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Austin Stars are now official

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Steve

The AHL Board of Governors voted and the Hicks family will be buying the Chops (formerly the Stars before the split) to move our team from probationary to official. Like there was any doubt. OK, some. I think the attendance … Continue reading →

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The after soccer treat

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Steve

Once Somara delivered the baby shower cake successfully, she was off to a local soccer game to see our friend RC in action with her team, the Purple Ladybugs!

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One million iPads

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Steve

The official Apple release is here. A pretty impressive milestone in four weeks and Europe hasn’t even come up to speed yet. It definitely has some kind of special allure because I have had co-workers buy them at full price. … Continue reading →

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Baby Shower 2010

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Steve

This cute farm animal piece was commissioned by the nice couple Dave & Tracy again. Some friends are having their first child so I’m guessing a nursery theme was the objective. Back when Somara was planning this, I figured she … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Jose!

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Steve

During his carefree, bohemian days at Marquette, he was known as The Hoser courtesy of the McKenzie Brothers (from Strange Brew and SCTV) and us Gringos needing some phonetic assistance on saying his name correctly. He has been one of … Continue reading →

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Textie

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Steve

As much as I loved Grackl, it hasn’t been working very well lately and I still have friends who insist on using SMS for baffling reasons. My friend Mark found a compromise app and successor. Skeptical? I was but I … Continue reading →

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Norah Jones

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Steve

Attending this was a last-minute decision; Ecology Action was a bit shorthanded for the first sold-out show (she’s booked for two evenings). I’m not a fan but if a show is on a Friday or Saturday evening and I don’t … Continue reading →

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Stars go on to round two tonight

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Steve

My predictive ability for the AHL is certainly better than the NHL because I got the NHL Eastern Conference totally wrong. It doesn’t help that the AHL rushed the Atlantic Division games through this week; Hershey (the team to beat … Continue reading →

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Spotted along the trail at work

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Steve

Instead of our traditional staff meeting yesterday, we had permission to take the hour allocated to go outside, enjoy the weather. Most people take a lap around some pool created by the street drains from the adjacent neighborhood. While we … Continue reading →

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1995: Apple gets started for me

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Steve

I wouldn’t become a permanent employee for another four years but finally, after three previous attempts to get something (two for the intern program, one with temp work), I landed a temp gig in Apple’s sales support department via Adia … Continue reading →

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Somara now undergoing physical therapy

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Steve

A couple of analyses, drugs and MRI didn’t help. Now Somara is experiencing PT which the ENT doctor calculates as the absolute solution (final has such a nasty connotation thanks to the Pere Ubu song). My initial reaction was why … Continue reading →

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Upgrades to site done, slight glitches

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Steve

Finally got off my duff to move forward with the newer iBlog2 theme and WP 2.9.2 which appears to stick to be the norm until version 3, I guess. It went more smoothly this time. Good gravy what a mess … Continue reading →

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Happy 20th Birthday Hubble Telescope

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

Named after the astronomy Edwin Hubble, this long overdue space-based telescope was put into orbit…and it didn’t work courtesy of a lens ground to the wrong specification (the media probably got this wrong, effective telescopes after Newton use mirrors because … Continue reading →

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Stars sweep the Icehogs! On to the division game.

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

I said it before, I’ll say it again. I knew the Icehogs would lose because they have Chicago’s innate ability to choke in their DNA. How else could they be the Blackhawks’ farm team? The parent isn’t looking much better … Continue reading →

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Owl City

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

Great photo courtesy of this nice person! I know this story is rather late but I had the good fortune to find a cool person who had some great pictures of the show (unlike Vampire Weekend, not even the local … Continue reading →

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