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self-congratulatory roundup, 29 june 2008

2008-06-30T02:46:27Z

from a weekend in New York City: "It's empty, like my heart." -Katie, on her locket "WALL-E was so good! It reminded me of... a good movie." -Schubin "Lou and I have ingested a truly formidible amount of food at two different restaurants i...

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i'm a huge dork

2008-06-17T16:57:17Z

...who's five minutes away from the release of Firefox 3.0. Don't forget to download the new release TODAY; they deserve to get the World Record so much!

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humongous

2008-06-12T14:06:11Z

For any Albany resident that has ever been irritated by a commercial for Huck Finn's Warehouse (all of us), good news: so is Conan O'Brien. Seriously, I already live in Albany. Why do I want to enter this contest?

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the international phone purchase crisis: update

2008-06-09T19:34:34Z

For those of you who cared (apparently, a fair few of you did -- thank you to everyone for their advice), I wanted to let you know that, while I was on the road to making the same decision myself, Steve Jobs went ahead and pulled the trigger for m...

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self-congratulatory roundup, 9 june 2008

2008-06-09T12:40:27Z

"We should see Indiana Jones! Indiana Jones! Doot doo doot doo, doot doo doo, doot doo doot doo, doot doo doo doo doo, doot doo doot doo, doot doo doo, dananana da na da da na da da na da na na! That's the theme song." -Schubin, on the phone with...

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series of tubes roundup, 5 june 2008

2008-06-05T14:37:45Z

Jesus fucking christ you are the goddamn PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GET A GRIP ON YOURSELF. Or hire better handlers! CHRIST! I hate myself so much for thinking this sounds awesome. I do not think this sounds awesome. I think it sounds like ...

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i also rarely notice when i rhyme

2008-06-04T19:49:41Z

I swear to god, I was going to write that I had a "new development," until it struck me that that was a pun. Anyway, I set up a new blog for my photography. I'm not sure what it is yet, what I'm going to do with it, or why I set it up. Suffice it...

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i would not blame you at all for just not reading this

2008-05-09T21:22:22Z

Lately, a singular obsession has gripped my psyche: I'm shopping for a smartphone. I fought it for a long time, but the facts added up to this: I own a small business, and need to get my email a lot. On top of that, when we migrate to the City t...

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hustlers grab your guns

2008-05-07T12:24:35Z

This American Life is already, in my view, the logical center of existence, but this week's episode has got me hyped. In addition to three amazing segments (David Rakoff learns how to watch TV, Sarah Vowell recounts popular sitcoms' treatment of ...

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this whole damn show is 'out'

2008-05-06T12:20:53Z

Well, this pretty much tears it: Project Runway has just jumped the shark. After four seasons of somehow getting inexplicably better, Harvey Weinstein took the steps necessary to insure that Runway would forfeit its artistic and cultural currency ...

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