Author Archives: Steve

Cat slideshow with explanations courtesy of Slate.com

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Steve

Slate did a nice piece about cat pictures on the Internet which has additional links to other sites featuring more of our feline friends (or foes since there people who dislike them).

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StarCraft II coming to Apple at the same time as Windows

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Steve

To all those PC naysayers of Apple, I say “Ha!” Seems that games will no longer be the software achilles heel much longer for Apple. My intial reaction to the announcement of StarCraft II was really, “about time!” Seems that … Continue reading →

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I pity the fool who doesn’t wish Mr. T Happy Birthday

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Steve

Today, one of Chicago’s most famous residents is 55. He was frequently parodied and ridiculed in the Eighties and probably in the Nineties as his stardom faded. But I think he’s a pretty interesting man whose career has had numerous … Continue reading →

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Movies on DVD and Cable unified as one category now

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Steve

As of next Friday (May 25), we say goodbye to our Dish satellite service again. This time we hope to be done with it for good. The decision was made for financial reasons so I’m not going to go on … Continue reading →

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The China Syndrome 28 years later

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Steve

As nuclear power tries to make a comeback, maybe this old flick should be revisited by the general public. I only remember its existence as a kid in 1979 because the whole Three Mile Island accident happened after its release. … Continue reading →

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I do like the Van Halen modification on the controller

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Steve

We all knew this was bound to happen, the question was always…when? I was impressed since the Gibson replica for the game only has a limited number of combinations with the buttons and flipper, 360 according my math. A real guitar … Continue reading →

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The Duke boys outwit Sheriff Roscoe & Enos again

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Steve

This rather funny accident went down on Monday afternoon, Adam got pictures of it but I wasn’t able to post them until today because of all the other jazz going on. I didn’t have any luck finding details of it … Continue reading →

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Why Singapore should have more gold medals in walking

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Steve

Congratulations to the people of Singapore according to this trivial factoid courtesy of The Economist. I have only been to be Manhattan and my memory of the people’s walking habits is fuzzy. Maybe my friends who have been to the other cities … Continue reading →

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Entry-level MacBook gets 3 improvements, must…have…it

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Steve

How I must resist the temptation to buy one of these still. So far Apple finally raised the RAM on the minimal model because 512 MB RAM was painful on it along with other models that sacrifice RAM for the … Continue reading →

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Philly rebuilding under way

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Steve

No word on what the Flyers are doing with the Vets or older players but they have solidified deals for Ben Eager and Scottie Upshall, two up and coming forwards. They’re quite different. Eager is a checking forward that scores … Continue reading →

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Birthday cake – chocolate tower

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Steve

This rich, chocolate-covered, triple-layered beauty was done for the joint birthday celebration of my sister-in-law Anje and my father-in-law Tom with Mother’s Day thrown in. I don’t recall if the kids ate any of it, they’re still at that age … Continue reading →

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Spider-Man 3 is worthy of at least Rental
and it was better than I expected

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Steve

Originally, I was going to watch Spider-Man 2 before I went to this but Apple paid for my ticket and who am I to turn down a free movie. A friend said there wasn’t anything critical I would be missing if … Continue reading →

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Happy 1st Birthday Julia!

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Steve

Hard to believe it has been a year already. According to her mom Sonia, Julia is always anxious to walk on her own power and seems to be fond of swimming class. We’ll find out later if she handles sibling … Continue reading →

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It’s Friday night, let’s kick off the weekend with cat antics

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Steve

Couldn’t resist reposting this cat cartoon-short even though our four cats have never done such a nice “gesture,” the selfish little furballs. Then again, we live in Central Texas so it would probably be a dead lizard or a tarantula.

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1997: Sonia leaves for Paris and I should stick to French

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Steve

What an eventful year 1997 was, that or I just documented all the sappy things in my life much better then. I just remember this road trip because it was the last car-based adventure I had with Sonia and I … Continue reading →

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