If we begin from "info bite" and "info bite list", next we get "info bite reader", which abbreviates to "info biter", and finally ends up as a "biter" in common speech (like "world wide web browser", "web browser" and "browser"). "Info bite list" will probably end up shortened to "bite list".

So, what does "bite...
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As a developer of RSS tools, RSS aficionado, and man with an opinion or two, I suppose it's appropriate that I should have a blog about RSS. I named this blog "Info Bite" after one of my entries in Amy Gahran's contest to pick a colloquial name for RSS.

So, here's my campaign speech for...
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One of the quotes that came up on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me just now reminded me of an idea I had a while ago: with the proliferation of college bowl games these days, I though, why not have a game to determine the worst team in the country? In basketball, there could be a...
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Watching King of the Jungle tonight, I had an arc for a reality show that audiences would love. The show would start with, for example, fifteen competitors and fourteen judges. At the end of each show, the judges would kick somebody off. After each show, the audience would go online to vote one of the...
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If you're looking for some entertainment, read Darl McBride's latest tirade against the GPL. While there are indeed some people who'd really like to get rid of all intellectual property rights, his assertion or at least implication that the GPL itself is aimed at abolishing intellectual property rights is absurd. The purpose of the GPL...
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Joe Lieberman is talking on TV today about taxes, among other things. One comment he made, which always really bugs me was something about taking back the tax break that was given to the richest people. I suspect that we'll hear a lot of democrats slamming Bush for giving a tax break to the people...
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I was thinking about the phrase "Don't knock it till you try it", and how it doesn't apply in some situations. For example, Willy is doing drugs, and Joe tells him he's stupid to do so. Willy says "don't knock it till you try it." Yeah, obviously Willy's an idiot, but he may not think...
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Reading the tech news today, I just couldn't help but post something here to point out that I despise Microsoft and whoever it was in the government that decided they were going to be allowed to continue with business as usual after going through so much trouble with the anti-trust lawsuit. I also suspect that...
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I missed game one yesterday--too busy working and getting ready for cub scouts. At least with it ending in a draw, what I missed wasn't the most exciting thing possible. Can't wait till tomorrow for game 2!

Kasparov vs. X3D Fritz

Watching 60 Minutes with my wife tonight, we were "amused" at the story of how Jessica Lynch became famous by getting knocked cold in a car wreck and then getting rescued, while the soldier who saved the lives of the group that was captured that day by singlehandledly picking off 7 people, one by one,...
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