Monthly Archives: August 2006

TiVo and Age

August 23, 2006 – 11:15 am

My uncle, who we are staying with, bought a TiVo-like device recently (allegedly so that we can record good stuff for the kids, though that sounds like a ruse to me). Naturally I’m very relieved to have such a device back in my life (though I bought an Elgato DTT stick recently, with a review [...]

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Workout

August 22, 2006 – 9:31 am

This is what my new exercise routine looks like. (HT: Techdirt)

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Hope floats

August 21, 2006 – 12:43 pm

My friend from the right has posted a piece about the danger of ‘cut and run’ tactics in Iraq. I’ll skip over the nonsense of that phrase, and look instead at a quote he opens with from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Jim Nicholson: “The situation in Iraq is serious, no doubt about it. But [...]

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Moo

August 18, 2006 – 7:49 am

My MacBook has what is known as a moo, a soft (though not so soft for some) breathing noise as the poorly managed fan kicks in for a fraction of a second several times per minute. Today Apple released a fix for this, which is theoretically good. In practice I have two fears. One, it [...]

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PSA: AOL breaks Adium

August 18, 2006 – 7:06 am

…or vice-versa. Using the latest beta of Adium will kill your connection to AIM due to some sort of excessive polling problem. No doubt a new update will appear soon, but in the meantime fire up iChat

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