Author Archives: Steve

Picayune refinements

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Steve

Yesterday was a long, long day but in a good way. Whenever there’s a concert and I’m volunteering for EA (Ecology Action, not the videogame company Electronic Arts), I usually take in a late dinner at Katz’s, then go to … Continue reading →

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Dresden Dolls

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Steve

Before last night, I liked the Dresden Dolls. Their album Yes, Virginia… was certainly a surprise hit on my personal list for 2006. Their take on Cabaret-style music definitely got my attention and it made me pursue more material. How … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Anna!

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Steve

Today is my niece’s sixth birthday! This is the one who lives in Chicago with my brother Brian and sister-in-law Linda. All the pictures I’ve seen of her are great and she resembles Brian so much. With this age, Kindergarten … Continue reading →

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Interim Solution

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Steve

It has been an ugly week for Picayune and my server. First the power supply dying unexpectedly put it out of commission for over a day. Now its software solution known as Blojsom is constantly crapping out by letting Java … Continue reading →

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RIP Harvey Korman

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Steve

The news broke last night but fatigue knocked me out too quickly to post anything. He made the headlines during the news breaks on NPR this morning to compensate. Death isn’t great yet it is nice to know Harvey made … Continue reading →

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Today Ian Fleming would be 100

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Steve

Somara and I caught this tidbit yesterday through NPR. How fitting that a new Bond movie will be out this year. It’s a bummer he died so soon though. Then again he was spared seeing the awful adaptations of Moonraker, … Continue reading →

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1998: Phil Hartman shot by his wife

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Steve

Rule number one with divorce, move out before or immediately after you tell your spouse the ugly news of your decision. Especially if the spouse has a history of addiction. It was such a shame when I received the news … Continue reading →

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Picayune is back after its server has a near-death experience

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Steve

Good thing I posted a warning about the Server going offline because the power adapter decided to take a dump yesterday. This threw the remainder of my afternoon into a tizzy. Initially I feared it was the Mini’s logic board … Continue reading →

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Phoenix lands successfully on Mars!

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Steve

I was on pins and needles for this today since the last landing attempt failed and from the other things I’ve read, NASA has been batting .500 since the Viking missions when it comes to Mars. Somara and I caught … Continue reading →

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1883: The Brooklyn Bridge is completed…

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Steve

…and there are still chumps buying the deed to it. Then again, does anyone younger than the “Greatest Generation” use that expression?

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Speed Racer

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Steve

Building a movie around an old Japanese cartoon sounds like a stupid idea. The Wachowski siblings writing/directing the film doesn’t help, their credibility went down the tubes with the last two Matrix installments. Then came the litany of cliches from … Continue reading →

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The Stanley Cup: Red Wings in six

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Steve

The Stanley Cup will be a match up between an “Original Six” team (Detroit) and a “Next Six” team (Pittsburgh). Montreal’s defeat guaranteed that Canada would be excluded for the first time in three seasons which probably made NBC breathe … Continue reading →

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Iron Man

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Steve

The initial reports of an Iron Man movie being produced made me roll my eyes. After Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men, Marvel Comics’ B-List of superheroes is even more obscure than DC’s. Why bother? Most people are unaware of … Continue reading →

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Alignment clarification example

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Steve

Every Monday, I do the minimal amount of exercise the nurse from my cholesterol screening told me to do, 30 minutes of walking briskly. Faster than a normal walk but not like those dudes in the Olympics who should be … Continue reading →

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Picayune will be “dark” on Memorial Day for maintenance

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Steve

I figure that reading Web pages will be one of the last things anyone will be doing over Memorial Day weekend. What would be a better time to take the server offline, back it up and finally update it? Zocalo … Continue reading →

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