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One of my best friends is getting married next month. As a result, he’s leaving his apartment in Chelsea and moving to Brooklyn. (My New York friends tell me this is a big deal. They’re not that far away, right?!) In any event, if you’re looking for a great “alcove studio” apartment in mid-town, you…

A couple weeks back, I wrote about my iPod’s unceremonious death. I’m a huge fan of the iPod, so I was dreading losing it. Thanks to a commenter who recommended stopping in an Apple store, I swung by the Apple store in Oak Brook, and less than 5 minutes later had a replacement iPod, free…

Just sent the grandparents on their way, and the house is quiet again: not two hours ago, we had eight very busy 2 year-olds (and a handful of younger and older siblings) helping celebrate my youngest’s second birthday. My favorite moment of the night: we open presents after people go home. Less stress for all…

Four mercenaries dead. Makes it sound like four murderous ex-soldiers with something to hide got killed. Maybe they deserved it, maybe not. Four American civilians killed, their limbs ripped from their torsos, bodies charred beyond recognition, and hung from a bridge while men jump up and down and cheer. Certainly gives you a different mental…

Last month I bought a ThinkPad T40. I didn’t pay much attention to the item listing at eBay that talked about the embedded security system, but last night had a few minutes to kill and checked it out. The chip is a “security subsystem” — it can replace your Windows login so that if you…

Those who are taking Google’s announcement of GMail today at face value would do well to remember that April Fool’s pranks are a time-honored tradition at Google. Anyone remember Pigeon Rank? Update: Doc tells us it’s not a joke, and points to the actual Google joke of the year.

Erik Heels has launched Parody Law as an archive of his favorite April Fools jokes, and will be documenting the many fake news items of the day. He also includes a recap of our many collaborations on this fine day from the past eight years. A piece of trivia: when we put out the Visa…

Chris Smith has more on WYSKster, including as-yet-unreported details about their Amazon.com integration and forthcoming SOAP API. Has anyone else been able to unearth details about WYSKster?

US Government Announces WYSKsterSocial networking space collapses Washington, DC (Rooters) — Capitalizing on the recent popularity of social networking applications, the Internal Revenue Service today announced its newest service, a social networking site at WhoYouShouldKnow.gov. Commissioner Mark W. Everdaughter explained the logic behind the site, known as “WYSKster” to site designers. “For the first time,…

Neal Stephenson has a new novel coming out in two weeks: The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle. I still haven’t read Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, so I guess I better get busy. And Volume Two is just 823 pages — that’s darn near svelte compared to Quicksilver.