Archive for September, 2006

Sony’s Portable Reader System

Sony’s E-Ink E-Book e-product does look pretty neat, and I’m sure the technology is “cutting-edge” and all that, but I just don’t see myself buying a $350 tool just to carry multiple books around with me in one package. It’s not like I read more than a book a month as it is.
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Dirt cheap turd laptops!

Who wants some dirt cheap turd laptops, as advertised on Google? (Sorta)

Praline and Chickory, newly adopted cats

I have been wanting to adopt a pair of cats for some time now. I was hoping for two bonded adults that would entertain each other during the day. As luck would have it, I found a pair the first day I went out to the Tukwila Petsmart, host of PurrfectPals, a non-profit cat shelter. [...]

Bobcat notes

So far I’ve managed to a) destroy my front lawn and b) spill part of a load on top of the Bobcat itself.
Turning these things is a bit tricky. They have really, really knobby tires of course, and you drive them like a tank (with one lever for the left side and one for the [...]

That yard project

I’m still working on that yard project I started in May. In my sort-of defense I spent most of that time not working on the project. I decided to take this entire week off to “finish” it, or at least complete enough of it, and do whatever else is necessary to make it appear finished.
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Tom Goes to the Mayor episodes

Heh, I had no idea some TGTTM episodes are available online at video.google.com. Awesome.