Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Pics from NYC
Taken with the iPhone.
Radio City Music Hall is celebrating its 75th Anniversary.
Big signs at Times Square.
Is this a notice to caution the rats? Or are there a bunch of rats whose job it is to go around issuing cautions?
At the Richard Rogers Theatre waiting for Cyrano de Bergerac to start. Our seats were [...]
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
blogging from Richard Rogers Theatre, NYC
surprised Anne with a trip to New York this morning. Glad the strike is over…we’re waiting for the curtain of Cyrano de Bergerac with Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner right now.
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Bogus Statistics
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Australians named worst emitters
This article claims that the Australians are the worst emitters on the planet, because they emit more CO2 per capita than any other country on the planet. But, surely, a better method of comparison would be seeing how efficient each nation is; that is, comparing nations [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Coupon for Free Milkshake at Arby’s
good through the end of the year.
Just print it and go, no purchase necessary.
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Free Password minder for Mac
Agile Web Solutions: 1Password
Register above and then download the program; they’ll email you a registration code. Signing up for the MacGems newsletter is optional.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Really, really great deals on HDTVs at Sears this Sunday 6-9pm
Especially if you have a Sears card.
Possibly HOT HDTV deals: Sears Friends and Family/V.I.P. sale 11/11
LG 37″ LCD: 900-50-MIR = 850-85MIR = 765
Sony 37″ LCD: 1000-5%-50-MIR = 900-90MIR = 810
Samsung 40″ LCD: 1200-5%-150-MIR = 990-MIR = 891
Toshiba 42″ 1080p LCD: 1250-5%-150-MIR = 1037.50-103.75MIR = 933.75
LG 42″ plasma: 900-150-MIR = 750-75MIR = 675
Samsung 50″ plasma: 1400-5%-250-MIR [...]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Stephen Fry, IT Blogger
I don’t know how exactly to categorize Stephen Fry. He does a bit of everything – comedian, actor, director, author – and he does them all wittily and well. He has now started a tech blog for The Guardian; here’s a sample that demonstrates his polymathic interests:
Well, people can be dippy about all things [...]
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Misleading Headline ALert (AP)
Consumer spending slows in September
(AP):
AP - Consumers, battered by a steep downturn in housing and a severe credit crunch, slowed spending growth in September to the weakest performance in three months.
But in actuality, spending *grew* in September by 0.3%; the *rate* of growth is what dropped, since spending grew by 0.4% in the previous month. [...]