impudent strumpet

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Google Blog Search doesn't do its job properly

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Being the kind of fangirl I am, I have an RSS feed of Google News and Google Blog Search results for "Izzard" in my feed reader, s...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Fact-checking

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Being the kind of fangirl I am, when I entered Eddie Izzard fandom I read every current and past article I could get my hands on, and contin...
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That thing I do where I go to see Eddie Izzard and then brainspew disconnectedly all over my blog

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Most of the times I saw Eddie Izzard material for the first time were alone, in my apartment, watching YouTube. The last time I heard Eddi...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Things They Should Invent: leave cartons with cracked eggs open on the shelf

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In the grocery store buying eggs, I picked up a carton off the shelf, checked the eggs, and discovered that one was stuck to the carton, whi...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Seeking external hard drive recommendations (signal boost)

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This morning I posted a request for external hard drive recommendations , then promptly sank it with my blogathon. If you have any externa...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

How I became old-fashioned

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There have been a lot of technological changes in recent years, and I haven't felt it necessary to adapt these changes wholesale.  As a ...
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Why try to force people to exchange gifts when none of them want to?

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DEAR MISS MANNERS , As a father of two teenagers sons (14 & 18) and step-father of two more boys (16 & 21), I am at odds with ...

Things They Should Invent: insist on Advent

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On November 1, multiple non-retail sources, ranging from Weather Network polls to Reddit alien doodles, turned Christmasmas themed.  As thou...
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The best thing about having bought a condo

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So it was just over a year ago that I bought my condo.  It's currently under construction, and my strongest feeling about the whole thin...

Scientific approaches without critical thinking

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I blogged  before about the guy on the GO bus who was trying to convince me that I shouldn't use my anti-carsickness wristbands becaus...
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Is anyone teaching young people how to drink?

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In Grade 12, the student council president was in my homeroom, so a lot of posters and swag and propaganda and stuff got delivered to our cl...
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Post your external hard drive recommendations here!

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Just over two years ago, I bought a Western Digital Elements external hard drive.  I didn't put a lot of research into this - I just had...
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Interesting Canadian place names

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I was slightly surprised to see Thunder Bay in the list of Eddie Izzard's Canadian tour stops. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happ...
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Good morning!

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Here's what I'm doing today and why.
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Things They Should Study: what kinds of wear and tear are and aren't avoidable with quality manufacturing?

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Conventional wisdom is that good-quality products last longer and cheaply-made products wear out faster. But this isn't necessarily go...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

My schoolwork/studying technique

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Since I've posted my essay-writing technique , I thought I'd also post my approach to schoolwork and studying. I spent a designate...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Do silica gel desiccant packets get used up?

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After the Infamous Rogers Centre iPod Drowning Incident of 2012, I started collecting everyone one of those little silica gel desiccant pack...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Nanoblur

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I recently tried Nanoblur, which claims to instantly reduce the appearance of skin by changing the way light reflects off skin. Many inter...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Things They Should UNInvent: banners that overlap the body text section of a website (or web browsers that can't handle this)

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Some websites (such as Twitter and Salon ) have banner-style headers that overlap the body text area. The problem with this is if you pre...
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