Archives for "November, 2005"

I’ve become quite a fan of Aqualung (the band, not the Jethro Tull song) lately.

If you don’t own the Strange and Beautiful album now, go out and buy it. Seriously. I’m not joking.

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After last week where I was both busy painting my mom’s house and being depressed, I’m starting this week off at a run. Hopefully I’ll stay ahead of it this week.

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Today’s Thanksgiving. Today, I’m not eating turkey. I’m painting my Mom’s house. Specifically, her dining room, living room, bedroom and stairway. We got the dining room (the room that needed the ceiling painted) and most of the stairway done. Today, I’m going to finish the stairway, the living room (no ceiling! woot) and hopefully start [...]

I’m not going to go into a whole essay about the history of the Sony DRM rootkit story.

I would recommend reading this history of the story first.

But this whole fiasco has given me time to rethink my purchasing strategy when it comes to entertainment. Based upon this blatant disregard for their customers, I’m not going to be buying anything from Sony in the foreseeable future.

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I’m so not ready for winter.

I was born, raised and for most of my life I have lived in Minnesota. I have fond memories of growing up, playing in the snow and having a grand ‘ol time in the winter wonderland. Coming inside with damp gloves, red flushed faces and ready to have a cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows in it.

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I’m so happy that I have another LiveStrong bracelet again.

My first one broke around a month ago after I had it for a year and a half. I’ve felt quite naked without one since.

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I’m a sucker for new music.

But it has to be good music – music that fits with my current musical tastes. I have an eclectic flavor of what I like. What I do not like, I get quite opinionated about.

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I’ve been watching My Name Is Earl, which is a great TV show and you should watch it.

To give you a very short synopsis of the series, he’s been bad all his life and nothing good has happened to him. He discovered that if he does good things, then good things will happen to him. Karma.

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Found a number of sites wading though all the tech blogs I read:

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