The end of the year sports a fairly uninspiring release schedule. I suppose it’s all because these releases fall outside the normal christmas shopping season as well as it being the end of the year with christmas hits in theatres- I’m not really sure.
The pickings are slim, and you all probably aren’t in the [...]
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You may be a little like me. 2005 is drawing to a close. There’s a long year to remember now. New friends made- perhaps some old friend lost. Many things stayed just as they were, just as you expected. Some things changed- During these reflections your mind has undoubtly shifted to something new: What will [...]
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Over the past months, everything about interface worth its salt had three words in mouth, three little words they were screaming to their unsuspecting public: “Less is more”. Interfaces needed to be cleaner, have less buttons and, if buttons there were, these needed to be bigger, simpler, brighter. Dubbed by some the Fischer-Price style, this [...]
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Sweet Lord, it’s the internet! Beware the evil people- hackers, identity thieves… terrorists!! Is your personal information safe? How can you avoid having your information fall into the wrong hands?! My friends have turned to me for help with spyware. My own mother refuses to buy anything online…
But this is not about protecting [...]
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the first two weeks of december provide a nice shopping list for those of you still looking for stocking stuffers- decemeber 6 sees the release of quite a few picks: fantastic four, dukes of hazzard unrated, star wars clone wars volume 2, and my near pick for the first week, cinderella man. but instead, i’m [...]
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Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 65.
Pryor died after being taken to a hospital from his home in the San Fernando Valley, said his business manager, Karen Finch. He had been [...]
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John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group that transformed popular music in the 1960s, is shot and killed by an obsessed fan in New York City this day in 1980. The 40-year-old artist was entering his luxury Manhattan apartment building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at close range [...]
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Just in the last couple of days I have read no less than three articles that all bring up something I have felt for a long time: Web professionals who refuse to update their skills and insist on using outdated methods can no longer be called web professionals.
Some will call me an elitist for saying [...]
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Our poor friend Rich was minding his own business, casually driving over black ice, when out of nowhere a large tree, apparently drunk, jumped out into the roadway. The indentity of the tree is currently being withheld by local police.
In all seriousness, Rich was very lucky to walk away unharmed. Michelle and I were happy [...]
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Google says: “Getting the most out of knowledge workers will be the key to business success for the next quarter century.” I must admit, I always thought the Google camp sounded like such a great place to work, I was almost skeptical at the validity of their policies. I’ve been around long enough now to [...]
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