Fireplace Mantel

Suse Linux Founder Exits Novell

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:25:55 +0000

One of the better linux distro’s (not the best i know) is starting to sink… honestly novell what are u doing…

SuSE Linux founder Hubert Mantel has resigned from Novell stating “Too late for me. I just decided to leave Suse/Novell. This is no longer the company I founded 13 years ago.”

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Is Roger Clemens Becoming Baseball’s Pariah?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:25:33 +0000

Roger Clemens recently added Washington, D.C., heavy hitter Lanny Breuer to the legal team, who also represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment hearings. At this rate, Roger Clemens will end up with more all-star lawyers on his payroll than Cy Young Awards on his mantel.

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REVIEW: High-tech frames give new life to digital photos

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:25:12 +0000

Photographers looking to spruce up their desks, mantels and coffee tables with their favorite digital snapshots have a more high-tech, albeit pricey, option to printing. Digital photo frames, which resemble their retro counterparts but house small LCD screens.

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How to Win a Marathon

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:24:43 +0000

Well, at least how to nab a trophy for your mantel. As races dole out more prizes, and the Web makes it easier to scope out the competition, more amateurs are perfecting the art of finding the easy win.

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Mummified Penis Bone Gets $8,000

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:24:32 +0000

A fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus isn’t the usual kind of artifact to hang above the mantel.

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The Delicate Matter of the Truth About Santa

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:24:11 +0000

Some parents may worry about the effect of the Santa story on kids once they figure out who’s really been eating the cookies and milk left by the fireplace, but giving kids an immediate dose of reality on the subject isn’t necessary,Read more

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Sun’s Sun Fire X4100 (pdf)

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:23:40 +0000

One of the funniest ad campaigns I’ve ever seen. The PDF shows a Sun server in front of a fireplace on a fur rug. Check out the bio on page 3. [update to existing digg story]

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Cyclone makes your fireplace vertical columns of flame

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:23:13 +0000

Crazy fireplaces are all the rage these days, apparently. I have to admit that the Cyclone has captured my imagination. Basically, it’s a set of columns that you stick in your house that fill up with tall, dancing flames. It’s like catching lightning in a bottle, but instead of lightning it’s fire, and instead of a bottle it’s a big glass columns.

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A Hummer with a Fireplace: Think It’s Too Much?

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:23:01 +0000

Because Hummers aren’t offensively over-the-top as-is, Germany’s GeigerCars decided to trick one out in the spirit of the holiday season. We’re not talking just rims and a big subwoofer, either: they put in a goddamned fireplace.

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‘Scare tactic’ ? Obama slams Muslim portrayal

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:22:50 +0000

The Obama campaign is condemning as ?tasteless and offensive? a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife. An American flag burns in their fireplace. The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.

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