The Null Device, being a stream of links and commentary on culture, technology, current events and whatever the author finds interesting.
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Waits for Disk Utility to finish unfux0ring his iPod (16/5)
Just saw Momus in a library; 'twas really good. He talked about spirits trapped in books and performed songs, incl. 1 new one. (16/5)
Trekking out to deepest darkest Richmond (16/5)
This Twitter feed should now appear automagically in the sidebar of my blog. (16/5)
<- seems to have fux0red the contents of his iPod (or at least the MP3s on it) (16/5)
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2007/5/15
Arizona sherriff Joe Arpaio, who has won acclaim from law-and-order types and opprobrium from liberals by keeping prisoners in harsh conditions, is now bidding to add heiress, serial unlicensed hazardous driver and all-round waste of oxygen2006/5/16
Something I didn't know until now: Von Dutch, the name seen on a million T-shirts and trucker hats worn by famous idiots, their miniature dogs and the people who want to be like them, was actually2003/5/16
UN weapons inspectors fear that looted medical radioactive isotopes from Iraqi nuclear facilities may end up on the black market and in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists or other pissed-off individuals in the region. Oops...