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The Friday Five

My favourite albums from the top forty selling albums of all time Guns N' Roses - Appetite for DestructionLed Zeppelin - Untitled (IV)AC/DC - Back in BlackPink Floyd - Dark Side of the MoonAlanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
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Jakalope's SLS Boost

Have you ever heard of Jakalope?  This bio calls them the "brainchild of world-renowned studio genius Dave "Rave" Ogilvie".  Their official site is nothing more than an elaborate countdown clock which will probably contain all sorts of information when the clock runs down Monday at midnight.  With their single "Pretty
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following submission earlier today. A while back you wrote about the guaranteed collapse of the Boston Red Sox due to this "curse".  You also mocked me for stating that Boston would defeat the New York
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The Best Sellers

I stumbled upon a list of the top selling 40 albums of all time the other day, and it got me thinking.  How many of the top 10 selling albums of all time do I currently have in my collection?  Lets see... The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits - I've always
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Why I'm Rooting For The Cards

On Saturday night the Boston Red Sox face the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series.  I'll be strongly rooting for the Cardinals, and my reasons why are outlined below. Larry Walker -  The Maple Ridge, BC native is the best hitter this country has ever produced and he's never
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Kerry's Sox

You've got a formidable but basically evil incumbent machine, that clearly represents big money interests and has zillions of dollars to try to buy victory, which it has been quite successful at doing ever since the mid-90s. You've got a challenger from Massachusetts, who fell behind early and has made
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When Worlds Collide

As a kid, I loved Degrassi.  I started watching "The Kids of Degrassi Street", then followed "Degrassi Junior High" and finally "Degrassi High".  I came back for the television movie when Wheels went to jail and I even peak at the new generation series airing these days.  I'm a Degrassi
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Coronation Trek

I've often wondered if there's something wrong with me for not liking Star Trek.  I know people who worship the world of Star Trek as a religion, but I've never been able to get through an entire episode or movie.  Despite the success of Star Trek: TNG and the countless
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Goodnight Moon

Between ball games tonight I managed to read James "Goodnight Moon" for the 734th time. James knows the story by heart and actually appears to be reading the pages when he recites the book to me.  It really is a story for the ages that's as true today as it
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Search Capability

You can now search the contents of this website.  On every page you'll find a search field beneath the main navigation menu on the far left side.  You can't miss it, it's the one labelled "Search torontomike.com". Search to your heart's content.  As a test I just did a
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Halloween Controversy

It seems Halloween falling on a Sunday has stirred up a little controversy.  Bible thumpers are uncomfortable with the "pagan" rituals of Halloween occurring on the Sabbath.  A number of cities and towns have decided trick or treating should take place on Saturday instead. I understand this being a big
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Weekly MP3

I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday.  You have seven days to grab this week's MP3.  Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Nivana - You Know You're Right "With the Lights
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Seventh Heaven

Tomorrow morning newspapers in Boston or New York will be delivered with the headline "Seventh Heaven".  It's a virtual certainty.  At least one of the major dailies, and sometimes more than one, will go to press following tonight's ball game with that headline in large font on the front page.
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DNS Cache

Boys and girls, today we're going to learn about DNS Cache and your ISP.  Every time you access a site from your ISP, they cache the URL, as well as its associated IP number.  If their network is properly setup, these DNS cache records should expire at least every 24-hours.
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Spoke Too Soon

If you're seeing this update, you're one of the lucky ones.  I've hit a slight snag in my migration to a new host and many visitors aren't able to get this far. I'm working on it and once it's rectified http://torontomike.com and http://www.torontomike.com will both
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Spelling It Out

Once you start spelling out certain words, it becomes so natural you don't even realize you're doing it.  With a two year old at home, I find myself spelling out any words that might get an undesired reaction.  I'm talking about the names of certain treats, television shows or upcoming
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New Host and Stuff

Last night I migrated this site to a new host.  All in all it was pretty slick thanks to these guys.  Hopefully you didn't even notice. I'll be making some changes to this site over the next few days, introducing a forum for comments and the ability to search within
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The Monday Shuffle

Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in Winamp and list the first ten songs that play.  Here are the ten tunes I heard today. Korn - I'm DoneA Perfect Circle - BreñaPearl Jam - Nothing ManThe Verve - The Rolling PeopleLimp Bizkit - Almost OverTori Amos - Putting
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Scratch That

Earlier today I was bitching about the fact my secondary hard drive had failed and I lost my 160kbps MP3 collection.  Scratch that. It turns out I'm much smarter than I thought.  In late April I took the time to back up everything on my PC onto CDs and I
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New Home For The Argos

York University announced today that an agreement has been reached for the construction of a new 25,000-seat stadium on the York University Keele campus. The stadium will be the new home of the Toronto Argonauts and a world-class venue for Canadian soccer, and will host the FIFA Men's Under-20
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Hard Drive Hell

My secondary hard drive, the one I got last December, has stopped spinning.  This really pisses me off. It's still under warranty with Maxtor but that only means they'll replace it if I ship them my busted one.  What I really want is the data residing on my failed drive.
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