Monthly Archives: February 2005

Rest in Peace, Jef Raskin

I saw on Slashdot that Jef Raskin has passed away due to cancer. The man who, in large part created the first Macintosh and coined the name, was definitely a visionary…

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Letting the WoW run wild…

Got to head over to some friends’ house to attend a World of Warcraft party last night. This party was mostly for our guild, Order of Eris, but we had some other WoW players show up as well. It was … Continue reading

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30 years and counting

I had a surprise birthday dinner with a bunch of my friends tonight. It was fun to get together at Outback and have a good meal. Heather gave me “Batman – TAS, Vol. 2″ and “Superman – TAS, Vol. 1″ … Continue reading

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Right Turn Clydes – Show 2

I have to make this post short as I must wake up for work in less than 5 hours. But I wanted to post that I got to see the Right Turn Clydes again tonight at the Six String Cafe. … Continue reading

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5 days and counting…

Only 5 days left till I hit 30 years of life. It doesn’t particularly bother me, but it isn’t comforting either. I know my life may well be half over, but I can’t imagine living forever… I only hope I … Continue reading

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Why can’t I have a pink iPod ?!?!

An interesting story that covers the behavior of celebrity shoppers in LA-area Apple Stores. Typical Hollywood puff piece story, but I couldn’t help reading it and passing it along

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DVDs for the Week of 2005.02.22

This new edition of Heat sounds like it will be the definite look at Michael Mann’s gritty, intelligent crime thriller. Any movie that can put Al Pacino and Robert De Niro sitting across from each other in a subtle, yet … Continue reading

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Inside the mind of a savant

This story, that I saw mentioned on Slashdot, is simply amazing… This man, as an autistic savant, is explaining how his thought process works. The idea that numbers to be multiplied are visualized as shapes, colors, sounds, etc. is absolutely … Continue reading

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Google gets into mapping

Check out Google Maps… I was amazed by the functionality offered in the beta. Much faster than other mapping sites I have tried and it combines Google Local functionality which makes it all the more useful. The developers at Google … Continue reading

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And the big announcement is…

Today, I have resigned as a contractor at IBM and will be starting a job soon at Motricity! This is very cool as I will be working with quite a few friends from the Oculan days and all of the … Continue reading

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