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Yesterday, I took a chance that NASA would call off a Kennedy Space Center landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis due to continued bad weather in Florida. I left Las Vegas at about 4:00 AM and stopped by my friend Ryan’s to borrow his 400 mm Canon prime lens. I checked the excellent updates on Spaceflight [...]

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Special thanks to xkcd.

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Since I participated in the “25 Random Things About Me” Facebook Meme and even cross-posted it here, it was very interesting to see Slate’s analysis on when it took off and how it evolved over time. By the way, I first got tagged on 1/27 and wrote my post on 2/2.

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But at least I learned about the Mac OS “say” command. Thanks XKCD!

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MacNN is reporting that Apple, in a rare political move, is against California’s Proposition 8. Proposition 8 is a measure to change the California Constitution to ban gay marriages. Apple has been voted as a gay friendly company.
My marriage to Hot Wife is not threatened in any way by gay marriage and the people of [...]

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For the last few months, I have been having intermittent problems accessing my wireless network with my early model MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz laptop. The problem began soon after applying the 10.5.3 system update so I thought it was software. There were some connectivity issues with that update. Often, I could connect to my wireless [...]

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For the last few months, I have been having intermittent problems accessing my wireless network with my early model MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz laptop. The problem began soon after applying the 10.5.3 system update so I thought it was software. There were some connectivity issues with that update. Often, I could connect to my wireless [...]

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While Rob and I were at Defcon, we saw this BMW Z4 with Nevada license plate “NO TAG.”

This reminded me a funny story I once heard. A guy was filling out a customized license plate application and his first and second choices were “BOATING” and “SAILING.” Not having a third choice, he wrote “NO PLATE” [...]

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This past weekend, Rob and I attended Defcon 16 here in Vegas. DefCon is a hacker conference. While there is a lot of nefarious talks (like how to hack the Boston subway which actually got cancelled due to a lawsuit) at the conference, there is also a lot of cool technology and great security information. [...]

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Right now, I am going through a morass of strong feelings about our terrible experience attempting to buy two 3G iPhones this morning. I am angry for wasting my morning, and furious at myself for being such a fan boy and convincing three other people to waste their valuable time with me. I am deeply [...]

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