Monthly Archives: September 2010

Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator!

Here’s an interesting way to make yourself lose any faith you had in ever winning the lottery by playing the same numbers every week: Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator!. It lets you select five numbers, then plays them against a … Continue reading

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Sunburn oracle

Here’s the latest time machine for me: I got this stupid fucking sunburn on Sunday, which isn’t as bad as it could be, but it’s an annoyance, mostly because I’ll be sitting here during the day, staring at a FrameMaker … Continue reading

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Pantone is not a shampoo

I think this sunburn is fucking with my head. I went to the Rangers-A’s game yesterday and it was hotter than hell out for the end of September. I think part of it is the Oakland Coliseum is such a … Continue reading

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Pony Tea Party

This is my first attempt at making a video with the new iMovie. It’s no Final Cut, but it’s pretty fun to mess with. Enjoy. Get the Flash Player to see this video. //

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Memory

I’ve been working in VMWare all week, and constantly swapping virtual memory, even though this computer has four gigs of RAM.  And it’s not like I configured my virtual machine to use four gigs of memory and then wondered why … Continue reading

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HD is the new SD

What happened to the allure of the HDTV?  I was thinking about this the other day, as I tried to shoehorn some more crap in my storage space and realized that the little 15″ analog CRT TV I have in … Continue reading

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The drive

Last week, I drove 40 miles each way to work, which is 400 miles a week, which is about 20,000 miles a year, or maybe a hair less when you count in the various holidays and days I break an … Continue reading

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Obsession cycle is not a Calvin Klein-themed Harley

When I was maybe ten, I became obsessed with the Elephant Man.  I think the movie came out around then, or maybe it was the play, and Mark Hamill was playing the role of Merrick in the Broadway version, and … Continue reading

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MACHETE DONT…

My friend Jessica had her IM status set to “MACHETE DON’T TEXT” from the movie Machete, and it instantly turned into a game I could probably play all day: (11:19:53 AM) jonkonrath: MACHETE DON’T FINISH COURT-MANDATED DRUG REHAB (11:21:07 AM) jessicalyn1124: machete … Continue reading

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iOS 4.1, semi-portable computing

iOS 4.1 came out yesterday, and I updated my iPhone 3G, which has been plagued with slowdowns and randomness since I updated it to 4.0.  It was almost so bad that I thought I was running a high-end Windows Mobile … Continue reading

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