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Keep those wagons rollin’ … Life is rollin’ on chez les Bacon — school’s almost out for summer, my contract at the university has been extended for another year, baby Didi is up and walking, and we interviewed a woman last night to come help clean for us, which of course meant we spent a mad hour Continue reading Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
iPad slips from hype topspot Now that the brouhaha is beginning to fade, maybe we can take stock of the absurdity of the latest product launch by Apple. For those unable to attend the event in person, there were live blogs galore and even a blow-by-blow retelling of what was happening inside by vloggers refused entry. The Continue reading Don’t believe the hype I happened to pop over to Mininova to get something for the weekend. All my searches came back empty. Then I noticed the banner at the top of the page and clicked on the latest blog post. It’s a familiar story, and one I’ve followed, all the way back to Napster in ’99. Ahh, happy days. The Continue reading Bummerrrrrr! 2 comments to Bummerrrrrr!As technology evolves, so do the arguments between siblings. Until recently, we heard outraged voices shrieking “Mama! She broke my Wookie!” or “Don’t touch my My Little Pony stud farm!” Things grew quieter when they started squatting in front of our laptops and watching Youtube and playing online games (with obligatory headphones). Two days ago, however, I foolishly told our two Continue reading Sibling rivalry 2.0 |
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In case you need a good replacement, http://isohunt.com/ has always served me right (although ironically, I found myself going to mininova more and more, lately, when some torrents took too long to appear on isohunt)…
I had the same experience, Dave. I found Mininova’s torrents to be more reliably active. Isohunt appears to be more comprehensive but often disappoints with fewer seeds and higher risks of malware. Still, they’ve fought the law more successfully than Mininova, proving once more the theory of natural selection and the survival of the fittest.