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Brian Bilbrey July 11, 2011

Byte? SRSLY?

First off, Byte is back. Yeah, SRSLY, Byte. Talk about your basic reincarnation myth, remixed about 5 times over the last 10 years. And equally fully of #FTW, Jerry's involved. Huzzah! * * * Also, Jerry's got a column out, having finally battle his way past nearly four months of creeping crud. I just finished the editing pass and got the column posted for him within the last hour. There's still kinks to shake out of CMR at the new hosting site, but we'll get them licked, one way or another. * * * Nothing else going on, work and…

Brian Bilbrey June 23, 2011

Commercial news

I saw a Lexus commercial accidentally while watching Mythbusters. The context is appropriate because ... I'll return to that thought. Anyway, the takeaway concept is also found on this automaker page: My initial thought after dropping a bit of anti-matter into the fuel tank is ... where'd the car go? Fast, eh? Or not. And now we're back to Mythbusters, and why my immediate reaction to that statement was so appropriate to the context. The funny part is that this was one of the less-exciting non-exploding episodes. * * * Pfizer is in court to extend the patent-coverage of one…