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General April 7, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on Good sense, bad taste

Good sense, bad taste

The judge in the Da Vinci Code case, where Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, claimed Dan Brown "appropriated the architecture" of their book in his novel, has prevailed with good sense (see related link).

General April 7, 2006August 25, 2012 | 1 Comment on Mac

Mac

Last night I set up my Mac properly, for the first time since I bought it second-hand two months ago. It’s the PowerPC G5 iMac (without the webcam), so it is around 6 months old now. As of last night, it is running the latest OS X 10.4.6 update, as well as Apache 1.3.33, MySQLContinue reading Mac

General April 6, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on Two people killed in McDonald’s Drive-Thru Shooting

Two people killed in McDonald’s Drive-Thru Shooting

Someone obviously read the Terms and Conditions of the McDonald's Global Casting Call and lost his rag.

General April 6, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on Okay, so South Africa isn’t *this* bad!

Okay, so South Africa isn’t *this* bad!

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General April 6, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on Why We Love South Africa, Reason #1250

Why We Love South Africa, Reason #1250

Our nuclear power station, Koeberg, is finally getting a spare part to get it going again after it broke in December.

General April 6, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on George Best Spotted in Space!

George Best Spotted in Space!

Breaking News! George Best has been spotted in space!

General April 6, 2006August 25, 2012 | 2 Comments on Why We Love South Africa, Reason #1249

Why We Love South Africa, Reason #1249

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General April 4, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on So Elftor isn’t so evil after all

So Elftor isn’t so evil after all

From Helen Keller Jokes:

General April 4, 2006August 25, 2012 | 3 Comments on McDonald’s Global Casting Call

McDonald’s Global Casting Call

The idea is simple: you love life, and they want you to submit an example of you "loving it", with a photograph and a blurb of under 100 words. All you need to do is visit their site and join up there (see related link).

General April 4, 2006August 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment on Teen jailed 9 months for 8 robberies, nukes budgie

Teen jailed 9 months for 8 robberies, nukes budgie

The lead paragraph states (related link):

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