It’s Leap Day
Sunday, February 29th, 2004 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »Go LOTR for raking in the Oscars. (I admit it, that's a lame excuse to have a post on Leap Day)
The Music Revolution
Thursday, February 26th, 2004 Posted in Music | 12 Comments »With the switch to a Mac you had to guess it was only a matter of time before the rant about iTunes and the musical revolution. While I'm still setting everything up on the new computer (hey, when you spend ...
I Could Have Died Today
Thursday, February 26th, 2004 Posted in Just for Fun | 4 Comments »Seriously. While opening my new scanner I was tempted to put the plastic bag over my head. It looked like fun. But then I saw this little warning label, and I thought twice. That little vivid illustration of impending peril ...
I’m an Entrepreneur!
Tuesday, February 24th, 2004 Posted in Employment | 1 Comment »I started a small business class today. It's nice to bring some reality and sanity to my business. I've never taken any business classes in my life, and even in the past few months I've learned a lot and I've ...
Farewell Sixpence
Monday, February 23rd, 2004 Posted in Music | 7 Comments »In case you haven't heard, Sixpence None the Richer is calling it quits. The announcement was made in the latest issue of CCM Magazine (but don't look for details online -- yet). No real big reasons were given, though I ...
Pop @ McDonalds
Sunday, February 22nd, 2004 Posted in Daily Grind | No Comments »I noticed yesterday that the Mall of America McDonalds serves Pepsi, not Coke. It seems like McDonalds always serves Coke, and the odd shift really threw me for a loop. My grease-soaked food wasn't quite the same without a watered ...
Cheating Pepsi 2
Friday, February 20th, 2004 Posted in Internet | 3 Comments »We bought 4 20-ounce Pepsi's at Target last night, and I checked the two remaining unopened pops, and sure enough, the low-tech hack works. Both were losers (making me pretty sure someone picked over Target -- that would be 0 ...
Cheating Pepsi
Friday, February 20th, 2004 Posted in Internet | 3 Comments »It seems there's a low-tech way to hack the Pepsi/iTunes Giveaway simply by trying to peer under the cap. I considered doing this in the store tonight (before spotting the article) and realized at the time that if I could figure ...
Mac Attack
Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 Posted in Technology | No Comments »I've been out of town, I've been sick, and I just haven't had a lot of time to play with my new Mac. But what I've seen, I love. iTunes and iPhoto have to be the coolest applications ever. I ...
It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Ear
Tuesday, February 17th, 2004 Posted in Monkey News | No Comments »A Calcutta policeman lost an ear during an encounter with a menacing monkey last week. Rathin Thakur noticed a number of monkeys on rooftops and trees while walking to work. Not having seen monkeys in his neighborhood before, Thakur gestured ...
