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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

A Quick Hello

Hello!
I’m still here, just haven’t felt like blogging in a while. Maybe it’ll come back now that I’m getting settled in my new/old apartment. Thanks for your patience and please stay tuned.

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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

The Hierarchy of Dirty Silverware

Structure is very important to me, for proof see item 4 on this post. As such, I set up patterns for different tasks around the house including doing dishes. In general I go from large to small because it makes it easy to load the dish drainer. So I start with plates and bowls and [...]

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Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Coffee + iMovie: Day Two

Apologies for subjecting you to my coffee fueled insanity. But it’s kinda fun, no?
Ps. I just figured out that YouTube is not 16:9 widescreen which explains the black bars. Next video will be 4:3 like TV. Hey, I’m learnin’.
Pps. I also realized that the joke style at the end of clip is greatly influenced by [...]

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

iMovie and iSight Test

Here goes nothing, literally.

An alternate title to this post and the previous one might be, Michael Plays With His Macbook.

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Saturday, September 13th, 2008

iTunes v8 Genius Feature: Trial Run

I upgraded iTunes on my Macbook this morning and decided to enable the new Genius feature. I was mixed about the decision because for the feature to work, it must send information from my iTunes library and therefore my listening habits to Apple. They swear it’s done anonymously but I’m always a little skeptical of [...]

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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Funny Flashback

Yesterday’s post reminded me of a joke that my Dad’s been telling for as long as I can remember. It goes like this:
Last night I had a dream that I swallowed a giant marshmallow. I woke up this morning and my pillow was gone.

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Monday, August 11th, 2008

Dream Theory

I rarely remember my dreams and I have a theory as to why that is. I suspect it’s because I don’t use an alarm clock so my natural sleep patterns aren’t interrupted.
While that might explain my lack of dream memory, it doesn’t answer the question of why I wake up with music in my head. [...]

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