Monthly Archives: September 2007

Under Appreciated

Posted on September 30, 2007 by mero

Overall, I would have to say that 1997′s Pop is probably the most underrated album U2 ever released. A lot of people have simply dismissed it as the band’s low point of the band’s nineties musical experimentation (remember when Bono … Continue reading →

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The Smacketh Was Layeth Down

Posted on September 25, 2007 by mero

It’s not secret that most Republicans do little more than stick to the talking points when they go on the talking heads shows. Why not? The talking heads love to toss them softballs and they’ll usually hit them out of … Continue reading →

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References A Go-Go

Posted on September 24, 2007 by mero

This is one of those examples of people with way too much time on their hands, but is still ridiculously cool nonetheless. Technorati Tags: simpsons, episode, references

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More Rotten Apple

Posted on September 15, 2007 by mero

It would seem that the once unbreakable Reality Distortion Field keeps getting more and more cracks in it. The latest? It would seem that with the latest iterations of the iPod, Apple has changed the iTunesDB (the database file that … Continue reading →

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Una Cosa Más

Posted on September 9, 2007 by mero

I didn’t really do much looking into the details of the $100 Apple was giving back to iPhone early adopters back when I tacked the note onto my post about the iPhone, but I did want to chime in on … Continue reading →

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It’s All Scientific, You See

Posted on September 9, 2007 by mero

The Science of Gangsta Rap When you break it down, it’s all science, as you can see. Technorati Tags: gangsta rap

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A Lesson in Common Sense

Posted on September 7, 2007 by mero

The common sense of the week award goes this week to one Vanessa Hudgens. Not two days ago, she was the up-and-coming star of the High School Musical made-for-tween film empire. Now, she’s in that league of utterly embarrassed young … Continue reading →

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Undistorted Reality

Posted on September 6, 2007 by mero

So amongst the hullabaloo of yesterday’s big iPod releases comes a glaring chink in the famous Steve Jobs Reality Distortion field. That chink (maybe a growing crack?) came during another one of Jobs’ famous “one more thing…” segments of his … Continue reading →

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