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{ Yearly Archives } 2005

Right on, Google News

I occasionally come across either a nice machine-edited headline on Google News or sometimes a great juxtopositioning of a headline with a pic (like one time, something about Tony Blair paired with a photo of Joey from Friends). Just found this one belonging to the former category:

Hmm, that’s some insight. Thanks, Google. [...]

Having relations?

Gotta love this on the Famous Mac Users page:

Um, yeah. Somehow I don’t think P-Funk has any relation to Bubba.

From Greenwich to Greenwich with some Cape, comics, candy, and kareoke in between

I just returned late last night from a vacation involving nine states and even more distinct transportation vehicles. I’m still a little out of it but I’m back on the job with a full metric f-ton of catching up to do. I think this was the longest period of time I’ve been without [...]

A moving experience, part one

For the curious, yes, we were able to move this weekend. I’ll write more later, but I’m online for the first time in a couple days, so I need to catch up. I’m going to start off with one of these topics, though:
* how the movers got a ticket and we almost [...]

U-Haul can bite my shiny metal ass

Tell me, is it acceptable for a company to let you “reserve” a truck weeks ago, let you schedule movers around a pick-up time, not give you a definite pick-up location until the day before you need to move, and then at that point, tell you they are on a 72-hour delay and that the [...]

Goodbye, that place I lived

As I sit in Jen, Mike, and Emily’s place in DC, a couple blocks from our new place, I’m thinking of good old Culpeper. I’ll miss that town. Michelle and I are moving this weekend and although we’re only going about 75 miles away, we’ll essentially be ending our stay in that area [...]

From the “protecting our liberties by effectively removing them” department

As usual, I have to say I agree with Bruce Schneier on NYC cops randomly searching bags on mass transportation.
[Police Commissioner Raymond] Kelly stressed that officers posted at subway entrances would not engage in racial profiling, and that passengers are free to “turn around and leave.”
“Okay guys; here are your explosives. If one [...]

The new crack

So, you could say I’m still pretty heavily addicted to World of Warcraft. I’ve been playing pretty regularly (read: at least twice a week when home, and often when not) since a couple days before Thanksgiving. I’m now at level 55, which is not bad considering it only goes up to 60 and [...]

The new Windows

Two things really made me smile today.
First, Mac is making inroads in corporate use. Here’s a survey that shows upwards of 20% usage in some places. [via Slashdot]
Second, Microsoft announced Longhorn’s official name today: Microsoft Vista. I’m really trying not to shoot them down too much, but I really [...]

Slight tweaks

I finally got around to tweaking the site layout a bit. I’ve added to my personal links, as well as added a blogroll (email with suggestions!) I’ve also cleaned the theme up a bit. I’ll likely keep working on it, but for now, I’m happy with it.
Has anyone used this [...]