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This is Eric Osterweil's blog/homepage. I make no guarantees that it is factual, interesting, or that it has been spell checked.
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Ugly Lives in Santa Barbara
UGLY
If you're eating, put the food down... seriously!

Now, I LOVE dogs... They're great! I could go on and on about them, but here I have to say that this poor animal is, in fact, the ugliest thing I have ever seen! I SAID EVER!!! Man! Some people have been beaten with an ugly stick, but they must have busted one of this creature's legs off and whittled it INTO the friggin' ugly stick. Sam is ugly incarnate!

Man, those eyes and those teeth... I think I'm going to have nightmares that are so bad that I might beg for merciful dreams of Rosie O'Donnell (maybe in a swimsuit)... Holy Frijoles! Imagine seeing this little turd crawling around on your kitchen floor... Are you thinking what I'm thinking? RAT! *Squish*

Once again, your hate mail is welcome. ;)

Update: This just in, we've done it! We've found Sam's long lost brother! Yes, separated at birth? You be the judge. This is a great gem, So, what do YOU think?!? Separated at birth?!?!?!

Readers have written in and asked if this is a spoof... Let me assure you all, this little critter is for real. It's been covered on CNN, the LA Times, CBS, the Seattle Times, and... Well, you get the point. Sam walks among us! Be afraid, be very afraid...

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Shooting Cats in the name of Science?
Dead Meat
Well, the subject is pretty plain, but before you write a long hate-mail to me about how cats are beautiful creatures, and they're good for more than just slippers or stew, let me explain. I found this
link, during some totally benign Internet searching (you know, for work). When I stumbled across this I couldn't believe my eyes! I had no idea how steely those biology-types could be. Apparently in Guangzhou, shooting cats (in the head no less) is hard science! :)

Damn, I couldn't MAKE this shit up. Here's my favorite excerpt from the abstract:

  group A, the gunshot wound control group
LOL... I love science! I'm pretty sure even cats don't deserve this sort of abuse... Well, kinda sure... :-P

You may commence writing me hate mail!

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RANCH!
Ranch Tooth
I have to congratulate you Wendy's... Way to take an ad campaign and just knock it outta the damn park. I wish I had a friggin Ranch Tooth. In fact, I scoured the Web to find a Ranch Tooth icon... WHAT THE HELL?!?!? How can it be so hard to find something so awesome?! I used Google and everything. Well, F*** that, here's MY Ranch Tooth icon! Anyone who's been in the same hell as me without your own Ranch Tooth icon (there must be millions of us), here ya go!

Yup, that's the sole reason for this entry... RANCH!!!

Just in: A ranch tooth icon from a reader! It's a real .ico file, so now you can go friggin' hog WILD with Ranch Teeth all over your desktop! Yeeee haaaa! Ranch Tooth Icon

If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, here's one of the awesome commercials!

Just in (again): New ranch tooth icon! Ranch Tooth Icon 2

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New Homepage!

This is Eric Osterweil's homepage. So, what makes a good webpage? I certainly have no idea, BUT, I figure, why not just start from a solid base? Hence, Blahdot. If you like it, great, if not, be sure to not email me about it. ;)

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Theory of Evolution

So, I've been thinking for a long time, "Hey, these [un]Intelligent Design (uID) people are really on to something, but I think we need to consider the possibility of a 'noodly' creator, and tell our children about HIM! You know, someone who Dr. Atkins would really hate!"

I've also wondered: doesn't any credible theory of our creation hinge on the existence of massive pillaging and the wanton collection of booty? Well, thank FSM there are some scientists out there who discovered this very phenomenon, and were able to capture it in a rigorous scientific framework! I give you: the FSM

ARRRRRRRRGGGG!!!

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IRL
Internet
I'm in 4677 now. I've moved on from sensor networks to network-networks.

The way I see it, bigger is better... More nodes means more phun. So, I see the Internet (with all of its wild and woolly problems) as a fertile playground for all kinds of stuff.

Maybe you disagree? Well, lemme see if I can find someone who might care, and I'll get back to you. ;)

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OS X, X11, and Enlightenment!
OS X
Apples rock! I've moved through phases where I've preferred Macs (pre-OS X), Windows, Linux, *BSD, and several proprietary Unix flavors, and I've come to the conclusion that FOR ME, OS X is where its at! On my mac, I code and surf and watch movies and tune my system and run bind and more and more and more, and I get all the benefits of fully supported HW and SW. It just works great! Nice job Apple. ;)

Along the way, I found it a bit challenging to get my favorite WM (E) to run alongside Aqua with all of its bells and whistles (including a functional ALT key in the window manager!). I decided that those who follow should not need to search the web endlessly, as I did. So, need help with OS X and X11? Check this... foo!

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jeeonline.com
Fashion Clothes
My friend Jee is the most awesome fashion designer in the world! She's got THE most diesel
clothing line EVA!

Here's what she has to say about it:



JEE is inspired by the every day beach and urban life that I experience here in Los Angeles. In trying to keep the feeling of the clothes close to where my designs were inspired and created, I manufacture everything in California.

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Do you do Do?
Taekwondo
Yeah? Then checkout my
alma mater.

This place is awesome. If you're interested in self-defense, a great workout, and/or the premier instructor in all of New York, you need to be looking at TKT!

Too bad (for me) there's no West Coast branch... :-P

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Lookout!

POW!!!

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