Category Archives: Fun

Water polo players for Obama?

There’s a car in my neighborhood that has a small circular sticker in its window bearing the logo of the USA Water Polo Association: Every time I see it I confuse it with the Barack Obama presidential logo, which I … Continue reading

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Amazon’s Christmas Decorations

Amazon.com’s various country sites commemorate Christmas in different ways. Continue reading

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Living in a Missile Silo

Real estate is much more pricey in Seattle than in Pittsburgh, but a bargain hunter can always find a good buy. Seattle Bubble, a great counterpoint to the relentless optimism of commission-starved Realtors, found a gem of a property: 57 … Continue reading

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How I Built an LED Confession Board

text confessional: it works! Originally uploaded by Lele McLeod. Earlier this year, a co-worker pitched to me the McLeod Residence, an off-beat project in which he was an investor. “The Residence” is a bar/gallery/social club with an emphasis on creating … Continue reading

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We’ve Noticed That People Who Spy On One Person…

A couple of months ago, my co-worker David came to me with a question. Our boss, Dan, wouldn’t tell him his birthday. David asked if I could find it for him. I ended up finding it through a public-records search … Continue reading

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The Media Box Has Arrived!

After two months of delays, the hatbox-shaped Sony VAIO VGX-TP1 PC is finally shipping. Mine arrived last week, and I took a few photos of the various components as I unboxed them. Just like the initial photos showed, this is … Continue reading

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TV Without Cable: February Review

February has come and gone. 24 is getting more intense though I still like season 5 better than this season. The Office continues to stand out as a great show in its own right. In February I spent $33.67 on … Continue reading

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Joost Looks Amazing

The Joost user interface features several unobtrusive widgets that disappear when the user stops using the mouse and keyboard. (enlarge) The folks who brought Voice over IP to the masses with Skype are at it again, making Joost the punchy new … Continue reading

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Media Boxes: No Good News at Macworld

Today was the hugely-anticipated keynote at the Macworld Conference & Expo. As expected, we saw the final version of the iTV (now called Apple TV) which streams video from five PCs and syncs with one. For $300, as much as … Continue reading

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Woot! Bag of Crap

I was lucky enough to snag one of Woot’s famous “Bags of Crap” on Christmas day 2006. It arrived today. For $3.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling, I got three units of “random crap” — but my bag (box) of … Continue reading

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