Posted on October 25th, 2006 by mikull
Since coming back from vacation, it’s turned out to be rough times for mikull.com. For my most geek readers and concerned friends, sit a spell and I’ll tell you a story. Several readers noted that mikull.com had some downtime while I was away, but by the time I actually logged in and checked everything out, [...]
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Filed under: Geek, Web Development
Posted on October 22nd, 2006 by mikull
A recent video caught me off guard since I’ve returned- embedded here. Michael J. Fox has appeared in a political campaign video in an attempt to promote, ultimately, the future of stem cell research. It’s not easy seeing Fox at this stage of his disease, but it helps remind us about a contraversy that’s been [...]
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Filed under: Society
Posted on October 13th, 2006 by mikull
Michelle and I are going back to Atlantis in the Bahamas next week, as some readers closest to us might know. We first visited Atlantis on our honeymoon 3 years ago- and it was absolutely the most beautiful, relaxing place we had ever been. And so, to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary next week, [...]
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Filed under: Friends and Family, Web Development
Posted on October 11th, 2006 by mikull
10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed - an article from earlier this summer I had meant to talk about some time ago. Personally, I’m a bit concerned about the new formats coming down the tube- mainly because I had way too good of a time with my movie collection. I still [...]
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Filed under: Geek
Posted on October 10th, 2006 by mikull
As a developer, it’s exciting and motivating seeing RSS being shoved down the throats of the public. I have to admit though, I am still skeptical as to how well this might catch on…
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Filed under: Geek
Posted on October 7th, 2006 by mikull
The LA Times reports that England has disqualified Beck’s latest album “from appearing on sales charts because those extras [create your own album art] give it an ‘unfair advantage’ over less elaborate packages.” Ummm. WTF? Speaking of creative album art…
Directed by Ugly Pictures and animated by man vs. magnet (both with Curious Pictures), this video [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Music
Posted on October 6th, 2006 by mikull
Valleywag noted an article about how the government wants ISP’s to provide all it’s data to them. This is one of those quiet battles that goes on, where people tend not to notice until legislation is actually passed. I find this one a little disturbing; after years of working to make all of our data [...]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2006 by mikull
Originally from http://www.missico.com/. This topic was on my mind since last month, when I was reminded of the 15th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Crazy!
Hey, for all you old farts, meaning at least 3-5 year older than me, lay off the geezer talk- yes, we all know time starts passing faster and [...]
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