Archive for December, 2008

A Christmas Update

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

I am one final small purchase away from having my Christmas shopping done. Assuming a blizzard doesn’t strike in the middle of the night, my shopping will officially be complete sometime tomorrow. While I don’t have complete records of the last 28 years, this will probably mark the earliest end to my Christmas shopping in [...]

Sony TouchMan

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Growing up, I was always a Sony kid. It took a while before I actually got My First Sony, which was, if I recall correctly, not actually a “My First Sony” line product. As cassette tapes gave way to compact discs, Sony continued along as the premier manufacturer of portable media players with their ever-evolving [...]

Almost Twenty Percent Geek

Monday, December 8th, 2008

If ever I find myself wondering how geeky I truly am, I can just turn to this list and find comfort in the fact that I only find 1* of these items appealing. Can you guess which one? * It would be 2 if I hadn’t gotten Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium when I [...]

Three-Mix

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Yesterday I downloaded Prospekt’s March the new EP from Coldplay, and I was pleasantly surprised that it filled in a couple of gaps that have been forming in my musical experience over the last few years. First, not since the remix heavy craze of the mid-90′s R&B era have I been able to listen to [...]

What You Saw Is What Is Not Forgotten

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

I started blogging in earnest about seven years ago. I remember it well because it was only a few weeks before the September 11th attacks. At that point I was at least four years into scratching an internet itch that some would argue was already an addiction. My methods of updating were primitive. Even though [...]

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