December 2006
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Beepy shit.
Two weeks ago at this very minute I was downtown in the financial district listening to chiptunes at the Blip Festival. It was four days of what my friend Ashley would call “beepy shit.” And let me tell you… it was glorious. The Tank puts on quite a show. Tons of musicians, awesome visuals, workshops, a showing of both the Super Mario Movie (not the Jon Legusamo version), and the...
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Heistilicious.
So I’ve never impulse bought software before. Mostly because it’s kind of a hard thing to do. You can’t really pick up Photoshop in the checkout line with a TV Guide and a Snickers. Not yet anyway. That said, nowadays, you can download a shareware program and pay for it within the app without even touching a web browser. Welcome to 2006, bitches.
Anyway, that’s exactly...
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Bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the...
After I watch this week’s episode of House— downloading now… 17 minutes remaining— I believe my TV watching is over until 2007 (unless Neil Patrick Harris shows up one more time in December). That is, if you can call what I watch TV. I don’t really watch TV proper at all anymore (not even on TiVo, frowny face), I download everything the next day and watch it on das PowerBook....
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Kicked in the Berries.
After years of exclusive Sidekick use, Pat has grown increasingly frustrated with T-Mobile’s complacency with the Danger platform. As the four year mark rapidly approaches, Pat takes a new computer consulting job which offers him a BlackBerry along with free service. Having spent $300 on a new Sidekick 3 several months prior, Pat has a difficult decision to make. Will his loyalties to the...
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Sidekickin' is way better than Sidetalkin'
Those of you who know me personally know that I’m somewhat of a T-Mobile Sidekick whore. The original black and white Sidekick was my first cell phone back in 2002. I held out cellphoneless as long as I could, but once I graduated from college, I kinda realized I wasn’t going to get any ass giving out my mom’s home phone number. (Then again, I was living at home, so even if I...