August 2004 - Posts
- I Have a New Roommate
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Some of you have been wondering why I've been so out-of-touch lately. Well, I've been tied up a bit taking on a new temporary roommate. Heaven will be staying with me for at least the next couple of weeks while her living situation gets settled.
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- Movie Review: Without a Paddle
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I'll keep this one short... Following the death of a childhood friend, three young city-slickers decide to fulfill their deceased buddy's dream to find D.B.Cooper's long lost treasure -- that's when the madcap adventures begin. Without
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- A Virtual Floor
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Back in the day, I remember attending the inaugural NAAUG (now known as AUGI ) meeting in San Jose. I stood in line for hours waiting for my chance to experience a demonstration of virtual reality. Although it wasn't much by today's standards,
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- Movie Review: Collateral
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The theater was full the evening I saw this movie. This was a good sign after two weeks in release. I've always liked Michael Mann's style of film making. His movies seem to have a more real or raw feel than the usual Hollywood fare to me. Collateral
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- One of the Funniest Cat Stories I've Heard
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Although I was looking for something else at the time, how can I pass up a link called “I Gave My Cat An Enema” . The illustrations add a great deal of character to the tale. I can tell you this though, I know I could have come up with some
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- The Recall Toolbar
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There's been lots of interesting action in the world of search lately, and one of the coolest ideas being bantered about is to give users the ability to search through web pages they've already viewed. This idea is so brilliant, I can't believe
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- Microsoft Can't Win
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Almost immediately after Microsoft announced the availability of the much-anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 (XP SP2), the deluge of negative reviews began. Now I expect this sort of stuff from lesser known online-only publications -- even from the
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- Movie Review: I, Robot
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Trying to get a break from the heat, I went to the movie theater intending to see The Manchurian Candidate . Unfortunately I got there a bit too late. Collateral and Napoleon Dynamite were next on my list, but they looked to be too crowded. I ended up
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- Football is Back -- Life is Good Again!
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Yeah, I know it's only the preseason. Sure it was only the Redskins beating the Broncos . But the most significant aspect of last night's debut of Monday Night Football , was that it marks the beginning of 28 straight weeks of NFL football!! Is
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- TopStyle Pro Web Editor
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There are really only two types of programmers. Those that use only a basic editor. And those that use an IDE (integrated development environment). I began as an editor-only guy nearly 20 years ago only because IDEs were few and far between. But over
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- Aquariass
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Yup, it's exactly what it looks like -- a fully functioning fist tank replacement for your toilet tank. But get this... The best part is, it's called the Aquariass . How great is that!? This is by far the best possible reason I've ever seen
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- An Unbiased Art Review
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Title: Unnamed Artist: Meagan (Age 5) Media: Watercolor marker on printer paper Date: July 2004 This is one of the most compelling pieces I've seen in quite some time. Clearly the artist's goal here was to engage the viewer, yet leave them to
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- Wind, Dust, and Rain -- Not Your Typical 9 Holes
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In anticipation of your first question -- No, this isn't a scene from Hidalgo. It was the last night of our weekly golf league matches. This week we were playing MeadowWood . The skies were partly cloudy and it was very hot. The round began uneventfully
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- Movie Review: The Village
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The Sixth Sense , Unbreakable , and Signs . These movies proved to me that M. Night Shyamalan knows how to use film to tell a story. He does it again with The Village . I went to see the late showing of this film last night, and it was packed. As I write
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