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Entries from January 2007

Flickr..

January 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Everyone else get the Flickr email on how we have to move our ol’ school logins to the Yahoo system?
Anyone else feel a little sad about that?
Tags: flickr, yahoo, moody

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The only reason to upgrade to Vista.

January 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Truth be told, I probably won’t upgrade to Vista until I’m forced too. Most likely they will make the next version of Visual Studio only Vista compatible and then I’ll have to upgrade. But until that happens I’ll happily chug away using my Windows XP and Visual Studio 2005.
That is until I saw people [...]

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Can a brother get a loan?

January 29th, 2007 · No Comments

The original Ghostbusters Ecto 1 is up for sale for a cool $149k! Details from the Auction site indicate that somethings have been updated on the car, including a vintage AC unit and super alternator. It’s rust free and has all new interior and new paint.
Come one, we can all chip and and divy [...]

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Coffee.

January 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Tried my first Fair Trade coffee today from Starbucks, . We picked it up to supplement our current Kona bog we got from World Market. Plus, I’ve been wanting to try this stuff since I first heard about it.

I was not disappointed. It was such a great dark roast that it was perfect for sipping [...]

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"I hope your searching for a new gender, because I’m revoking your dude membership"

January 25th, 2007 · No Comments

So the other day I decided to check out The Grooming Lounge in Tysons to get there famous hot later shave and a haircut. Let me just say first, they will serve you alcohol while you wait and while you are getting groomed. I tried to get a sidecar but they didn’t have all the [...]

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Wii Kombat.. I’m hooked.

January 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Check out this video of Ed Boon demonstrating how to use the Wiimote when fighting in MK:Armageddon for the Wii. This is totally hot!

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The Oscars..

January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Nominations have dropped for this years Academy Awards (aka The Oscars; aka The Golden Shower Statue). I’m not quite sure how I feel about the fact that Superman Returns was snubbed for best film of the year, but it is up for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.
Here is my take:
Performance by an actor in a [...]

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Another phone to sassify me while I wait for the iPhone..

January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

So I’ve got Apple iPhone fever. It’s such a switch from my current crop of phones (Motorola Q, MPX220, P900, P800) that I can’t not be excited about it. Hell, I’m even going to get out of my contract with VZW early I’m so sexed for this phone.
Then I come across a few new phones [...]

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The one about coffee.

January 19th, 2007 · No Comments

At casa de JT’s we are totally bout the Cuisinart Grind and Brew Thermal. It grinds, brews and keeps the coffee warm for hours. It’s what the old timers would call, “the cat’s meow.” Unfortunately, after about 3 years it’s starting to crumble and will need to be replaced soon. There are a few out [...]

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FD’s flickr toys.

January 19th, 2007 · No Comments

If you use flickr and you’ve not explored some of the wonderful tools over at fd’s flickr toys then your missing out on some cool shit.  
A profile widget:

And then if you lucky enough (like hoover) to have one of your photos featured on flickr’s explore pages, then there is a tool that will let you track the [...]

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La Coka Nostra.

January 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Wow! Just wow! La Coka Nostra. HOUSE OF PAIN + NON PHIXION + THE LORDZ.
I’m hoping for huge things from this later in the year. For now, check out the purevolume tracks. I can’t wait to bump “It’s a beautiful thing” in the fitty.. This is some rap shit I’ve been waiting for for awhile.. [...]

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JT’s Sales Event ‘07! Deals! DEALS! DEEEAALLLS!!!

January 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Bookmark this link
This years spring cleaning event will be hosted on eBay. I’ll be sticking about 7 - 10 items up a night over the next week or two.

Cool eh?

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I am next gen.

January 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

So this past weekend, I earned a sizable gift card from Best Buy (thanks AMEX Wishlist) and used that to purchase a PS3. There was no way that I would pay full price for the thing but a bunch of money off changes things a bit for me (plus my BB had 25 on hand, all [...]

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re: so tell me…

January 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Dwayne wrote on December 28th:

> few keywords from the gifts given and received this year: nikon, poker, gucci, eggs, > potatoes, remote, nano, charlie brown, coach, espresso, magic bullet, cognac, > dewars, bourbon, broadway, yellow tail (not my wife)
> so seriously, how was yours?? comment!

Mine was pretty awesome, thanks for asking!
Seriously, this Christmas was [...]

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A Christmas Story. Part Deux

January 16th, 2007 · No Comments

For the lazy, a link to part one.
So after having myself a good cry, I collect myself and start to make calls to whomever would listen. I called my service person who came up with the first great idea, just take the battery cable from another 5 series and put it in my car. Holy [...]

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