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Archive for October, 2003

OoOoOOOoOOooh. Scary lookin’ title eh? You think I’m going to talk about the RIAA or the new fee-based services or how I think too many people have gone to Gnutella because they weren’t hugged enough by Napster as children.
WRONG.
A little tip for people who think they’re multimedia geniuses. When you the find […]

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My Head Is Definately On-Loan Somewhere

Wednesday, October 29th, 2003

So I came out of my EQ benders… and figured I’d put some music on, courtesy of the freshly updated foobar2000 released the other day.
Being the fool that I am (on the first count), I hit the auto-level on the equalizer. Bad move #1. Mega-yuck.
So I thought to myself “Waitta minute… do I […]

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Smart Alec

Tuesday, October 28th, 2003

Ok smart alec. I’m closing the Marlins poll. But voting on it after the World Series was cute.
Go Marlins!!

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MacGuyver Strikes Again

Monday, October 27th, 2003

Seems only a few weeks ago that I put the fans away, because it was cool enough I didn’t need them. Today it was a little cooler than it has been - and not even cold - but I felt the need to pull the space heater out and set it on the lowest […]

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Farewell To The Concorde

Friday, October 24th, 2003

Farewell old friend. It was nice knowing you. Enjoy your retirement in the aviation museums of the world.

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I went to the drug store after the gym today.
I had my gym bag with me.
I offered to leave it behind the counter so they wouldn’t want to search it when I left.
The conversation ended - as I handed the bag over the counter - completely unintentionally with:
“Yeah well… you know how people look when […]

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Slight Modification

Thursday, October 23rd, 2003

Since everybody was getting sick of looking at me I decided to re-position the webcam slightly to show somebody else (see earlier blog entry).
I’m sure Gene and Dave will get a chuckle out of this. I await their comments.

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