Author Archives: Steve

Picayune upgrade successful!

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Steve

Most of you probably didn’t notice the brief outage this morning/early afternoon. I’ll take it as a good thing. The server had been behind the curve for almost a year and I never got around to giving it a proper … Continue reading →

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Futurama 2010 Holiday Spectacular

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Steve

This holiday special is a hybrid of their Anthology of Interests (Futurama’s version of Treehouse of Horror) and Christmas-time episode. It is also the primary reason why the DVD won’t appear until Christmas Eve. Never mind the confusion Fox Video … Continue reading →

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Welcome Genevieve!

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Steve

Daughter number two was born this afternoon to my friends Kelly and Ethan! Now Evie (or little e as I call her) will have a playmate…in a couple more years, babies take time to grow into viable participant. Pictures may … Continue reading →

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New portable!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Steve

There’s no picture because it looks pretty much the same as my last one. I was able to recycle the orange Flyers-Bugs Bunny armor to protect it. The ports and capabilities are better since it’s a 13″ MacBook Pro. I … Continue reading →

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Rough day to be a Lions or Cowboys fan

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Steve

For Thanksgiving this year we’re eating a modest meal of chicken with good sides, we will be watching the entire Toy Story franchise on Blu-Ray. Last year’s duck was awesome but expensive. Odd for a bird Americans rarely eat. I … Continue reading →

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2000: Thanksgiving in Phoenix

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Steve

This was the last Thanksgiving week we ever left Austin to celebrate with friends or family. I don’t know about Somara but I’ve never found a compelling reason to travel during the worst and busiest week in America despite how … Continue reading →

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Richard Bachman is AHL player of the week!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Steve

My Stars’ four-game winning streak came to an end yesterday in Houston but the back-up goalie has recently proven himself even to convince me that the team is in good hands. What happened Krahn the starter? No idea. Rumors abound … Continue reading →

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Laurie Bembenek passed away

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Steve

The Canadian media seemed to be more on top of the generally sad news about Bembenek’s death last Saturday but the Milwaukee paper had a good obit. During her escape in 1990, I read an informative piece regarding the woman’s … Continue reading →

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Where some favorite board games come from

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Steve

I take some issue with a couple of the author’s choices in this story. Namely the 3M titles. Hard to believe the company behind clear tape would publish board games. At least he confirmed my hunch about Risk originating in … Continue reading →

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Shock Waves

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Steve

British actor Peter Cushing had a pretty eventful year in 1977. He was one of  the only two big names in some little movie called Star Wars and he had top billing in this grindhouse/drive-in appropriate piece. Maybe it provided … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Tina

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Steve

My friend and recently, fellow Apple employee (she’s in the Finance department). To celebrate, we’re all going to see the Stars beat the Milwaukee Admirals. Maybe they can extend their recent winning streak to four games but I doubt they … Continue reading →

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Moog

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Steve

Halloween 2010 was incredibly eventful and if we didn’t go see Jose and Nancy in Dallas, it would’ve been a tough series of choices on what to do. The (satellite) Rally for Sanity, the Aeros game, the nearby Ren Fair … Continue reading →

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The new Apple Margritte portable!

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Steve

First, it’s the coupling of Apple (Computer) and Apple Records today with the Beatles catalog via iTunes. Now here’s a new portable dedicated to the Belgian painter and his iconic painting The Son of Man.

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I’ve got lightning…

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Steve

…in my pants. Only fans of [Adult Swim] and Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law know this great joke about Black Vulcan. Also, keep your hot coffee away from Apache Chief or you’ll render his powers ineffective.

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Is there a “The” or not in the band’s official name?

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Steve

I’m nearing about a month of owning my iPad and I really love it as a magazine solution, maybe the term should be periodical solution. Mental Floss is one of the best deals for it. I think they understood how … Continue reading →

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