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Some folks really love their chili sauce, I guess

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- A manager of a fast food restaurant ended up in the hospital with gunshot wounds after a dispute over some chili sauce. Investigators said a man…

RobPatton May 30, 2007

Just plain weird

This will teach him to shop at best buy.

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency's legitimacy and called…

RobPatton May 29, 2007

Humor Tech

Linux first to crash! A car crash that is.

Linux fans didn't exactly get the publicity they were hoping for at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, when the so-called "Linux car" they had sponsored proved to be the first…

RobPatton May 29, 2007

Life Stuff

Inside the mind of an Ebay Bidder – Reserve Auctions

As mentioned Here There are too many imponderables to tell whether this theoretical argument is what really counts in practice. So, Katkar and Reiley put the theory to the test…

RobPatton May 29, 2007

Solar Power Tech

The power of the sun is coming to my neighborhood – KC130 Panels

I just ordered 8 of these for my solar power project here at the house. More info on that project can be found here Kyocera KC130 Specifications General characteristics: …

RobPatton May 27, 2007

Life Stuff

Keep your eyes on your quarters

Much to the chagrin on the US Mint, 40,000 US Quarters were modified by the Franklin Mint with a Silver Surfer image on one side. 800 per state entering circulation…

RobPatton May 26, 2007

Humor

The ultimate PC/Mac picture.

Yes, I have a MacBook Pro now, but still, I fear the cult-of-mac. I saw this and its just how I feel.

RobPatton May 26, 2007

Rants

Nuts! to CBS – The death of Jericho

So, just when you thought the corp world couldnt possibly hurt me any more, CBS goes and cancells Jericho. Perhaps my most favorite show. The Nielsen rating cant be wrong,…

RobPatton May 26, 2007

Humor

I have a clone.

This was sent to me a while back. Spotted on CNN, I just had to save the pic. Its not me, but it could be..

RobPatton May 26, 2007

Rants Tech

Well, I think its working, finally.

Seems I had a few hurdles to overcome on this install. First, I wanted to run this on a W2K3 Server. They don't favor people running this stuff themselves anyway,…

RobPatton May 26, 2007