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Funny research

I’m a sucker for research results that result in the sort of statistics that proof nothing, but for the general outcome that support your own doctrines. Last time they told me I was handsome, this time it’s proven that I’m funny:
He said University of California research had suggested that, because younger children had not had [...]

18.08.2006 7:49 am : Bias : No Comments

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17.08.2006 8:56 am : Random : No Comments

OSs I’ll never buy

I’ve have a (short) list of (consumer electronics) brands that I would never buy. Somehow these companies are always trying to box people, and feed them their tie-ins. Sony is first on that list. Quite often I like the design, but I’ll never buy anything Sony. Microsoft, unsurprisingly. I’ve been using their crappy stuff for [...]

17.08.2006 8:23 am : Bias : No Comments

Am I stupid or what?

The first domain I bought was conquistadores.com, in ‘98. It started out as a couple of static pages, and I later turned it into my first private blog. In 2002, I let it expire, apparently bacause I was getting tired of blogging, writing nothing for nobody. (I still am.) Never made any money off the [...]

16.08.2006 8:02 am : Random : 1 Comment

Little known facts about this site #1

The color scheme of The Passive Observer is orange, purple (followed links) and silver. Those three colors are the only words in the English language that have no rhymes.

14.08.2006 9:49 pm : Random : No Comments

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