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Jessi and I will be out of town for the next week. Be sure to watch our flickr pages and I’ll be updating via twitter.
Have fun working losers!
Currently Listening to now i know how morrissey felt (rmx) by Mika
Tags: twitter, flickr, vacation, kitty+hawk, fun, sun, beach

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Frank Castle is adopting a whole new patriotic costume in the pages of Punisher War Journal as this buzz-worthy title is sure to turn heads in the coming months. Punisher War Journal #7 will see the Punisher in his new costume taking on the old Captain America villain Hate-Monger and will feature 50/50 covers by [...]

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I’m diggin how this shaped up. Lots of really great bands on this disc.

Snow Patrol - Signal Fire
The Killers - Move Away
Yeah Yeah Yeah’s - Sealings
Wolfmother - Pleased to Meet You
The Walkmen - Red River
Black Mountain - Stay Free
The Flaming Lips - Spider-man vs. Muhammad Ali
Simon Dawes - Scared of Myself
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Rogue [...]

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I can’t escape all this.. Now the BBC is in on it.

Since describing the campaign against her, she has been shocked to discover that cyber-bullying is widespread.
“As well as around 900 comments on my blog and hundreds of comments on other blogs, I have received around 300 personal e-mails and about 70% of them [...]

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So Scott linked up to this drama of Kathy Sierra. Go here and read about it. Scott is disgusted by it and I don’t blame him. Me? I’m wondering how this is surprising.
I’m not excusing the act, believe me I would hate to be told that I should die and then be told all the ways [...]

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Coding Horror:

 One of the quickest ways to increase your productivity on the computer is to go commando: stop using the mouse. When you stop relying on the mouse for everything, you’re forced to learn the keyboard shortcuts. Jeremy Miller calls this the first step to coding faster. I agree.

Most people know that I use [...]

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So here are my initial thoughts on the Apple TV:

The interface is great and looks great.
The included remote controls the A:TV as well as any open remote enabled MacBook
It would be nice if there was a way to tell the A:TV to only stream/sync HD trailers. The older QuickTime trailers look like ass on my [...]

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I posted a couple quick shots of my new Apple TV that was delivered by the wonderful FedEx man today.
Currently Listening to Sweet Troubled Star by Stellastarr
Tags: apple, appletv, tv, unboxing

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Looks like I’ll be going to Dubai in 2011.

United Arab Emirate-based Al Ahli Group and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) announced today a partnership that will bring Marvel’s full library of Super Heroes — including Spider-Man, Iron Man, The X-Men, Incredible Hulk, The Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer — to Dubai for a major new [...]

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WHOOOHOOO! Delivery date is the 23rd! Excellent!
Currently Listening to None Shall Pass by Aesop Rock
Tags: apple, apple+tv

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Remember how my previous post was? So, Cebit is here. So the announcement of the Optimus Keyboard came out today.
First the show:

It’s 114 Keys, the extra 10 come from the side there. They are ALL OLED screens capable of 32×32 images, even the spacebar. Yes, ALL are OLED screens. I nearly creamed my shorts just [...]

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Holy schnikes this game is awesome. Be sure to get a copy when you can, I hear they are selling quite well. Just like the first game you get dropped right into the action. The controls are the same with some added special moves that allow you to really dish out some nasty destructions.
I’ve [...]

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This week is the launch of Buffy Season 8. Joss Whedon returns to give us Buffy fans the Season 8 we so wanted! Can’t wait to hit the comic shop for this one.

Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers–newly legion–have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything’s fun [...]

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First up, my Google Reader stats:

From your 387 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 3,461 items, starred 16 items, and shared 13 items.

And those are trimmed down stats.. my subscription count was well into the 600’s before I removed some dead weight. My read count has dropped down since I can’t really read [...]

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Not to rub it in hoover’s face, just wanted to see what my results were. I’m not happy with the upload speed.

Tags: speedtest, fios

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