Author Archives: Steve

Small World through Marquette II

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Steve

I received an e-mail from my friends Paul & Helen Silder about Marc Schauer. We guys all lived on the same floor of McCormick (Paul, Marc, John, Brian [Slats] that Tony Keys guy I mentioned in an earlier entry, Doug, … Continue reading →

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Week 27 of NHL 2005-6

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Steve

The Playoffs kick off April 18 and it seems the East is pretty much wrapped up. Only seed eight is being battled over, I really don’t think Toronto or Atlanta have a shot with seed seven. With the West, only … Continue reading →

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The Gift of the Magi debuted 100 years ago

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Steve

According to History.com (aka the History Channel’s web site, aka the WWII Channel), this was the first publishing of O. Henry’s famous story about a young married couple making great personal sacrifices to give each other Christmas presents. It was … Continue reading →

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Picayune Down Monday Afternoon

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Steve

Sorry about the inconvenience if you were looking for this site.    I intentionally took it down on purpose to back it up before updating to 10.4.6, something I should be doing before any or every upgrade.    There shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Out sick

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Steve

The entries into the site have slowed again thanks to Daylight Savings Time, an open window and the general stress of work. An open window? Yes, ever since I was a teenager, I will acquire a sinus-driven cold from having … Continue reading →

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Happy 78th Birthday James Garner

Posted on April 7, 2006 by Steve

Mr. Garner falls under this category for two reasons. One, he’s been a big part of favorite TV shows and movies for me. Two, I’m glad he’s lived on after having his knees replaced and heart surgery, but 78 isn’t … Continue reading →

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Katz’s, it never closes

Posted on April 6, 2006 by Steve

Marc Katz founded this restaurant in 1979 back when Austin was still a sleepy college-state government town (probably when the population was around 250,000). I’m sure his relatives in New York thought he was a putz, schmoe and ferklempt to … Continue reading →

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Boot Camp isn’t training for Systems Engineers

Posted on April 6, 2006 by Steve

A while back, one of the rumor sites had a contest to see who could successfully make a MacBook Pro boot on Windows XP. I figured it was inevitable with the Intel-based systems. When I read how the winner pulled … Continue reading →

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Book People

Posted on April 5, 2006 by Steve

Across the street from Waterloo Records (Sixth Street & Lamar Boulevard) is Book People, the best independent book store in Austin. Sure it’s easier and cheaper to buy hardcovers, paperbacks, coffee table books, etc. at the monster chains (Borders, Barnes … Continue reading →

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Beauty!

Posted on April 4, 2006 by Steve

My long awaited Don Cherry action figure came! Now this hockey legend joins my collection of other Philly players John LeClair and Jeremy Roenick (there will be a Peter Forsberg, the Swedish Eric Lindros of injuries, later this year, yet … Continue reading →

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Week 26 of NHL 2005-6

Posted on April 4, 2006 by Steve

Fourteen days remain in the season and now Boston and the NY Islanders are out of the running, leaving 23 teams vying for playoff spots. OK, there are over a dozen duking it out for the remaining seeds since Detroit, … Continue reading →

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Waterloo Records

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Steve

This is the best record store in all of Austin. I know, “record store” is a dated term since popular music has been predominantly in CD format for over a decade. Doesn’t matter though because Waterloo Records is the place … Continue reading →

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Look Around You

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Steve

My brother posted a plug for this BBC comedy a while back. At first I thought it was some kind of weird joke or he had a link to web page for the BBC from the Eighties. Then I watched … Continue reading →

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Cat birthdays!

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Steve

Since Molly, Miette and Wicca are all adopted animals, Somara and I just picked an arbitrary date for their birthdays. Based upon the data we were given on Molly from the shelter and the vets’ judgments of Miette’s and Wicca’s … Continue reading →

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Thirty years of going out of business!

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Steve

On April Fool’s Day, 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve “the Woz” launched Apple Computer (now just called Apple) with the sale of the Apple I. They’ve been afailure ever since, especially in the eyes of pundits.    [In the interest of … Continue reading →

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