Month: May 2010
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Remember when Best Buy sold CDs?
I go out for lunch maybe once a week, usually on the day of a day game when I want to catch a few innings in the car on my iPhone. There aren’t many lunch places near work, but there’s a cluster of big-box stores, a sort of mini-mall that was plopped in place a…
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Sometimes even idiots can predict the future
I wrote the following in 1996. Does it sound familiar? I have this theory about the Internet, loosely based on a theory Douglas Adams put into motion in one of his books about shoes. See, as more companies launch their Internet services and convince everyone in the world that they need to use the Internet,…
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Knots, rings, points
Here is a tip that I think I saw on LifeHacker that is now saving me at least an hour of time a day. I listen to my iPod a lot at work, and I also use the “go ahead and hate me for having an iPod” white headphones when I am writing in the…
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Meet the press
From: Jon Konrath <jkonrath@speakeasy.org> To: mtp@nbc.com Subject: idea for your show Dear Meet The Press, I have been a loyal fan of your show since before Mr. Russert took over in 1991, and I really enjoy his work. I also think your show has been a vital piece of my TV schedule in light of current events,…
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Taxes and nuclear war
From: TaxHelp@hal1.ausc.irs.gov To: jkonrath@speakeasy.org Subject: IRS Email Tax Law Assistance Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:24:38 -0500 NOTE: Our response to your tax law question appears below. If you have additional questions on this or other general tax law topics, please return to our web site at: (http://www.irs.gov/taxlaw) to submit it. Please do not use…
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Mayday
It is a Saturday morning, and even after allergy meds in the mouth, nose, and lungs, I am still hacky, but I’m alive. I’m working off the couch today – I always keep the MacBook at the desk, but with the new MBP and its nifty keyboard and unibody silver, I feel some need to…