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Entries from January 2003

Think Twice Before Buying an SUV

Thursday, January 9th, 2003 · 13 Comments

In an excellent article on Salon called Road Outrage, Arianna Huffington succinctly presents how the government and American automakers are in bed preventing SUV mileage from getting any better and rewarding people to buy the biggest road hogs available. This is the part that angers me the most: Of course, Washington continues to do its […]

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Tags: rants

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

Thursday, January 9th, 2003 · Comments Off on Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX A few weeks back I was surprised to hear that Jen’s friend Heather was unable to access my Web site. On Monday I submitted a story to My Subaru about how I love my WRX. I heard back from the Subaru Webmaster that he was unable to access my […]

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Tags: web stuff

Dine About Town

Thursday, January 9th, 2003 · Comments Off on Dine About Town

It would seem that just about every merchant faces a post-holiday lull. A bunch of fancy San Francisco restaurants are getting on board the promo band wagon and offering the Dine About Town special in conjunction with Open Table and Visa. For those of you in the Bay Area, be sure to check this out […]

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Tags: food

82-Year-Old Woman Puts Fleischer in His Place

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003 · 1 Comment

In Monday’s press briefing by Ari Fleischer, it’s good to read that he got drilled hard on Iraq by Helen Thomas. You go, Helen!

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Tags: the world

World’s Oldest Blog

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003 · Comments Off on World’s Oldest Blog

Jen came across this little gem, The Diary of Samuel Pepys, which has got to be, without a doubt, the oldest blog in existence. At about 400 years old, I’d say it takes the cake. The language is great, although it certainly gives you a feel for how rough life was back in the ol’ […]

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Tags: web stuff

SUVs & Terrorism

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003 · Comments Off on SUVs & Terrorism

After sitting through way too many of those absurd and over-simplified drugs support terrorism ads, I’m quite pleased to see that a new campaign targeted at the real culprit — the American obsession with SUVs — has been launched. After all, it’s our dependence on foreign oil, not kind bud from Humboldt, which puts money […]

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Tags: rants

Leveraging Outdated Resources

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003 · Comments Off on Leveraging Outdated Resources

Swerdloff.com has a really good point about putting old technology to new use: To solve the medical, nutritional, and dozens of other problems facing the world today. Google is already doing just this by leveraging the inactive cycles of computers that have its Toolbar installed (like mine). The first beneficiary of this effort is Stanford’s […]

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Tags: technology

STI Upgrade?

Tuesday, January 7th, 2003 · Comments Off on STI Upgrade?

Hmm…perhaps I bought my WRX about a year too early. Subaru has officially announced the 300-HP WRX STI, due out this summer. Any car that comes stock with gold wheels and loses the stereo in exchange for speed has got to be cool. All that and “The large capacity intercooler includes a manually operated water […]

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Tags: wrx

The Hunt is On

Tuesday, January 7th, 2003 · 1 Comment

It’s funny how much things have changed in the Bay Area housing market in the past 2 or so years. According to craigslist, as good a measure as any of the pulse of the Bay Area, there were fewer than 500 or so apartments for rent in San Francisco in July 2000, the heart of […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Meets All My Needs

Monday, January 6th, 2003 · 2 Comments

Taking a bit of a distraction break here at work, I just submitted the below owner’s story to My Subaru for possible publication: The hauling capacity of my WRX Sport Wagon is incredible. I packed it full over the summer with an incredible amount of stuff. Take a look at the last 3 paragraphs on […]

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Tags: wrx