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Steve Jobs had liver transplant – CONFIRMED! 0

According to the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs had a liver transplant while on his 6 month leave of absense for health reasons from Apple. We will see but he is scheduled to return at the end of the month and Apple seems to have done alright without his day to day oversight.
UPDATE: [...]

Brian wins it all at 1st Cure For What Ales You (CFWAY) Homebrew Fest 2

Brian walked away with the best in show award for his Dubbel at the 1st Cure For What Ales You (CFWAY) Homebrew Fest.

Microsoft makes $45 BILLION Bid for Yahoo! 0

In the land of “we have lots of money and can buy anything we damn well want”, MS made an unsolicated bid for Yahoo! today of nearly $45,000,0000,000 – wow! Now will this get ok’d? All I know is it is a big move and shows the obvious power of Google and MS [...]

Terry Pratchett reveals he has rare, early-onset Alzheimer’s 2

Joel directed me to the not so good news.

Folks,
I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of [...]

Could Pennsylvania actually think about the consumer? 4

I saw this article as a headline – front page – on the Philly Inquirer. After reading it, it makes me realize how bass-ackwards PA is on this stuff. It is unbelievable how weird they are about this. I am not even one of those people that think every grocery store and [...]