Pretty much everybody has heard of how Los Angeles County legislators have banned contractors from using the terms "master" and "slave", a very common bit of IT jargon. Fortunately, they've found a workable solution to the problem.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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Campbells' is donating up to 5 million cans of soup to the hungry. They're already well over a million. One can is donated for each participant in their NFL team popularity poll. All you need to do to increase their donation by a can is go to this site and vote for your favorite team.

That's pretty cool.

(Hat tip to Dopple-G)

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And it's cheap too! Get yours here.

Spread the word!

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This post compilation meme is structured like the Carnival of the Vanities but concentrates on the best posts from the history of weblogs. Post submission criteria are very simple. The post must be at least 2 months old and the submitter must think it is a very good post. How easy is that?

Bestofme@jpeacock.net is the address for submissions.
Submissions should include the following:

• Post Title


• Post Permalink


• Author's Name (or handle)


• Weblog Name (if not obvious from the link)


• Submitter's Name/Handle (if different from Author)


• Description of post and/or why this post is being submitted (That is, what about this post makes you think it is one of the best from the weblog).

The only absolutely required item is the permalink. Other items may be left blank on the Bestofme Symphony post if they aren't provided with the submission. That could mean less people will go to read the post so submitters are encouraged to include as much of the info as possible.

Note that a post does not have to be submitted by its author so readers and lurkers with or without their own weblogs may contribute.

Deadline for submissions for each week's Symphony are Sunday at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) and a new Symphony will be posted each Monday. Submissions are accepted 24 x 7 so any that come in after the cutoff will appear in the next week's symphony.

If you would like to receive a weekly reminder for Bestofme Symphony submissions just drop me a line.

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1 I love the name, it's so sing-song-able. To a cha-cha beat. I'll be searching my backlog for a while.

Posted by: LeeAnn at December 01, 2003 11:14 AM (HxCeX)

2 I have something that perfectly fits the bill. Cleaning it up a tad and updating it a bit, so it will be ready for the debut.

Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at December 01, 2003 01:55 PM (ni3Uj)

3 I just got an account with them what do you think?

Posted by: pylorns at December 01, 2003 04:08 PM (O/rwE)

4 stupid comments.. What do you think about 1on1, have they been ok so far.. as far as *free* hosting is concerned...

Posted by: pylorns at December 01, 2003 04:16 PM (O/rwE)

5 I hope I've done my part. I'll see if I have anything post-worthy. Probably not, but humor me. Heh. I tried to ping, but was brutally rebuffed.

Posted by: margi at December 01, 2003 05:46 PM (4jrV0)

6 Pylorns- Never had a problem with them until today. I've been using that email for a month ''testing" it. Margi -- I have spanked my site for its temerity in rebuffing you. Had I been at the helm, your ping would have been warmly embraced.

Posted by: Jim at December 01, 2003 10:04 PM (fkewd)

7 I guess I'm fucked... only been blogging for two months... wait till next year!!

Posted by: The Bartender at December 02, 2003 04:09 AM (9F93j)

8 I'll pimp the deal for you at Madfish Willie's and at The Alliance tomorrow morning. #am right now and I've just put the nearly finishing touches on the new and improved SBD weblog! Go check it out... hurry, before it changes... I get a crack-high from design like everybody else gets from blogging... maybe because I can't write for shit... who knows????

Posted by: The Bartender at December 02, 2003 04:12 AM (9F93j)

9 You can still submit posts though - they don't have to be your own. Thanks for the pimping. I'll be over at the corner.

Posted by: Jim at December 02, 2003 06:57 AM (IOwam)

10 Thanks for the invite to the new idea, I like it alot and will be sending over one of my favorite posts of all time later on. Or you can link it from here. There are a couple of other top tiers I might want to include, like this week's rant against the commercialisation of Christmas but that'll have to wait a few months before it gets submitted.

Posted by: Johnny Huh at December 02, 2003 06:36 PM (YkElu)

11 My blog has a category with the same title. Now the toughest part is choosing one of them...

Posted by: Pleomorphous at May 19, 2004 12:35 AM (XEeUO)

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122 years after shootout, attorney to gather information for a pardon

Wasn't there something about "speedy" on the books somewhere?

THE GOVERNORÂ’S office said RobinsÂ’ primary task will be to gather and assess evidence during a renewed investigation into the circumstances of Billy the KidÂ’s violent life and death, to determine whether the Kid (a.k.a. William H. Bonney, Henry McCarty or Kid Antrim) merits a pardon.

A pardon? The guy's been dead for 122 years. What's the point?

Even though all sides in the Billy the Kid brouhaha say theyÂ’re using pro bono services rather than public funds, critics have wondered why public officials are spending such time and attention on a 122-year-old case.

Hey, I just said that!

Looking beyond the question of frontier justice, those officials usually point out that the Old West legends — and the tourists attracted by such legends — are big business for New Mexico. And they say that makes looking for the truth worth the trouble.

Ah! Tourism dollars. That explains it. In that case, look for Billy to get his pardon as it will change him from a romanticized outlaw into a wrongfully slain romantic hero and that's worth more money.

(Hat tip to Lovely Wife)

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This is a wierd one. I guess it would be classified as the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Scam". more...

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1 yeah i get that email all the time Actually I got 4 of those emails the ones about the Daughter or whatever in Africa trying to smuggle money out. This time it was only 20% of the money. What gives!

Posted by: pylorns at December 01, 2003 09:21 AM (AhTDr)

2 Methinks you missed it, Pylorns. It's a joke.

Posted by: Jim at December 01, 2003 09:28 AM (IOwam)

3 You people must be populait because I never get shit like this.:-)

Posted by: LW at December 05, 2003 08:42 AM (fkewd)

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Get your own stylin' ride over here. Fo shizzle my nizzle! All rightey my whitey!

(Hat tip to Dopple-G again)

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The Microsoft Team, 1978 (photo in extended entry). more...

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