Blog Master G

Toward the end of a really fun night out last night with a bunch of friends at Yancy’s Saloon on Irving (2nd party night this week!), Ben and I had an interesting encounter with some folks who were determined to push us off our comfy couch. Below is an excerpt from an IM conversation I […]

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Some spam that manages to sneak past SpamAssassin and into my inbox is too good to let slide. I’m now considering purchasing my own hovercraft. The only thing that sucks is that it’s a toy hovercraft and not a real hovercraft. Hovercrafts are cool. If I had a hovercraft, I could float down the streets […]

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I added my name to the Not in Our Name protest statement back in October and late last night received the latest email update from the campaign about ways we can fight the administration’s hell-bent desire to go to war: Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 20:55:15 -0500 From: Not In Our Name To: Gabe Subject: […]

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For those of us who do not have the country-language matrix of the world memorized, this site is quite helpful: Ethnologue country index I came across it while researching a work-related question, but definitely a handy site for more reasons than to do my job better.

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This guy has the coolest job requirement ever: Tweaking the nipples of pre-video J. Lo. If I were Ben Affleck, though, I’m not sure how I’d feel about someone besides me having that job. But since I’m not ol’ Ben, I think I will submit my resume for this job. J. Lo’s nips definitely have […]

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As mentioned by Ming the Mechanic, I also find this site on Newseum.org, which scans the daily front pages from 189 newspapers around the world (!), very interesting. Having grown up in a family of writers and journalists and having done a stint as a journalist in running my college newspaper and interning for the […]

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After a bit of initial frustration with the connection not working and the DSL modem not cooperating with my router, my Earthlink DSL connection is alive and well. And it’s hauling ass. In fact, according to the Bandwidth Place Speed Test, I’m getting a downspeed connection rate of 1.2 megabits per second, which is fantastic, […]

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It’s really cool to work for the (parent) company that enables great movies to be made: Autodesk – Press Room – Eighth Year in a Row – Discreet Clients Sweep Academy Award Nominations for Best Visual Effects Oscar Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Spider-Man, and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones […]

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While browsing through the recent referrals area of my blog’s site meter, I stumbled across a site called Popdex, which tracks historical references to blogs. It’s good stuff. Here’s the measure of my blog’s popularity, so to speak: life | Popdex Citations Get it? Popdex = “popularity index.” Clever.

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At long last, my Earthlink DSL equipment has arrived at work. My craving for high-speed Internet access at home can finally be sated once again this evening when I get it all hooked up. I can also start uploading photos of the new apartment, of trivia last night (I am gradually coming down from my […]

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