Monthly Archives: January 2006

Pittsburgh’s Going to the Super Bowl

Oh, Pittsburgh’s going nuts right now. The Steelers are going to the Super Bowl! After beating the first, second, and third seeds in the AFC, the Steelers have defied all odds and are going to face the Seahawks — where … Continue reading

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LiveJournal Owned

Apparently my LiveJournal account was hit by the recent “bantown” cross-site scripting attack. Thanks to Mav for pointing this out. Apparently my interests and e-mail address were both changed and LiveJournal responded by suspending my account. All this to gain … Continue reading

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Instant Updating Stock Quotes

Visit this news story between 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM EST during a weekday. I really don’t care about the content of the story — I’m just amazed that those stock prices tick in “real-time” (15-20 minutes delayed, but they … Continue reading

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Dear Comcast: Your DVR Sucks

While watching the season premiere of 24 last night, my Comcast cable box (a Motorola DCT6412) froze up on me. This is not new behavior, and it is not behavior that Comcast’s support staff knows how to fix without simply advising a reboot. I let the episode record to completion and watched the rest of it today. I then wrote the following letter to Comcast regarding their lousy cable box. Continue reading

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Everybody Poops at the White House

While I was reading a Yahoo! News story I decided to click on the “President Bush” link to see what Yahoo! would suggest as search results. The second link is http://www.whitehouse.gov/#everybodyPoops, which is of course a valid link, but I … Continue reading

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Chocolate Waffles

Tonight I made chocolate waffles using a recipe from Good Eats. They’re pretty rich. I still have about half the batter left over. The recipe includes three eggs, a pint of buttermilk, four ounces of chocolate chips, and half a … Continue reading

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eBay Alert: Broken Palm III

I’m selling my dad’s old, broken Palm III on eBay. Bidding starts at 99 cents. If you’re handy with little electronic gizmos, you could have a working unit for virtually nothing!

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Wild Eep!

I am happy tonight. My PowerBook now eeps with displeasure. I found a link to the Mac OS Classic Sound Pack which includes all the classic sound effects that, for whatever reason, never got incorporated into Mac OS X. Eep?

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College Football: Why Do I Try?

I went to an NCAA Division III school after graduating from a high school that didn’t care about football. I actually made an effort today to watch the FedEx Orange Bowl pitting Penn State against Florida State. I’m watching House … Continue reading

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