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Be very careful out there

I went out to sweep aside the two inches of fluffy powder we had last night before Erci packed any of it down with her car and was a bit disturbed to find that the 2 inches of fluffy powder sits on top of 3/16 of an inch of sheet ice. Uh, folks; that will […]

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2009 03 02 Local Comments (0)

It’s nice having a president who can speak clearly

President Obama’s address was a joy to listen to. I am sad that Governor Jindal has resorted to lies for his response to the president’s address. I previously had high hopes that Jindal would bring reason and hope for change from the Republican side; for we really do need an opposition party to serve as […]

2009 02 24 Politics Comments (1)

Fifth Element still rocks, so does Boxee

Last night we watched The Fifth Element again rather than waste time on the Oscars, and I do not regret that decision. The Fifth Element is stunning and spectacular, and I finally got to hear the Dolby Digital surround soundtrack as some recent EBay acquisitions all work together (our copy of the movie is on […]

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2009 02 23 Computers
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Quest to reduce monthly bills produces interesting results

I am on a bit of a personal quest to reduce monthly bills where possible. I realized that between two mobile phones, Vonage, broadband internet via Comcast, and television via Comcast and DISH network we were spending a lot on communications. At first I went to reduce redundancy; but my partner and I each like […]

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2009 02 17 Computers
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Company selling off old Sun servers

Update: too late, resellers have picked up all the old Sun gear, and everything else as well. =========== If you are interested in picking up some Sun server gear, contact me before we send it all to a reseller: Four SunFire V440 servers (4u) two servers have 4 drives (72GB, 10,000 rpm); two processors, 4GB […]

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2009 02 13 Computers
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Sorry no posts in a while

Stress bomb. Company I work for lost funding. Most friends/co-workers lost jobs last Friday. A few still have jobs, tentatively, to either shut company down, or to transition assets to new corporate owner if one buys bits of old company. trying to find positions for those with no jobs, hoping we few left get jobs […]

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2009 02 12 Personal Comments (1)

Anyone using Boxee?

Are any readers using Boxee on their Mac, Linux, or AppleTV hardware? If you are, do you like it? How stable is it for you? Does it make watching your favorite TV shows easier/cheaper? I tried it briefly tonight on my Intel based Mac laptop running Leopard (10.5.5) and it played “The Daily Show” and […]

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2009 02 05 House
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Squeee! Jewel Staite sighting on Wonderfalls

One of the holiday gifts I got was the DVD boxed set of Wonderfalls TV shows. It’s entertaining dialogue by Tim Minear and others. I am into the third disk when Jewel Staite makes her appearance as “Heidi” at the very end of the first episode on the disk. In other news, I saw Alan […]

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2009 02 04 Fun
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Interesting read in NY Times about Apple’s ITMS and Music Labels

Sorry it’s in the cookies heavy NT Times website, but it is interesting reading: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/business/media/02apple.html My favorite bit is the very last line: ‘Mr. Card of Forrester, however, has a different take. “If it weren’t for Apple, God knows how bad the music industry would be,” he said.’ I’d no idea what ratios the money […]

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2009 02 04 Music
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Sad, because partner’s attempt to smell nice backfired

My lovely partner, Erci, tried to smell nice for me or for work, or perhaps both by applying a little Eau de Toilette Moonlight Path which is a Bath & Body Works product I think. Her intentions are wonderful, but something in that oil/perfume induced sneezing, nausea, and constriction of my air passages in my […]

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2009 02 04 Personal Comments (1)