Monthly Archives: March 2007

PowerBook Fire Hazard

March 24, 2007 – 3:49 pm

A few weekends ago I was using my old PowerBook G4 while over at Lauren’s. While packing up my PowerBook to head home, I noticed that the power adapter was abnormally very hot. Looking closer, I noticed that the DC output wire’s insulation was creating a slight burning smell and looked all bubbly. I’m lucky [...]

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Symington’s UFO Flop

March 23, 2007 – 9:13 am

In today’s Star: Former Gov. Fife Symington says now that those strange lights that appeared over Phoenix a decade ago were from another world and that he had a close encounter with an alien craft on March 13, 1997. “I’m a pilot and I know just about every machine that flies. It was bigger than [...]

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Isaac Newton, MP

March 4, 2007 – 12:44 am

Oh, the joys of a brilliant, mercury poisoned mind gone off to Parliament. Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England from 1689 to 1690 and in 1701, but his only recorded comments were to complain about a cold draft in the chamber and request that the window be closed.

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