation of how BitTorrent protocol works.  I already know how BT works but I thought my fellow geeks might find this useful since the diagrams at the official BT site aren't that useful:

It [BitTorrent] divides shared data (a single file or a directory) into pieces, typically of 256 KiB. A SHA-1 checksum is computed for each piece, and used to check the piece has been correctly downloaded. The checksums are stored in a .torrent file, along with filenames. The .torrent file also nominates a tracker, a Web resource that introduces peers to each other. Peers contact each other, learn what pieces they have available, request the rarest (least commonly seen) pieces first, and send requested pieces.

Just in case you are wondering, MLDonkey is a universal client of sort for many P2P networks including FastTrack, eDonkey2000, Gnutella, and Direct Connect.  It supports BitTorrent too but then BitTorrent is not really a network.  While MLDonkey is open source, it's written in Ocaml which is powerful but non-mainstream.

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable)

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable) 05/15/2004 07:11 AM
A content delivery tool that makes distributing very large files possible.

BitTorrent C Library

BitTorrent C Library 05/26/2004 01:17 AM
LibBT Version 1.02 Released

BitTorrent 4.0.1 released

BitTorrent 4.0.1 released 03/27/2005 01:37 PM

ABC [Yet Another Bittorrent Client]

ABC [Yet Another Bittorrent Client] 11/06/2003 12:23 PM
ABC [Yet Another Bittorrent Client] Version 2.6 Released!!

Tin Foil Hat BitTorrent Tracker

Tin Foil Hat BitTorrent Tracker 03/23/2005 04:42 AM
Welcome new developer southpawz
Grok Description matches for RSS baked into BitTorrent
GrokA matches for RSS baked into BitTorrent

bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search
engine (bittorrent)

bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search
engine (bittorrent) 07/14/2004 01:18 AM
bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search engine .. bitoogle

bitoogle.com
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"bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search
engine (bittorrent)"

"bitoogle :: the bit torrent file search
engine (bittorrent)" 07/13/2004 08:44 PM

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

lokitorrent.com
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TorrentTrader 1.0 alpha4

TorrentTrader 1.0 alpha4 01/05/2004 04:12 PM
A PHP-based Tracker application for the BitTorrent P2P protocol.

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor.""

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor."" 05/01/2004 09:27 PM

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Today's New York Times reports that Congressman Bob Ney (R-Ohio) ordered the cafeterias in the House of Representative to remove the word "French" from all menus. Now being served: Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast. Seriously.
Link Discuss

Peers of the Stall

Peers of the Stall 06/30/2004 02:16 PM
When I was nine years old I changed schools. In my old school kids picked on my classmates and me because we spoke French; in my new school kids picked on my classmates and me because we were "gifted." So, I pretty much felt at home right away. Like most nine-year-olds, peeing wasn't something I devoted a lot of thought to. I had avoided wetting my pants for a dog's age, and the issue simply didn't warrant much consideration beyond that. Over the years my shooting accuracy improved somewhat, but the basic mechanics had already been mastered. Peeing was old hat. Until.

Pepco and Peers

Pepco and Peers 08/09/2004 10:03 AM
Take a look at four utilities, their valuations, and dividends.

Peers urge debate on right to die

Peers urge debate on right to die 04/04/2005 10:40 AM
Parliament must debate whether terminally ill patients should be given the right to die as early as possible after the election, peers said.

FTC peers through Windows weakness

FTC peers through Windows weakness 11/06/2003 11:10 AM
ZDNet Nov 6 2003 9:52AM ET

Suspicious things I've done on an
airplane

Suspicious things I've done on an
airplane 08/06/2004 07:52 AM
An Indian-American blogger recounts the "suspicious" things he's done on an airplane:

For reference, I am about 5'8", dark black hair and untrimmed beard length about three to four inches. I weigh about 160lbs and have brown skin. I am of Indian descent but am frequently mistaken for Arab. I often wear religious headdress when traveling (a white cotton cap with gold trim).

Here's some of the things I have done on an airplane, and why:

- Speaking a foreign language in hushed tones with other similar males

My language is a variant of Gujarati, with many Arabic vocabulary words. I consider it rude to talk loudly on a plane, since people are sleeping, and prefer to talkin my language with my friends or family if we are discussing personal things because in my experience, people eavesdrop in close quarters.

Link (via Electrolite)

Man dies in suspicious fire

Man dies in suspicious fire 08/04/2004 02:39 AM
A man dies and another is injured in a suspicious fire at a flat on the outskirts of north Belfast.

"the FBI has warned us to be on the
lookout for suspicious peo..."

"the FBI has warned us to be on the
lookout for suspicious peo..." 12/30/2003 10:03 PM

Blair appoints working peers

Blair appoints working peers 05/01/2004 04:59 AM
Long-serving ex-Labour MP Ted Rowlands and the European Commission's Welsh representative Jan Royall are made peers.

Labour dominates new peers list

Labour dominates new peers list 04/30/2004 07:09 PM
Labour pollster Philip Gould and ex-Bank of England governor Sir Edward George are among 46 newly appointed peers.

Hubble peers at celestial bubble

Hubble peers at celestial bubble 08/13/2004 03:55 AM
The Hubble Space Telescope has looked into a bubble of interstellar gas and dust being inflated by particles from a young star.

Peers reject child smacking ban

Peers reject child smacking ban 07/05/2004 03:45 PM
Peers reject an outright ban on smacking, opting for a compromise which allows 'moderate smacking'.

BOFH peers through the proxy mirror

BOFH peers through the proxy mirror 06/30/2004 07:34 AM
Episode 21 And finds something illegal, even in Leeds...

Cisco looks expensive compared to peers

Cisco looks expensive compared to peers 05/03/2004 03:44 AM
Financial Post May 3 2004 8:09AM GMT

Science pioneer is honoured by peers

Science pioneer is honoured by peers 07/13/2004 06:56 AM
Manchester Online Jul 13 2004 11:44AM GMT

Pensioner dies in suspicious fire

Pensioner dies in suspicious fire 07/04/2004 08:43 AM
A 74-year-old woman dies following a house fire which police are treating as suspicious.

Mass. Gov. Office Gets Suspicious Letter
(AP)

Mass. Gov. Office Gets Suspicious Letter
(AP) 09/10/2004 12:54 PM
AP - Gov. Mitt Romney's office received a suspicious letter Friday similar to those received by five other governors a day earlier, which were rigged to ignite when opened.

Peers block lord chancellor move

Peers block lord chancellor move 07/13/2004 01:43 PM
The government suffers a defeat to its constitutional reforms as peers vote to keep the post of lord chancellor.

Consult your management peers to build
cooperation

Consult your management peers to build
cooperation 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
CNET Mar 10 2003 1:23AM ET

"Suspicious Passengers Questioned In
France (washingtonpost.com)"

"Suspicious Passengers Questioned In
France (washingtonpost.com)" 12/27/2003 04:04 PM

Suspicious Passengers Questioned In
France (washingtonpost.com)

Suspicious Passengers Questioned In
France (washingtonpost.com) 12/26/2003 04:15 PM
Pilot Did Not Show: Feds Believe Some on Canceled Flight Intended to Attack Las Vegas .. Suspicious Passengers Questioned In France (washingtonpost.com) .. The Washington Post

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washingtonpost.com: Suspicious
Passengers Questioned In France

washingtonpost.com: Suspicious
Passengers Questioned In France 12/26/2003 09:03 PM

Suspicious Object Grounds Airline Flight

Suspicious Object Grounds Airline Flight 12/26/2003 10:21 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 26 2003 9:32PM ET

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