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Thoughts

Dana Plato in better days

April 4, 2007

From the 1993 Sega CD game Night Trap:

Dana Plato-related sidenote — if she had been famous in THIS decade, what would have become of her?
Back then, a celebrity getting into drugs and softcore porn was frowned upon. Today it only seems to help your case.

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on my way to the arena

March 23, 2007

Let’s go Trojans
Fight on!

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Bienvenidos a Nueva York

March 6, 2007

ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10
DEGREES ABOVE ZERO…AND COUPLED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10
MPH…WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ZERO TO 5
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

EXPOSURE TO COLD CAN CAUSE LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
AVOID SERIOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS FROSTBITE [...]

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In the City

February 28, 2007

Haven’t updated for a bit….somehow moving cross-country AND starting a new job has dominated my schedule for the past couple weeks. Go figure.

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9 Simple Ways (That Have Nothing To Do With VOD) To Fix Netflix

February 10, 2007

I’ve had a mini-manifesto (can I call it a ‘minifesto’?) brewing in the back of my mind for awhile now, and it’s time I just put it out there: as a long-time Netflix user (with over 1,300 movie reviews logged), as well as a casual investor/market watcher following their stock (Nasdaq: NFLX) and its fortunes [...]

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Look out iPhone(s)…here comes ZunePhone

January 11, 2007

Like an SNL skit, the initial concept does wear out halfway through, but it’s still pretty hilarious.

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I. Am. Iron Man.

December 29, 2006

Iron Man
70%

Spider-Man
70%

Green Lantern
65%

Hulk
65%

Catwoman
55%

The Flash
55%

Robin
50%

Supergirl
45%

Wonder Woman
40%

Superman
40%

Batman
25%

Click here to take the “Which Superhero am I?” quiz…

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Dreamhost Facts (or A Holiday Moment to Reflect on How Bad Dreamhost Blows)

December 23, 2006

Straight from Dreamhost-sucks.com, a site which does a good job of summing up my feelings towards the current hosts of this site (and reason why it’s running so abysmally slow at the moment):
I’m an unhappy DreamHost customer, what can I do?
E-mail us with your DreamHost complaints and criticism. We’ll post them on the blog for [...]

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Google Celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

December 17, 2006

Noticed something when I did a search for some Christmas-related stuff on Google today:

And I went ahead and checked — Google’s giving the same treatment to Hanukkah:

And Kwanzaa:

But I’m sad to report, no Google love for Festivus.

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Yet another reason to avoid Taco Bell

December 4, 2006

E. coli sickens 22 in New Jersey; 14 ill in Long Island [CNN]

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Superman Returns, But Why Did He Bother?

December 3, 2006

Superman Returns (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Year: 2006
Director: Bryan Singer
Length: 154 minutes
Category: Action
Media: DVD
Studio: Warner Home Video
Rating from : PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
UPC for dvd: 012569823372
ID in Amazon.com: B000J10ERO
Cast:
Clark Kent/Superman: Brandon Routh
Lois Lane: Kate Bosworth
Lex Luthor: Kevin Spacey
Rating: 2 out of 5

It’s not hard to understand why, from a business standpoint, Warner [...]

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Fun With Widgets

December 1, 2006

I know of five platforms for Desktop widgets — can any of the Techcrunch junkies out there tell me if I’ve missed any?:

Yahoo! Widgets (formerly Konfabulator)
Google Desktop Gadgets
Windows Live Gadgets (formerly Microsoft Gadgets)
SpringWidgets (from Fox Interactive)
Mac OSX Dashboard Widgets

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Christmas Wishes

December 1, 2006

{democracy:6}

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 22, 2006
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Gillette Fusion

November 17, 2006

The power of a mountain lion’s paw. The precision of a monkey’s.
Now that’s Fusion.

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travel week

November 17, 2006
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Mini’s Multi-site Banner ADventure

November 5, 2006

I really liked this Mini campaign — I don’t know who did it, but it’s a cool high-concept job. I think I first saw it on bannerblog, but I’m not totally sure. Would have to ask Rory, who I’m pretty sure is the one who sent it to me.
Hopefully I’ve captured the essence [...]

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Dwight & Angela Get Their Own Commercial

October 2, 2006
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Tim Salmon’s Final Game

October 1, 2006

This is his first at-bat. Sadly, while he scored a run, he didn’t manage to get that 300th career HR.

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Parallel Parking: You know how I do it…

July 11, 2006
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