Back to School
Well, my college begins fall semester classes today. First up: Creative Writing for Game Design. Then later tonight I have Graphics File Format and Data Compression Techniques. Well, the writing class is going to be odd as hell, it’s with an English teacher who has some wonky ideas And as for the graphics file format […]
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Coffee competition: Starbucks or Caribou?
I went to Starbucks for coffee yesterday and I went to Caribou for coffee this morning. Both have their holiday cups out in force, which is just wrong. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet and I am not ok with this premature holiday celebration. Don’t get me wrong. I love the Christmas season. I love everything […]
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A divided Europe
I had breakfast this morning with my friend Paolo from Milan Italy. Paolo teaches screen writing and the business of television in Milan and we had a wonderful conversation about the state of television both here in America and over in Europe. What was perhaps even more interesting, however, was to discuss the state of […]
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Strange Voicemail
This is a word-for-word transcript of a voicemail message I received from my friend Simon. I swear to God I am not making this up. I had this epiphany, like, you know we could write a theme song for you. And I’m thinking about it like, ya know sorta a la Shaft. Ya know, the […]
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Cyber Crime Safe Shopping Tips
Wussten Sie schon, im Jahr 2010 IC3 erhalten über 2.000.000 Cyber-Kriminalität berichtet, dass über 25.000 Cyber-Kriminalität Berichte pro Monat! Werfen Sie einen Blick auf die 5 Tipps, um sich vor Cyber-Kriminalität beim Einkaufen online zu schützen. Cyberkriminelle nehmen gerade jetzt Online-Käufer wie Sie ins Visier. Hier 5 bewährte Tipps für sicheres Einkaufen im Internet: Did […]
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Firefox
Mozilla has released Firefox 1.0, the first formal release of their next-generation web browser. I downloaded it Friday to use on my PC at work and downloaded the Mac version at home over the weekend. I really like it. It combines some of the best features of Safari with the stability and rendering accuracy of […]
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What Have You Done To Protect Your Identity?
It’s no secret that identity theft has become a major problem in this country. Last year alone, more than 9.9 million Americans fell victim to this devastating crime. And it can be devastating. Identity theft occurs when someone acquires key pieces of your personal information with the intent to commit fraud. Most commonly, they use […]
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Website statistics are cool
I just got server activity logs for the last couple of weeks for this website and, I’ve got to say, you are an impressive bunch. Because I am a statistics geek, I thought I’d share some: Tuesday is the most popular day. What’s up with that? 8AM is the busiest hour of the day – […]
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If the election left you asking why…
Some people were thrilled with the results of last week’s election and others were horrified. I can sympathize with both points of view and have friends of both political persuasions. So I was fascinated by the election. I think it is amazing and more than a little scary that our country is so polarized right […]
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Racy Chicago newspaper
Apparently at some point on Tuesday the Chicago Tribune printed a story in Wednesday’s Women News section without the knowledge of senior editors. When the editors heard about the story, they led a massive effort to pull the section out of the paper by hand, however a few copies apparently slipped through. Crains explains that […]
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