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Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:42 PM

Looj Review

As many of you know, we have lived with a Roomba for a few years. He's been a faithful servent, though our cleaning people sometimes unplug the charger and don't plug it back in. A while back I got an email that said "Looj on Woot!". Woot !, as many of
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Monday, June 05, 2006 10:32 AM

Bavarian Sounwerks - Speakers for BMWs

I've been unimpressed with the sound on my 328i since I got it. I have the Harmon-Kardon system, and like many factory "premium" systems, it really doesn't deliver. Which is really putting it mildly. The bass is muddy, and the tweeters don't. This weekend,
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006 3:19 PM

Review - Operation Mindcrime II (Queensryche)

I own a fair number of Queensryche (yes, I'm missing the umlaut over the y (a sure sign of 1980s metal pretentiousness)) CDs, but the band has never been a favorite of mine, mostly because of the varying quality of their albums. Though they do get a few
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Friday, January 20, 2006 2:23 PM

Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom

I picked up this book a few weeks ago when I was at the 'brar. I've read a lot of stuff on evolution over the years. I think Dawkins has the position that I most agree with, but his writing is really hard to get through. I've been working on " The Ancestor's
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:41 PM

Review: Waltham (Waltham)

Last week, I spent some time listening to the Rock and Roll Geek Show Indie Cast . One of the featured bands was Waltham , a band named after their hometown in Massachusetts. Michael, if I recall correctly, played two songs - Cheryl (come and take a ride),
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Friday, May 20, 2005 11:24 AM

Review: Audiotrak OPTOPlay

I talked about improving my computer sound volume a while ago. After thinking about it a bit, I decided that rather than just amplify the mediocre sound, I'd upgrade to something better. I came across a few USB sound cards, and after looking at the various
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Friday, May 06, 2005 5:25 PM

TopoUSA 5.0 Western Edition

I've been riding a lot of hills recently, getting ready for the 7 Hills of Kirkland on Memorial Day, and I'm getting more used to climbing and less scared of the steeper hills. But I've found that there is a dearth of information about the various hills
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:13 PM

The Network: Money Money 2020

A few weeks ago, I was reading the Seattle Times, and what should I find, but an article about the Japanese bank, Polysics . They were described as having a sound reminiscent of Devo . That piqued my interest, as I've always been a fan of Devo, though
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Monday, March 28, 2005 9:23 PM

Book Review: Take Back Your Life!

Last spring I had the opportunity to take a class single-day class named "Take Back Your Life - Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized", taught by Sally McGhee. The class is no longer taught, but the bulk of the advice is now available
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Thursday, October 07, 2004 1:33 PM

Couches * 2 (thank you Levitz)

This morning two new couches showed up at our residence this morning. We'd originally headed out furniture shopping - not one of my favorite pasttimes - because we had some couch needs. The basement / rec room couch was nearly 15 years old (that's 90
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004 12:59 PM

Review: American Idiot

My CD of Green Day's new "American Idiot" showed up Monday, and after listening to it a few times, I think it's a pretty good effort. But it may not be the Green Day that you're used to hearing, and, while I'm not really sure where the boundaries of "punk"
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Wednesday, September 01, 2004 10:51 AM

Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission

I just finished reading Sojourner: An Insider's View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission It's written by Andrew Mishkin , a systems engineer at JPL , and gives an insider's view into how the Sojourner team managed to design, build, staff, and operate the rover
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Monday, February 23, 2004 1:57 PM

Book: Extreme Programming Adventures in C#

I had the pleasure to meet Ron Jeffries last year when he was on campus, and I've been reading his column in XP magazine. Ron has released his “Adventures in C#” columns in book form . I haven't read it, but Ron has a great way of explaining
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Sunday, December 14, 2003 8:24 PM

Garden d'lights 2003 - Bellevue Botanical Gardens

Every year, the Bellevue Botanical Gardens bring out the lights. They do a wonderful job of creating plants out of lights. Recommended.
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Sunday, December 14, 2003 8:18 PM

Review: Space - A Journey to our future

Today, I took my 9 yo daughter and a friend of hers to the Pacific Science Center, to see the “ Space ” exhibit. The girls liked it, but I'll only give it a C grade. Highlights: A functioning IR camera with a display screen, but with no useful
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