February 2009
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October 2008
2 posts
September 2008
1 post
My sister protested the Iraq war
This was an email my sister sent the family about her experiences in San Francisco the day before the Iraq war began, five and a half years ago. We lost the email for awhile, but I found it yesterday on an old backup drive of mine. Go sis!
From: sarah hunter Subject: sarah’s story (saturday, march 20, 2003) hi all…i have a great adventure story to tell you, sorry it’s long,...
August 2008
2 posts
July 2008
1 post
While I was at the SF Marina Apple Store this morning, waiting in line to purchase an iPhone...
An older woman walking by, noticing the big line: What are they giving away?
Me: Well, nothing. It's a line to buy the new iPhone.
Woman: Oh, is it on sale?
June 2008
2 posts
The TiVo Flux Capacitor: How well do you know...
The other day I was watching a movie through Comcast On Demand. At one point, I needed to pause the movie briefly, but accidentally did this with the TiVo remote instead of the Comcast remote. Q1: What happened? A1: Pausing worked just fine. TiVo was recording the On Demand movie to its hard disk just like a regular TV program. (As an aside, this is a simple way to store On Demand movies beyond...
