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  • Eminem and his D12 fellows need each other

    If you think that Eminem and his D12 fellows are just friends for the show, then you are totally wrong.

  • Chester Beatty Library

    I am using the wireless facilities at the Chester Beatty Library today, and great too that it is still free. Providing the access provided incentive, and now I will have to make a donation, and buy lots of hot chocolate.

  • Carole Coleman and George Bush

    Update October 2005: This interview was done last year, but has recently come to light again. More details here. Carole Coleman, RTE Washington correspondent, has caused a mini-controversy after her interview with George Bush. You can watch the full interview with Real Player. John feels she was not up to the job. I am going…

  • IEEE approves 802.11i security spec

    I was writing about the future implementation of 802.11i back in 2001, and this week it was finally approved by the IEEE. Here’s hoping for more secure wireless.

  • Winning the War

    Drum also points to two recent articles by Wesley Clark (Washington Monthly) and Anne Applebaum(TNR) respectively. I find myself in some agreement with Drum when he notes: This is precisely what war supporters have been so deeply wrong about for the past two years: not the odiousness of Saddam Hussein’s regime or the necessity of…

  • "Go fuck yourself": Dick Cheney

    Kevin Drum points to a funny story concerning Dick Cheney. According to congressional aides, [Sen. Patrick] Leahy said hello to Cheney following the taking of the Senate group photo on the floor of the chamber. Cheney, who is president of the Senate, then ripped into Leahy for the Democratic senator’s criticism this week of alleged…

  • Blair's daughter Kathryn

    I have received some indications from London lately about the daughter of the UK premier. I checked it out, and came across this Indymedia (I know) article. Suffice to say I will not discuss it in any real way – but I think Indymedia’s line on it is a bit weird.

  • Belfast's broad horizons

    After a long gap, a published piece in the New Statesman today. I attended a roundtable discussion in Belfast last week, discussing the future of broadband in Northern Ireland. All very interesting – it is a region on the up and up. I really have not been writing as much as I should, but writing…

  • More rare info about D12 members' family

    Many Eminem fans probably know that Marshall’s parents used to belong to a band called “Daddy Warbucks”. But did they even guess that Proof’s father produced the great singer Marvin Gaye? In fact Deshaun Holton’s father has collaborated with many artists:

  • Trackback

    After nearly a year, I have decided to turn Trackback back on. It is a handy enough tool I guess.

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