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Monthly Archives: May 2005

Familar Strangers

The elderly lady that walks her grey poodle in the morning. The two kids that run school, ten feet ahead of their mother. The woman who always collapses her side mirror when she parks her car before having a cigarette and can of pepsi for breakfast as she walks to the Metro.
They are [...]

‘da Hood

Back in the neighborhood. Things were a little different. Playtime was on the street, with frequent shouts of “car!” I wasn’t there, but I heard that Denver once broke the tree in the Ruiz’s front yard. They had hit a tennis ball into the lone, spindly tree. Despite their best efforts, [...]

Vegas, baby.

It was a little odd coming back from the desert. Disembarking the plane, I found the air cool and damp, even what little I could feel from the tiny gap between the plane and the platform. Dulles airport seemed quiet, and it’s not quiet at all.
I found that I missed neon lights and [...]

Just so you know

Here’s the stuff you want to see about the xbox 360:
Short Gist video from Our Colony. If you have five minutes to spare, this is a good watch.
Official fact sheet. This is the scary part.
Three 3.2 Gigahertz core processors.
Insanity.
Xbox live for free out of the box. Every single [...]

A Gamer of Some Import

I’m walking down K Street at quarter to ten on a Tuesday evening. It’s cool for a DC summer night, and the walk back to the hotel is a brisk one.
I’m alongside Constance Steinkuehler, a researcher who focuses on learning and cognition. Of late, her research focuses on MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games) [...]

Short and Stout, with a Candle

So I’m looking at teapots. And I find one thats. . .
Yes.
I know.
So anyway, teapots.
This teapot looks great. The wooden stand is nice, and the teapot itself is aesthetically pleasing. The idea of a candle lighting up the brown liquor is also appealing.
But I have to ask what’s wrong with [...]

Customizaton of Safari

Safari. It’s the browser in OSX. I keep using it because it’s there, but honestly, I wouldn’t miss it if it wasn’t on there. Apple’s done a decent job with it, and for the most part, it does what it is supposed to.
Safari has a Private Browsing mode that doesn’t keep a [...]