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Posted in Entertainment, Personal, Technology on Dec 31st, 2006
Trying to explain to a 6th grader that most of that “free” music they are downloading for that new MP3 player is illegal is a conversation one should never have to have, but unfortunately it happens.
To me it’s very simple, very black and white - unless the Artist or record company is giving it away, [...]
Posted in Apple, Microsoft, Technology on Dec 31st, 2006
Microsoft often takes a huge bashing on the Internet and in the press, but none of that has much affect. Microsoft will continue to dominate because they have the mindset of the people that don’t read Blogs, Digg, Slashdot, etc. People don’t want to deal with tracking down comparable applications for that shiny [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Personal on Dec 30th, 2006
Today marks the last daily strip of my favorite comic, Foxtrot. Every morning when I get up, the very first thing I read on my Yahoo front page is Foxtrot. It’s made me laugh for years and I’ll miss it 6 days a week. Thankfully the Sunday edition will still get produced, [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Dec 30th, 2006
I am not a big fan of Broadway shows and musicals. Just not my cup of tea. But my wife and I set out early today to see a movie before our vacation ends, and Dreamgirls was the only one playing at the time we arrived at the theater.
By the time it was [...]
Posted in Personal on Dec 29th, 2006
As long as I can remember, I have eaten the same meal on New Year’s day; pork, sauerkraut, black-eyed peas, and mashed potatoes. I’m not really sure of the significance of any of those foods, but I do know that the one year I did not eat the black-eyed peas was one of the [...]
The Internet is a great place to get lost. Sometimes I start at one site reading about something I was looking for, and then 10 links later I’m on to the nutritional benefits of various cat foods.
Today I ended up at a great blog called engtech and read a post called “You can be [...]
Each year the build up to Christmas seems to increase. Stores seem to decorate for Christmas earlier and earlier. I don’t get suckered in to it very often, but I can honestly say I’m glad it’s over. Once Christmas day is done I look forward to taking down all of the decorations [...]
Posted in Personal on Dec 25th, 2006
Friends sent me this picture of their Pug during yesterday’s Christmas Eve festivities. Poor little guy was beat!
Click on the picture for a larger version.
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Posted in Blogging, Entertainment on Dec 22nd, 2006
I guess I should come clean. You introduced me to video blogging. I felt for you when the Boom was lowered. I followed you across America. But we kind of drifted apart and I thought we were on a break, so I started seeing other people. Don’t be upset, it’s [...]
Posted in Games, Technology on Dec 22nd, 2006
Pretty cool. Nintendo, with the little game machine that could, has not only brought in a very cool way of playing games to our house, but they have also snuck in email (via the Mii channel) and now web browsing using the Opera web browser. Very smart, Nintendo.
Since I am on vacation I took the [...]