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best two-fifty i ever spent

post a comment | posted Apr 18

 

i stopped at the local CVS to pick up some half and half for my coffee, and i noticed the clearance on their easter candy. 90% off! then i saw it - a tray of cadbury creme eggs. so today i picked up 35 cadburry creme eggs at 7 cents a pop. best...

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a new version of ccalc

post a comment | posted Mar 25

 

i finally updated my mac os x widget calculator... check it out:
http://ccalc.shanebweb.com

there is a windows version, too, which is much more feature rich, since it is an actual application written in c++, not a dashboard webpage. but hopefu...

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os x and floating toolbars!!

2 comments | posted Mar 3

 

i'm getting more and more used to OS X these days, and there's lots to love, but there is one thing that bothers me today.... i am so tired of floating toolbar windows!!! they are all over the place! font/formatting toolbar windows from Pages, MS...

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Not-So-Recent Blog Posts

who killed the electric car?

post a comment | posted Feb 17

 

just checked out the dvd "who killed the electric car?" from the library... i would recommend everyone watch it. earlier, we watched "an inconvenient truth" which i also highly recommend. both are very well done and address the issues in a fair way, without creating a straw man.

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james iha on the new macbook

post a comment | posted Feb 1

 

thoughts on rediscovering james iha on the new macbook.

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heroes and genetic mutation

post a comment | posted Jan 30

 

i like the heroes show. it is interesting, though, that in real life genetic mutation leads most often toward some disease or handicap. there are mutations going on all the time, but i know of none that have ever yielded an evolutionary advantage...

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top X list of mac os X annoyances

6 comments | posted Jan 26

 

now that i've got my macbook, OS X is finally my primary OS. i've been in windows world for the last 5 years or so, before that i was all mac OS 9. anyway, there are some growing pains switching back to OS X... some of the differences i just need...

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next order of business: slipstream windows XP2

post a comment | posted Jan 22

 

my new macbook arrived this morning! i was worried it wouldn't get here, and this is why: lets say you are a postal worker, making $9/hour. then you see a box shipping from cupertino, CA, with "Apple Computer" stamped on the box. i would imagine...

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what exactly is "emo"??

2 comments | posted Jan 19

 

i've been wondering this lately... what exactly is "emo"? i initially thought i probably don't like that genre, since it brings to mind goth-dressing teenie boppers, but now i am finding that i like several bands sometimes labelled as "emo". who ...

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just ordered my macbook!

1 comment | posted Jan 17

 

i'm excited... i will be entering the world of apple on intel... this is my first step towards landing a job, with apple, working on the ipod. stay tuned

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