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Eight years as an Apple employee
Today is my eighth anniversary as an official Apple employee. As of now, I believe I am the last person remaining from my group of seven since word (or rumor) has it that Scott Smith left for Brazil. I decided … Continue reading
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Week 27 of NHL 2006-07 Final (Worst. Season. Ever.)
With a collective exhale of relief from Philadelphia (and the world), the Flyers’ 39th season (the lockout killed 2004-05 entirely) finally and painfully ended. After Hitchcock was fired, the remainder of the season was just flogging a dead horse. It … Continue reading
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An animated version of my ongoing argument with Molly
Here’s an animated comic strip from The New Yorker, courtesy of their podcast, summarizing my cat Molly’s problem with using Feline Pine. I converted it into a movie to post so everyone didn’t have to go dig through the iTunes Store, find … Continue reading
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100 million iPods which is like over 100 billion songs
Caught this little bit of news while killing time at Thunderbird Coffee as my VW Golf continued to spend my money. Pretty hard to believe that so many have been sold in about six years. I remember how skeptical I was too … Continue reading
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“French” birthday cake
Here is the latest confectionary creation from my wife. Pretty awesome in my opinion. She put it together while I was at work but I think it’s a chocolate cake. Rich stuff too. The “inscription” on it is “Happy Birthday” … Continue reading
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Profoundly Disturbing by Joe Bob Briggs
Profoundly Disturbing was Joe Bob Briggs’ take on 15 films that changed modern cinema. Was? The book appeared in 2003. I bought it for my friend Doc as a gift then because he’s a Joe Bob fan. Recently, I stumbled … Continue reading
The new Mac Pro gets an even cooler processor “bump.”
I’m pretty reluctant to post any stories involving Apple lately since my last one was a magnet for comment spam. Those postings made no sense at all too. They read like a person with Tourettes. I can’t see how anyone … Continue reading
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Trivial enhancements when you play music on a computer
So I’ve noticed that my brother is a big fan of this site called Last FM which bears some similarities to Mog. Both are probably part of that Web 2.0 nonsense the media is blathering about. I do admit to … Continue reading
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Week Twenty-Six of NHL 2006-07
The season is almost over for my Flyers. I never thought I’d be so excited to see it end in early April with no playoff hopes. I don’t agree with the Philly pundits saying they prefer this than their usual … Continue reading
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Don’t drink and resurface between periods
My friend Mark B is a defense attorney who handles DUI/DWI cases. I’m sure he would’ve loved taking this joker’s case. I only hope the rink was still level or even despite the outcome of this drinking and operating a Zamboni … Continue reading
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1997: Jose comes to Austin
My favorite day of Jose’s stay involved my co-workers and Sonia. Several weeks earlier I won a free happy hour party from Katz’s upstairs night club, Top of the Marc (it’s gone now). I decided that it would make an … Continue reading
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iTunes Store offers two choices for MP3 formats
Apple and EMI announced a new series of MP3 files that no longer have the DRM on them and are available at a higher data rate. This will only silence the Internet Punditocracy for about two minutes before they find … Continue reading
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Happy birthday to Wicca, Molly & Miette
Today is a rather bittersweet birthday for one of the cats. Wicca is more or less 16 now (around 80 for a human) but she’s in rather mediocre health. Thankfully she isn’t suffering from all the problems that seems to … Continue reading
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Dana Gould
Last night my friend Scott and I caught the late show of comedian Dana Gould. You may recognize him from numerous cameos in sitcoms and movies, check here for a more complete list. You might see a few and go, oh … Continue reading
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Southern Culture on the Skids
Here is the kick off I promised for my new Category (what the software calls it) or Section (what I prefer): Brushes with Greatness. Why Greatness instead of Fame? Firstly, I admit to ripping off an old bit from David … Continue reading
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