Monthly Archives: September 2009

netflix new stuff

I found this article on Wired about Netflix, and their plans for global domination, which is stuff I always love reading about.  There’s two things about the future of television and movies I would totally love to see:  First, for … Continue reading

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jump on it

Hee, hee, hee, this was fun.   On Saturday I got to take my little brother out, and I had a great idea this time around.  There’s this place in Lindon, Utah (about 20 minutes or so south of Salt … Continue reading

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star trek on blu-ray: the motion picture

I have still been, for the most part, extremely hesitant to purchase anything on Blu-Ray just yet.  My modus operandi so far has been to rent a lot of them to see how the quality is compared to the DVD … Continue reading

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psp go

So, apparently the new PSP Go is going to hit shelves soon.  I totally keep forgetting about it.  While it looks pretty freaking cool, there are a couple of things that are keeping me away completely, and I’d have to … Continue reading

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dan in real life

I watched “Dan In Real Life” again this weekend (on Blu-Ray, wow it looks nice), and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite movies. What’s interesting, that I have noted, is now that my DVD movie collection is pretty … Continue reading

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new pear setup

I’ve just commited PEAR 1.8.1 to the tree (and will do 1.9.0 shortly to get us up to speed), but I wanted to let users know about a change in the way packages are installed.  Actually, it only affects the … Continue reading

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firefox "find as you type" steals window focus

I’m posting this one hoping that someone can help me out, because it’s one of the few remaining reasons I don’t use Firefox as my main browser. I still use Seamonkey as my default, but the Javascript parsing is soo … Continue reading

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star wars games

I could not sleep last night (taking a 3 hour nap in the afternoon was probably a bad idea, in hindsight), and so I was up real late just bumming around on the internets looking for something to do. I … Continue reading

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it's the great pumpkin

As usual, I feel a little awkward after posting something spiritual, so here’s something not at all. I found this last night at Barnes and Noble for $5. If there’s one thing I love more than Halloween … it’s Christmas. … Continue reading

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the imperfect relationship

I had a really interesting thought tonight, and I thought I should write about it, despite it being something pretty personal, so here goes.  I’ll actually quote almost verbatim an excerpt from my journal: I was saying a prayer tonight, … Continue reading

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