Yearly Archives: 2012

Name 25, two-word-name cities

This head-scratcher from Mental Floss has a time limit of five minutes. I only nailed a dozen because size seemed to matter. I’m sure someone will do better than me but let me give you a few hints. Spanish counts Hyphenated … Continue reading

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Calendar blues

Of all the things to restore when the server regained its data, my calendars have been the biggest nuisance which is a disappointment. Last year I made the jump to BusyCal because its look and feel had more in common … Continue reading

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Our apologies for a stingy holiday season

In light of recent events: Somara’s surgery which led to her having less time and work, my ongoing fight with bronchitis (theoretically) and the server’s $1700 recovery bill…most will be receiving just a card from us, probably under the wire … Continue reading

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My good tastes (or moving forward) were appreciated

Today was the day to get our Honda Fit taken to the dealership for its 30,000-mile checkup, oil change, etc. I know the dealership can be a bit more expensive but hey, I had a coupon. It worked out too. … Continue reading

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Cheapo Records is closing

Caught the news in their weekly e-mail newsletter and it made me pretty sad because I’ve found numerous out of print, rare musical treasures over there. When Technophilia passed away, Cheapo was a great replacement to get my used CD addiction … Continue reading

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Picayune is back! Courtesy of DriveSavers

I think the pictures of R2-D2 illustrate the process and how badly the original hard drive was damaged. Meanwhile, I’m still piecing together other parts of the server’s data we utitlize: calendars, the wiki, the music stream and maybe something … Continue reading

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Geek Bowl VII is on for my (new) team and me

Editor’s Note: I am in the homestretch for The Lost Tales (aka stuff that was delayed by the DriveSavers recovery), then I should be on the Last Chance material for 2012, until I end up building a 2013 reserve. I’ll … Continue reading

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Skyfall: Worth Seeing

I have to give this chapter of Bond’s further adventures a grudging worth seeing rating because M’s past coming after her and 007 being dead have both been done before; see The World is Not Enough and You Only Live … Continue reading

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DriveSavers’ final update with a near scare

I had my final discussion with DriveSavers today. The data they retrieved is on its way home, over 99%. If they were as successful as they claim, then Picayune should be back to its original up-and-running state over the upcoming … Continue reading

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A list of Star Trek novels

With everybody drooling, speculating and waiting in anticipation over Abrams’ next Star Trek movie courtesy of a trailer containing numerous explosions, the io9 people cranked out an interesting list. It was rather incomplete but then again, their editorial board is … Continue reading

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Wreck It Ralph: Worth Seeing

My initial reaction to this was, “Ugh! A video game version of Toy Story with flavor-of-the-month voice actors, namely Jane Lynch.” Jane has always been cool (her part in 40 Year Old Virgin was clever), I just feel she’s getting … Continue reading

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RIP Patrick Moore

Personally I’ve never heard of this astronomer but if he provided inspiration for Queen’s lead guitarist and in-band astrophysicist Brian May, then the gentleman deserved a quick mention. From what I could glean, he must’ve been the UK’s version of … Continue reading

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Teddy and Mewsette cloned or reincarnated?

While gathering information about our backyard cat situation with AHS, I spotted this duo who resembled the two cats I grew up with in the Eighties. I completely have spaced on their names but they’re siblings, the tortoise shell is … Continue reading

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Texas twang fading out, maybe

A common topic I remember coming up in my communications classes was people being afraid of regional accents/dialects disappearing when radio started taking hold in the Twenties. It wasn’t just an American concern, other nations worried too. Seems this might … Continue reading

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DriveSavers’ initial results

I received various level of news this week from a couple sources while the site continues to be in limbo. I have been making a spreadsheet for the stories I am missing out on, maybe I should crib from Tolkien … Continue reading

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