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Monthly Archives: October 2004

I have officially arrived.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

It’s time for my 15 minutes of fame. I’m now a character in a Sims 2 house. This should be fun to see how it pans out.

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Voice over IP

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

I hadn’t kept my eyes on this since first trying it out some seven or so years ago, but I knew that VoIP (Voice over IP) had come a long way. Still, I’m surprised how usable the platform has become. In the past two days, I’ve caught up with friends in England and [...]

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Sometimes it’s the simple things that trip us up.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

In this case, the culprit is clarified butter. (details from foodtv.com) It doesn’t get much simpler than this – melt butter in a pot, skim off the foam from the top, and draw off the liquid butter from the milk solids at the bottom.
Yet this proved too much for me. I got [...]

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Personal Podcasts

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Intrigued by something I saw on Matt’s site, I spent some time last night downloading software for catching podcasts. Ten minutes later, I had Adam Curry’s voice carrying through iTunes. I picked out a few seemingly interesting feeds, set them up to sync with my new iPod, and went off to bed.
A podcast, [...]

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First Impressions

Friday, October 8, 2004

Christine notes that the 20 GB iPod from freeipods.com has arrived. I’ve finally gotten it set up and synced with the music on the computer.
Out of 2223 titles, the iPod chose Neil Diamond’s “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” to be the first song it ever played.
Sigh.
UPDATE: Sensing my displeasure, it’s chosen the Lager [...]

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