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An Open Letter to George W.
Dear George, Listening to your weekly radio address, I counted that you pronounced “nuclear” as “NUKE-U-LER” no less than eleven times. I understand you supposedly stay with some of your vocal Texas-isms because you thinks it makes you seem more folksy and likable, but — goddammit man, you’re the President of the United States of …
TiVo and the Insidious Feature Creep
Well, I signed up on my TiVo for a free one-month trial of their Home Media Option because… well, because all it took to sign up was a click on a button on my remote, and because it sounded pretty cool– TiVo access to my server full of digital music in iTunes, playback of slideshows …
Man beaten for wanting quiet in movie theatre
I don’t like to use this cliche, but really– what is this world coming to? Recently, a man in Virginia (at Potomac Mills Mall) was beaten for asking other theater patrons to keep the noise down. How did we get to this point? One might think that when one pays upwards of eight bucks to …
iTMS Update
After going back and forth with form letters a few times, I finally got a response directed at my actual question from the fine folks at iTMS tech support. Click on the link for more, if you’re interested in the outcome.
iTMS Follies
So, my friend AAl gave me an iTunes Music Store (iTMS) gift certificate for [insert winter holiday here]. Only, I got it the week before Thanksgiving, because apparently there was no mechanism for him to delay the sending of my gift certificate email. Strike one for Apple.
I Should Have Hit the Deer
Had an accident, driving home last night northbound on I-270. I was driving in the left lane, and had the cruise control on, going just a couple of miles above the speed limit (that being about 60 in a 55). The road surface had been rained on all evening, so was a little slick. I …