Monthly Archives: June 2007

(i)ResQ Me

Months ago, I botched a bat­tery instal­la­tion on Trumpy, my trusty old iPod Mini, ren­der­ing its click­wheel use­less. I thought it was as good as dead (or at least noth­ing more than a glo­ri­fied USB hard drive) until my won­der­ful … Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in Geekery, Life and times, consumerism, iGiveUp, tech toys | 2 Comments

Question of the day

If a veg­e­tar­ian is some­one who eats veg­eta­bles, then what’s a humanitarian?

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Spirit of Radio Ga-Ga

Accord­ing to the Port­land Press Her­ald, WCLZ, the only local com­mer­cial radio sta­tion I bother lis­ten­ing to, is being sold. Their par­ent com­pany is buy­ing out ABC Radio, and needs to divest some sta­tions. A notice on CLZ’s web­site says … Con­tinue read­ing

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Start asking, “What’s My Motivation?”

Yes, the post title con­tains a News­boys ref­er­ence. Big whoop. Wanna fight about it? It’s June now. I can now look back at the month of May and see that I’ve com­pleted a full month on my 10,000 step walk­ing thinga­ma­jig, … Con­tinue read­ing

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