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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:30 AM

Tears

There’s not way around it. Tyla cries at movies. A lot. I’ll be sitting there enjoying the movie and maybe even laughing, but when I look over at her she has turned into a waterworks. Anything involving a dog is usually good for a few tears...
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Friday, March 05, 2010 12:30 AM

The End of the Bottomless Fries

AndyD recently notified me of some distressing news: the original Red Robin location is closing! It’s at the south end of University Street Bridge in Seattle. I’ve eaten there before, but somehow I didn’t know that was the very first...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010 9:12 AM

Beaker’s Ballad

Muppet Studio has been cranking out some good new material. Here’s one of Beaker trying to post a song on the Internet . It has an appearance right at the end by Statler and Waldorf, two of my favorite muppets.
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Monday, December 28, 2009 12:30 AM

PIVOT!

When I help someone move, I inevitably end up yelling “PIVOT! PIVOT!” as I laugh at my joke. No one else laughs with me. So then I say “It’s from one of the funniest ‘Friends’ moments ever. I’ll post it on my website.” I’m finally posting it. This is...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 12:30 AM

Christmas Time

December is a great time of year to revisit some of my favorite Christmas songs. For example, what celebration would be complete without Ding Fries Are Done ? And not only is Dominic the Donkey one of the most popular posts on my blog of all time, but...
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Monday, November 16, 2009 12:30 AM

FreeRice.com

On last week’s episode of Tekzilla , they mentioned freerice.com . Head to the site and answer the questions that are presented to you. For every question that you get right, they will donate 10 grains of rice to hungry people around the world. Vocabulary...
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Friday, November 13, 2009 12:31 AM

Bing Maps Update

Google Maps was revolutionary, but then Bing Maps came along and really stole the show. Their pace seems to have slowed and I found myself going back to Google Maps. One killer feature that Google had over Bing was the ability to plan a route and then...
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Monday, October 26, 2009 12:30 AM

Skiing Robot

Thanks to JimM and BenH for sending this one in. Make Magazine has an article about a skiing robot , and IEEE has a longer write up with more videos . It’s an brilliant combination of gyros, force sensors, and a video camera to plot out a course through...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:30 AM

Microsoft Security Essentials

I have previously recommended AVG Free to people looking for virus protection. Over the years, I’ve been satisfied with it, but not thrilled. It has a habit of eating CPU when I’m not in the mood and the UI is ugly and dysfunctional. Enter: Microsoft...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:30 AM

ESPN360

One of the first reasons I give when people ask why I don’t ditch cable and watch shows on Hulu is that I watch too many sporting events and there’s no way to get them online. While that’s still true, ESPN360 is a huge step in the right direction. If...
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Monday, September 28, 2009 8:14 AM

Lego House Destroyed

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a Lego house being built by James May for a new TV show. Last week, the house was destroyed. James said it was never meant to be a permanent structure. They tried to sell it for $81K (with the caveat that you had to move...
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Friday, September 25, 2009 12:30 AM

Flight Simulator

When I was a kid, Dad built us a flight simulator. It was a bunch of cardboard glued and taped together to look like an airplane. We’d set it on top of a giant pillow so we could bank the plane. Hours of fun ensued. Now imagine you’re the children of...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:30 AM

Bing Visual Search

Bing had some of the best demos at the company meeting and one of them is now public for you to try. It’s called Visual Search . Search for something like digital cameras and you get a visual display of all the results. Then use filters on the left to...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:30 AM

NBC Streaming Football

If you watch NBC Sunday Night Football, make sure you fire up NBCSports.com . You can watch an HD stream of the game online and choose from 5 different video feeds (cable cam, end zone cam, etc.) You can pause, rewind, watch in slow mo, or go back to...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:30 AM

First Post

Last April I mentioned that I was going to be a ski blogger for the SeattlePI . There’s obviously not much traffic on the site in the summer, but I’ve gotten around to making my first post there. You can find my post “Pre-Season Jitters” at http://blog...
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