Archive for August, 2003
Friday, August 29th, 2003 | 18:42
A poll on useless keys on a keyboard shows the usual /. biases, so the Windows key got nominated. Someone actually put up some useful keystrokes using this key: Win+m … Continue reading »
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Friday, August 29th, 2003 | 17:27
So, I had to make a bootable CD to redo Grace’s computer, and I created the ISO image as expected from bcd. Given a WinXP installation without buying such … Continue reading »
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2003 | 23:04
Gawker has a nice list of NYC maps. The most useful ones are probably the Citidex maps for neighborhoods, parks, stadium seating plans, ZIP codes, police precincts and so … Continue reading »
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2003 | 13:51
Walking to the subway to get to work this morning, I saw smoke coming out of the Apthorp, on the 78th Street side. It was a lot of smoke, … Continue reading »
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2003 | 15:18
The ear speaker on my Treo 180 died slowly over several months. I had thought it was a connection issue with T-Mobile, but testing the phone with the hands-free … Continue reading »
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2003 | 15:51
Happy, happy. I finally got around to installing the 2.0 version of the Google Toolbar, and two of the new features have been put to immediate use: Next/Previous: if you’ve … Continue reading »
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Saturday, August 16th, 2003 | 22:35
I made this composite of Nasa’s before and after satellite images, so as to give a better side-by-side comparison. I was, of course, in the office when it happened. The … Continue reading »
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2003 | 18:14
We were at Chelsea Pier’s Lighthouse on Saturday for the wedding of Daniel LaGattuta and Jill Rosenfeld. It was a wonderful thing. Dan’s one of my oldest friends — we’ve … Continue reading »
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Thursday, August 7th, 2003 | 16:36
I was reminded of the old Spy Magazine feature when I saw the two positive blurbs for Gigli, now ranked by the IMDB as the worst movie of all time. Other … Continue reading »
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2003 | 15:57
Slashdot pointed to an interesting article written by a free-lance tech support guy. I’ve wondered about all those fliers I see around the neighborhood, taped up to to lamp … Continue reading »
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