Monthly Archives: October 2004

October 12 04

ASU gears up for the presidential debate A memorial to the soldiers and civilians on both sides who died in the Iraqi war – at the Student Services building lawns at ASU. Creative and very touching. I can’t wait to see Jon Stewart’s take on the debate tomorrow. The vice presidential and second presidential debates [...]

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You want tech support na..

October 11 04

When NBC writer Andy Blitz needed tech support for fixing his ‘popup’ problem, he found that his calls went to NBC’s call center in India. In this funny clip, he flies to Hyderabad along with his computer and has a rocking good time while answering calls at a helpdesk with ‘Sharon’. Ever notice how the [...]

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October 5 04

Do you have a Vote and an Opinion? It’s been a long and tiring week and I have nothing to write. So I’ll leave you with a picture of the Gammage auditorium at ASU. I took this picture on one of those rare cloudy days in Tempe. As usual, nature does such a good job [...]

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October 2 04

The Ig Nobel Prizes! Every year the Ig Nobel prizes are handed out at Harvard Universtity by real Nobel Prize winners to dudes who do research that makes you go “eh? someone really needed to find out THAT?” Among this years esteemed Ig Nobel laureates are Ramesh Subramaniam who publishshed a study on the dynamis [...]

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