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Use a Game Boy in Greece, go to jail
Ban on electronic games applies to everyone, even tourists

Sept. 3 — In Greece, playing a shoot-’em up video game could land you in jail. The government there has banned all electronic games across the country, including those that run on home computers, on Game Boy-style portable consoles, and on mobile phones. Thousands of tourists in Greece are unknowingly facing heavy fines or long terms in prison for owning mobile phones or portable video games.

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It's like a large helicopter, right overhead.

There are guys outside with one or two small thumpers to compact the dirt that's going under the extensions being added to our house.. the noise and vibrations are similar to a very large helicopter, flying low overhead. Only less windy. :)

Ok, that's unacceptable.

I realized, as I was sorting through the pictures provided by Kodak Photocenter's scanning services, that they scan all images to the same resolution--regardless of photo size or cropping. That's to say, though my pictures started at 4x6", 4x7", and 4x10" (or 4x11.5", depending on the developer), they all arrived at 768x432 pixels. In the case of the panoramics, this means I have to scan them again myself, as the scans I received chopped off the sides and added to the top and bottom; for the rest, I had to crop a lot of them manually. (I'd crop anyway, but their process should really take into account APS photo sizes.)

Touché..

From a Fox5 News correspondent:
"[Israel] says we don't have an airline security system, we have a system for bothering people."

Music recommendation

At Jen's suggestion, I picked up Idol by Amanda Ghost; liking that, I picked up several more tracks, and liked those too. All Music Guide describes her Styles as "Progressive Trance, Tech-House, Club/Dance, Hi-NRG" and her Tones as "Ethereal, Energetic, Playful, Theatrical, Stylish, Carefree". You can read a lot more about her at the link above, and go check her out.. I like. :)