January 2009
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iPhoto '09 Faces
Okay, I grant that the new “Faces” facial recognition/tagging feature in iPhoto is pretty amazing. Still, that’s no excuse for showing me pictures of my dad at my age when making suggestions. It’s cool that it kind of works for cats, but damn, I don’t need to have my software remind me of what my future portends.
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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This Week in Music
Million Faces / Paolo Nutini In Vivo / Wire Paper Bag (Live) / Fiona Apple Pocket Calculator / Kraftwerk Red, Red, Red (Jon Brion Mix) / Fiona Apple C’mon Every Beatbox / Big Audio Dynamite Generals And Majors / XTC New Shoes / Paolo Nutini Absolute Beginners / The Jam Stand By / Roman Holiday
Jan 26th
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Aaaaaaah! My Hands! They Burn!
So I made chili last night, using a Bobby Flay recipe that featured a number of different chili peppers, including what I believe to be the Guatemalan Insanity Pepper. Unfortunately, the recipe skipped over some critical steps for those of us non-cooking types. Namely, the need to procure and wear HAZMAT gloves when handling hot peppers. Suffice it to say, I got jazz hands habanero hands, so I...
Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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This Week in Music
Wig / The B-52s V Thirteen / Big Audio Dynamite Sign of the Times / The Belle Stars Mess / Ben Folds Five Wiser Time / The Black Crowes Shrine / The Dambuilders The Shadow of Love / The Damned The Walls Came Down / The Call Dog Eat Dog / Adam & The Ants Let’s Go To Bed / The Cure
Jan 19th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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This Week in Music
Time Isn’t Kind / Fine Young Cannibals Give Me Back My Man / The B-52s Bedsitter / Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Smalltown Boy / Bronski Beat I’ll Come Running / Brian Eno Happy Boy / The Bolshoi A Forest / The Cure Big Time Sensuality / Björk The Way Things Are / Fiona Apple Beyond the Sea / Bobby Darin
Jan 12th
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“Dear Mr. President, There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate...”
– Abraham J. Simpson
Jan 3rd
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