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Sunday, March 12th, 2006
"interestingly-doomful"
I will treasure Tim Bray’s description of my writing forever (in internet time, that’s two weeks).
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Sunday, March 5th, 2006
HDTV: better than having a life
Hi Def is changing my viewing habits. I may return to network television, because high definition content is so compelling, I have started selecting it over shows I actually like. Case in point: I am currently watching the Oscars. Normally the stupidest awards show possible, in high definition, it is nearly delightful. If nothing else, […]
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Sunday, March 5th, 2006
HDTV is about to ruin my life
I couldn’t bear to have a spiffy TV without anything to show on it, so I ponied up $200 for Starchoice’s HD receiver. After satisfactorily attaching it to the TV and the receiver, I wondered how normal people dealt with this: it was tricky, and presented several interesting choices, plus one dead end: it turns […]
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
Oops
Two weeks, huh? Thanks for the note, Jak. Here’s stuff I have done: -separated dog from cat. Again.-repeatedly cleaned up dog vomit. Then, bloody dog vomit. Then got licked on the face by the dog. Which tasted of blood.-bought a 37″ HD TV. Is digimate a good brand?-posted to the Metblog a lot.-rode my bikes-took […]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
This has to be good news
The Beeb is reporting that a group of old-guard commies in China are speaking out against censorship. This is one of those key “China factors” in my opinion: if China has a free press, and its wild capitalist-ish (it’s a big “ish” in some ways…) economy continues, and corruption is limited (hello, Russia…), then the […]
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Friday, February 10th, 2006
Oh yeah…
Two links worth posting here: The RAAM is a weird event. Jure Robic, repeat winner, is even weirder. Also, it’s official. The CBC’s Quirks and Quarks says that if you don’t get any stronger after you exercise, it’s not your fault. Some people just don’t respond as effectively to exercise, and it seems to be […]
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Friday, February 10th, 2006
All systems nominal
There’s precious little to report, but I feel guilty when I go a week without updating this space. Rest assured that I am dumping my brains all over the Vancouver metblog. On the weekend, I get to meet my new niece, Olivia. This week I went to watch the Pickton voir dire hearings, but I […]
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
I may be getting a bit punchy
Today, at work, I answered an emailed support request from a client. The issue she was facing had gone on through several emails to that point, and each time the client had given her response in doggerel verse. I sent her back an unsophisticated 18-line poem, which included specific troubleshooting guidance for her problem. An […]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
Wider is better
Turner Classic Movies once again justifies the existence of television, this time with a great little interstitial documentary. The topic? Widescreen movie presentation versus pan and scan. The documentary is a gloriously visual thing, using clever graphics and comparisons to show exactly what is lost in the cropped versions of classic widescreen films (the touchstone […]
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Saturday, January 28th, 2006
When art is outlawed, only outlaws will have art
If you’re going to have a sidearm around the house, surely this one is the one you want. Between that pistol and watching most of Apocalypse Now Redux on TV last night, I need only see Patton again for the pearl-handled trifecta.