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Comment Re:Conway, NH, USA (Score 1) 210

by jbdaem on Monday July 02, 2007 @06:29AM (#19715265) Attached to: Thousands of Rubber Ducks to Finally End Journey

Also found a story about duck racing in vermont... July 27, 2002 - Barre VT FF Duckie Race Fundraiser A $1,000 grand prize is being offered as Barre firefighters try to raise the money they'll need to fully restore a 130-year-old fire wagon - an 1872 Torrent - so that it can eventually be displayed in the city's new public safety building. The Barre race will be held in conjunction with this year's Homecoming Days celebration. Following the parade planned for July 27, numbered rubber ducks will be dumped into the Winooski River. If the duck you purchased with a $5 donation is the first to down a short stretch of the river you'll win the $1,000 grand prize.!!!!!!! WOOWOO Seems this is in our blood, to race ducks, up here in new england.... lLOL not quite the same as old england though.... and the cold. Heheheh

Intel Prototypes World's Thinnest Laptop 200

Posted by kdawson on Thursday May 24, 2007 @12:28PM from the guys-wouldn't-be-caught-dead dept.

aalobode sends us to an article up at BusinessWeek about Intel's design for a new, ultra-thin laptop — almost as thin as a Razr — designed as a fashion accessory. Intel hopes to get the high end of the laptop market growing faster, and so they are particularly targeting female consumers with the new model. It's unlikely that all of the advanced features in this prototype will make it into products, and if they did the resulting laptops would command a daunting price. One feature we can hope makes the cut is built-in cellular Internet access. From the article: "The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick — about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola's iconic cell phone, making it the world's thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it's also one of the lightest small-sized portable computers. Other features include always-on Internet connectivity via various wireless technologies."

Illumninatus! Author Needs Our Help 553

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday October 04, 2006 @07:50AM from the magnum-opiate dept.

Criceratops writes, "Almost every fringe-geek worth their salt has read 'The Illuminatus! Trilogy,' or at least the 'Principia Discordia,' and much of the enlightenment therein came from Robert Anton Wilson. On the eve of 'Xena' being officially named Eris, Douglas Rushkoff's blog reveals that the extremely ill Mr. Wilson can't make his rent. Another testimony to how our society refuses to reward those who enrich it... but not if we can help it!"

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