Author Archives: David Terrell

Mr. Cub

Posted on April 25, 2005 by David Terrell

I’m a Cubs fan. I’m also the parent of a 4 year old. Some would see these as completely unrelated facts. One fellow Cubs fan went so far as to tell me I should raise him a Yankees fan. (Side … Continue reading →

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Internet Commentary of the Damned

Posted on April 25, 2005 by David Terrell

You’ve all read them. Clicking mindlessly from movie to movie on amazon, browsing through ePinions, or god forbid reading Slashdot comments, when all the sudden you come face to face with some idiot whose commentary clearly requires them to be … Continue reading →

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For All

Posted on April 25, 2005 by David Terrell

Shakespeare’s Sister has something to say about those Two little words.

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The NFL Draft In 22 Words

Posted on April 24, 2005 by David Terrell

“The NFL draft incorporates the two worst features of American life: all-day committee meetings on a weekend and commentary by Chris Berman.” – King Kaufman

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This is totally awesome

Posted on April 23, 2005 by David Terrell

As the son of two postal service employees, I heartily recommend you read about Cameramail! I might have to send one of these. Update: More fun with mail. Note that the final action taken is customary come holiday time — … Continue reading →

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Most Wide Open Basketball Playoffs EVAR?

Posted on April 22, 2005 by David Terrell

Chris Sheridan of the AP seems to think so: [T]he 2005 playoffs will unfold with several of the NBA’s superstars sitting on the sidelines wondering how they missed out on one of the most wide-open chances for a championship in … Continue reading →

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And so it goes

Posted on April 21, 2005 by David Terrell

not with a bang, but with a whimper. I just ran shutdown -h +2 on pianosa…. it’s gone now. Andrew shut her off. Thus ends 8 years of service. PAR, the 500 block of white, Allen Hall, h0l, 2680 fayette … Continue reading →

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Create a bunch of aliases for ecartis

Posted on April 12, 2005 by David Terrell

for list in list1 list2 list3 list4 ; do for action in “” -admins -bounce -moderators -repost -request ; do echo $list$action@lists.catch22.org $list$action.lists.catch22.org >> virtuals ; echo $list$action.lists.catch22.org: “|/var/ecartis/ecartis -c cfg/cfg.lists.catch22.org $action $list” >> aliases ; done ; done

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Rain Rain, Stay Today, But Go Away Tomorrow

Posted on April 12, 2005 by David Terrell

I have upper deck tickets for the cubs game tomorrow… but if the game today is rained out, Mark Prior should make his first start of the season tomorrow, and I’ll be there. Cool. Certain naysayers think this means I’ll … Continue reading →

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Go Clippers, go Warriors

Posted on April 12, 2005 by David Terrell

Ok, I have no great love for either franchise. But there’s a reasonable chance the Clippers will finish ahead of the Lakers in the standing, which I think is awesome (the Clippers are up one game in the loss column … Continue reading →

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