9:38 PM

I love them!!
-s3.0

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Posted by w-w to sam bot dot com at 3/30/2006 09:38:25 PM

9:25 PM

Yes I know its spring whenever I see those ugly things, they are just like a pair of fat ugly groundhogs rutting in a field of daisys.

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Posted by TheDarkLordDerfla to sam bot dot com at 3/30/2006 09:25:05 PM

3:37 PM

I love those gd stinky things!

especially when you wear socks with them!

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Posted by s2.0 to sam bot dot com at 3/30/2006 03:36:56 PM

12:18 PM

Sam you also have to mention the Chuck Backlash. Check out tshirthell.com
Some people aren't as thrilled and excited about Chuck as you

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Posted by rafalek1979 to sam bot dot com at 3/27/2006 12:18:26 PM

12:19 AM

Q:How long has it been since I have spoken to my brother Sam?

A:About 7 lattes, 5 chai teas, 10 cups of coffee, and 4 cinnamin rolls.

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Posted by Anonymous to sam bot dot com at 3/26/2006 12:19:52 AM

11:57 PM

On behalf of my vegetarian soul, and the general aesthetic of your blog, I object to that picture of dead rats soup! It's horrible! AAh!

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Posted by Elham to sam bot dot com at 3/22/2006 11:57:21 PM

12:41 PM

True, true... Apple doesn't make all of their hardware. I think the point that I was trying to make is that Apple is in control of both the hardware and the software.

And... umm... the Mac Mini is small for a desktop 'puter. But damn, that'd be one large phone! I think, however, that you were probably referring to the nano or perhaps the iPod mini. In that case, yeah, it'd be a cool device. But it still ain't gonna come from Apple. Actually, I've seen some of my undergrad underlings milling around the library with Sony Walkman phones that look pretty hype. I think it's SD compatible... and aren't those up to 4GB yet?

Oh... and yes, I am posting this from prison. I write my posts on toilet paper and then tie them to a pigeon who flies off to an "outside connection" who posts the entry for me (thanks mom!). It's a pretty sweet set-up. And I'm adjusting well to prison life... thanks for asking. The food is much better than anything that I have ever cooked for myself and my prison roommate is way cleaner than my old one. I'm learning all kinds of important life skills too... like how to make a "shiv" out of practically anything. In fact, just the other day I was stabbed with a particularly innovative design. I think it was made out of stale bread or something. So anyway, yep, things are looking up for me... some of the other guys have even started to wink and whistle at me. They seem really nice. I'm sure I'll get to know them soon enough.

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Posted by Sam to sam bot dot com at 3/21/2006 11:29:02 AM

12:41 PM

Man, you and your "accuracy" are gonna go places! Prison, I guess...

Yes, your corrections are well made. I indeed meant iPod Mini.

I'll buy your point that Apple controls their hardware. Was just making sure it's clear. :) I'm quite sure it was before i "helped".

And...as far as prison goes...tell Bubba "no means no". And send some ghost town pics via messenger pigeon!

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Posted by Blackwatch to sam bot dot com at 3/21/2006 11:35:31 AM

10:48 AM

Hey...are you posting this from prison?

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Posted by Blackwatch to sam bot dot com at 3/21/2006 10:48:39 AM

10:48 AM

Apple doesn't make all it's hardware, do they? It buys hardware and assembles it. At least, on the pc...err, mac...side. They've lied to you, Sam! Brainwashed!

Though, I agree. I don't feel there is a need for, specifically, an iPhone. Though, a mac-mini sized phone, with a 4GB HDD, a pretty decent sound system, and the cursory ability to call people, wouldn't be THAT bad, would it?

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Posted by Blackwatch to sam bot dot com at 3/21/2006 10:48:29 AM

12:21 PM

God, this blog is always clogging up my RSS. Oops, did I type that out loud?

Seriously, Sam, the quantity might not be the problem. Have you tried the google feedreader? It has some handy functions...

One of my favorites is that you tag blogs with their theme. Like news, friends, apple.. whatever.

When I initially log in I see a long list of all the latest posts out of the full 100+ blog list. The first thing I do is click on the friends tag... so I'll only see the latest posts by folks I actually know. After that it just depends on what mood I'm in: news, gadgets, politics, apple... whatever. With a click I only see headlines from blogs related to only that. When organized like this, more seems to be better as it's a never ending newspaper. You will probably never read most of the posts whose headlines that go through the reader (unless they have a tag you are careful to read fully) but you don't need to.

More is better... but crap is still crap, so it's easy to unsubscribe too. If you read a blogpost so bad you don't want to read any more you just click unsubscribe on that post and it's done. I do have a warning about this... by some curious software quirk, if you try to unsubscribe from my blog , your computer will blow up.
~Micah

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Posted by Micah MacAllen to sam bot dot com at 3/20/2006 12:21:42 PM

4:24 PM

...hand them right over to me for safe keeping!

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Posted by bryan to sam bot dot com at 3/18/2006 04:24:23 PM

2:08 PM

Oh, thank God. You had me terrified when I read the title of that post. I thought a profound transformation had gone on in the heart of Sam. That somehow your music interests had evolved from loving Metal to just motown. I was worried I was going to read a long post about how you suddenly noticed that Opeth 'was just noise' and that the adult contemporary radio station had 'really good taste.'

I was about to write a plea begging you to tell me who you are, and what you've done with Sam. As it is, congrats on finally being done with all those CDs. So what're you going to do with all your new plastic drink coasters?
~Micah

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Posted by Micah MacAllen to sam bot dot com at 3/18/2006 02:08:30 PM

11:18 AM

Sam,

You must listen to every track and quality control each song. No skips!!!

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Posted by TheDarkLordDerfla to sam bot dot com at 3/18/2006 11:18:03 AM

5:04 PM

damn it. im really looking on instructions on how to paint a bike. although i found this very informative i think i may have to continue my search.

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Posted by Anonymous to sam bot dot com at 3/17/2006 01:35:55 PM

10:52 PM

Hi Sam,

Here's another good cassette link from Russia,

http://www.gedcom.ru/audio/list.php

Enjoy

Mark

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Posted by Sam to sam bot dot com at 3/16/2006 10:52:26 PM

8:33 PM

no wonder you always seem like you have so much work...with so many feeds do you even GET to work???

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Posted by bryan to sam bot dot com at 3/16/2006 08:32:55 PM

4:05 PM

Wow. I currently subscribe to 50 newsfeeds and that seems like way too many. I can only imagine what it must be like to sift through a couple hundred. Happy pruning!

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Posted by TheDarkLordDerfla to sam bot dot com at 3/16/2006 04:05:05 PM

3:44 PM

Well, I just cracked a cd from the university—and all I can do is cry and download the tryoutversion. What about that! Any other suggestions are more than welcome...

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Posted by Alex to sam bot dot com at 3/13/2006 03:44:29 PM

8:25 PM

You might want to check the link that goes to the Project C-90 site. It runs off into a russion hosted website, that seems to contain garbled english, and no pictures of any cassettes. I don't know if the site has been relocated or is now out of date. Thought I just let you know.

Mark

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Mark,

Yeah... you're right. That link is deader than doornail. It's too bad too. Project C-90 was a very cool site. Oh well... these things happen in the unpredictable world of the internet. Anyway, thanks for the heads-up and thanks for reading!

Blog on!
Sam

P.S. Oh... can I post this as an update to that entry?

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Yep, go right ahead! It's a fantastic sight, and it seems to be the only one of it's kind.

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Hi Sam,

Yeah, that's what I thought. Your one of about seven sites that suggest it. Anyway, here's another good link you might be interested in.

http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/maxell/maxell.htm

It shows quite a few old style maxell tapes from the 80's. I was a strict user of the Maxell UD 90 (second row) and the XL II 90 (eleventh row). When my parents bought my first recorder from National Panasonic, the first cassette I ever used was the Maxell LN 90, just like the one at the top in the orange case. Kind of brings back many memories of my first tapes, when I taped songs of radio from Donna Summer, Lipps Inc, The Vapors and the Village People.

Here's another page, full of TDK Tapes.
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/tdk/tdk.htm

Scotch Tapes:
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/scotch/scotch.htm

Damn, hell, this is one good site, I'm just discovering them for the first time. I'm still finding more links:

Sony Tapes, these were good tapes too.
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/sony/sony.htm

Hitachi Tapes
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/hitachi/hitachi.htm

Oh, if you really wanted to screw up a cassette deck, just chuck in a BASF tape.
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/basf/basf.htm
Over the years, I've had to throw a few boxes of these out.

Fuji Tapes, these were also crap.
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/fuji/fuji.htm

Philips Tapes
http://www.stereodisco.sk/kazety/philips/philips.htm

That's basically it. Excellent site, but the navigation is nasty, as there is no index to the site, and most of it is in Slovak. Has many great pictures though, and i'm adding them to my retro links page.

Hope it brings back some memories for you, good or bad.

Have a nice day.

Mark

http://www.2prfm.com
http://www.brcmusic.com

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Posted by Sam to sam bot dot com at 3/09/2006 08:25:33 PM

3:55 PM

you must never leave home without 'lil joe' to serve as a reminder to never inadvertantly neglect coffee consumation...i mean consumption

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Posted by bryan to sam bot dot com at 3/09/2006 03:55:16 PM

3:12 PM

I feel your pain. The other day I did the same thing. Inadvertent, leading to empty, cold, dark.

goddamn.

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Posted by Jim to sam bot dot com at 3/09/2006 03:11:57 PM

7:03 PM

nice dude operation ivy is the shit i lvoe punk rocka dn operation ivy is fucking awsome i want an op ivy tatoo whneve ri get older

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Posted by Daniel to sam bot dot com at 3/08/2006 07:03:17 PM

8:21 AM

totally unrelated--- this guy who volunteers at the survival center, his daughter Katie used to live in 36 Hampton! Isn't that crazy? They totally remembered you, too! Also unrelated: I want to buy a Mac. Would you be willing to help me navigate computer lingo and point me towards what I should get? I'll buy you a burrito if you do!

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Posted by w-w to sam bot dot com at 3/08/2006 08:21:30 AM

8:21 AM

It's funny because today i had the same idea as you. Finally a use Path Finder instead of coding a new finder. In the same way, i wish that's will be all app who use tabbing system (Adobe instead)

Thanks

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Posted by Guillaume to sam bot dot com at 3/07/2006 07:46:02 PM

10:18 PM

I can't believe that I didn't see earlier... you're so right!

Li'l Joe it is!

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Posted by Sam to sam bot dot com at 3/06/2006 10:18:31 PM

10:07 PM

looks like its just the right size for coffee...maybe you should name it 'little joe'

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Posted by bryan to sam bot dot com at 3/06/2006 10:07:42 PM

8:51 PM

sam.


we need to play magic.

now.





please bring counterfeit cards.


-tim





ps - god, how sad is it that my only "website" is myspace.

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Posted by tim to sam bot dot com at 3/05/2006 08:51:17 PM

3:32 PM

LOL. I was just explaining to my wife that if she has one mug of coffee and I had the rest of the pot, I only drank 4 mugs worth. Not 8-9 cups.

I don't know how they can call a 10-cup coffee pot ten cups.

There's no decaf in this household.

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Posted by Ed Kohler to sam bot dot com at 3/05/2006 03:32:07 PM

7:22 PM

That was an awesome story. And it's so true because camping is a great joy. I think you should just stick a lighter at the end of the barrel so that it ignites at the end on it's way out. Maybe a little lighter fluid too.

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Posted by TPC to sam bot dot com at 3/01/2006 07:23:10 PM