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Month: July 2006

  • Taxpayers and the Sports Teams They Bankroll

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    A really interesting post at the Supersonicsoul blog about the predicament with the ‘Sonics, specifically in reference to team being, more or less, extorted into renovating KeyArena. Pete Nussbaum writes: The argument these stadiums/teams produce economic benefits is provably false, so the only argument can be that we as fans want others to pay for…

  • Spammers Now Using Author Names for Recognition

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    I opened Gmail this morning and before purging my spam folder, I somehow noticed, amongst the fluff, a name that I recognized. Seems that Australian YA author Garth Nix is now in the spamming business… or spammers are using unique author names to get people to click on their crud. Click here for the full-size.

  • Use my iPod?! Are You Nuts?!

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    I love the iPod. Its sleek design, its shiny and unbelievably vivid color display. Just looking at the marvel of consumer technology sends me into daydreams: caressing the clickwheel, my thumb ever-so-gently navigating through 30 gigabytes of music and movies and photographs, rocking out to Belle and Sebastian, showing off home movies and snapshots of…

  • The Apple Store Forces Man to Jump Through Hoops

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    As a follow-up to my heartwarming tale of the $500 MacBook, I am sad to say that the online Apple Store has failed me. I mentioned in that post that the MacBook was slated to arrive a few days after we left for vacation. So, as I hinted, I was toying with the idea of…

  • Early, Unlike His Father

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    I had a dream that Liam came early, and I wasn’t witness to the birth. The murky quality of my dreams tends to obscure specifics, and last night was no exception. For some inexplicable reason, I was stuck visiting a friend (who, in real life, is one of my most vile enemies, which is odd)…

  • The $500 MacBook

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    I’m very excited about my new toy, which we ordered online last night after a failed attempt at reaching the Apple Store before closing. Here’s how it works: Natania’s dad needs a notebook, so we’re selling him my G4 iBook for $800. I’m taking that money and putting it toward the MacBook, and then giving…