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Entries from January 2008

Album Cover Meme

January 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m not usually into the meme thing, but I thought this one was pretty fun. I found about it through the courtesy of yellojkt over at Foma*, so go check there for the explanation and rules.
Here’s what I came up with (click to embiggen):
(Note: I have removed my photoshopped image because of the copyright [...]

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Tags: General · Music

All Keyed Up

January 24th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Pet Peeve of the Day: As I hinted yesterday, the extended weekend getaway to Estes Park was not without its problems. And those problems can be traced to the rental car that I’m still using while my Prius is in the shop after the bus accident. (I won’t be getting the Prius back [...]

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Tags: Personal · Whining

Hello, I’m Back

January 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Man, I really pulled one over on you guys. I’ve actually been gone for days on vacation - a little out-of-town getaway to Estes Park, a tourist town about 70 miles NW of Denver, at the foot of Rocky Mountain National Park. The gf and I went to a B&B up there for [...]

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Tags: Misc Tech · Personal · Signage · Whining

Sky Signal

January 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

It occurs to me I have not updated my loyal out-of-town readership lately on the status of the Denver Digital TV Supertower, of which I wrote so many blog entries decrying the NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) mentality of the residents in the area. Looks like my last entry on the subject was way [...]

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Tags: Home Theater

Bionic Dudes Can’t Jump

January 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

I have always been into videogames from the beginning, since the days of Pong and Computer Space and the Atari 2600. But there was nothing that captured my attention quite like the old 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Yeah, the graphics were crappy, especially by today’s standards, and the gameplay was pretty limited, [...]

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Tags: Video Games

Happy 4th Blogiversary To Me

January 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Or Happy Blogday, or whatever. Today marks the 4th anniversary of my first blog entry. I started this blog on January 20th 2004, when it was called Distance, Redefined and was hosted off the Reign of Frogs domain (my band website). On Sept 6th 2005, it moved to its own flasshe.com domain [...]

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Tags: Personal