Monthly Archives: August 2005

R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” Sim-Style

Possibly the most bizarre homage to the most bizarre R&B “single” performed by the most bizarre R&B singer of all time. rds

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Six Feet Under, R.I.P. 2001-2005

I don’t know much about the history of television, so it would be rash to say that HBO’s series Six Feet Under is among the best shows in television history. It’s certainly one of the best shows I’m aware of, … Continue reading

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Lost in a time trap.

My former colleague Tim sent me this awesomeness over at engadget. Seeing those styles seemed to open a wormhole in the iPod of my mind, and before I knew it was sliding back to 1987-1989, when I was running a … Continue reading

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The High (iTunes) Party (Shuffle)

The first year iTunes’ “party shuffle” feature existed, I ignored it, due to lack of understanding. I can say now that nothing gets played through my iTunes without Party Shuffle controlling the system. I feed it through a playlist I’ve … Continue reading

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OS X 10.4 Network Performance in Dumper

Since upgrading to 10.4 (or more specifically, 10.4.1), my broadband (cable) performance has been a) 10x slower and b) incredibly unreliable. I’ve identified this to impact every IP-based app on the system, including: a) ncftp (which I’ve updated to 3.1.9 … Continue reading

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Apple Mighty Mouse

Apple has released a new mouse, their first ever Mac mouse featuring more than one button. It works with Windows and OS X (10.4 and above, I think). Of course, multi-button USB and Bluetooth mice (ex. Microsoft’s) have worked with … Continue reading

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On Switching…

I wrote this for a friend thinking about switching to Mac.

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Nate Fisher

Just watched the new Six Feet Under, “Ecotone”, the one after Nate’s collapse, the “N’Arm” episode. The right thing has happened at t-minus two episodes in the series. I’m feeling personally more balanced at this hour. Discuss, if you will.

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OS X Tiger has some issues.

I haven’t been a good blogger, but I’ll try by keeping this short, in penance. OS X Tiger is fucked.

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