Monthly Archives: April 2010

Stars go on to round two tonight

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Steve

My predictive ability for the AHL is certainly better than the NHL because I got the NHL Eastern Conference totally wrong. It doesn’t help that the AHL rushed the Atlantic Division games through this week; Hershey (the team to beat … Continue reading →

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Spotted along the trail at work

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Steve

Instead of our traditional staff meeting yesterday, we had permission to take the hour allocated to go outside, enjoy the weather. Most people take a lap around some pool created by the street drains from the adjacent neighborhood. While we … Continue reading →

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1995: Apple gets started for me

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Steve

I wouldn’t become a permanent employee for another four years but finally, after three previous attempts to get something (two for the intern program, one with temp work), I landed a temp gig in Apple’s sales support department via Adia … Continue reading →

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Somara now undergoing physical therapy

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Steve

A couple of analyses, drugs and MRI didn’t help. Now Somara is experiencing PT which the ENT doctor calculates as the absolute solution (final has such a nasty connotation thanks to the Pere Ubu song). My initial reaction was why … Continue reading →

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Upgrades to site done, slight glitches

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Steve

Finally got off my duff to move forward with the newer iBlog2 theme and WP 2.9.2 which appears to stick to be the norm until version 3, I guess. It went more smoothly this time. Good gravy what a mess … Continue reading →

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Happy 20th Birthday Hubble Telescope

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

Named after the astronomy Edwin Hubble, this long overdue space-based telescope was put into orbit…and it didn’t work courtesy of a lens ground to the wrong specification (the media probably got this wrong, effective telescopes after Newton use mirrors because … Continue reading →

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Stars sweep the Icehogs! On to the division game.

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

I said it before, I’ll say it again. I knew the Icehogs would lose because they have Chicago’s innate ability to choke in their DNA. How else could they be the Blackhawks’ farm team? The parent isn’t looking much better … Continue reading →

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Owl City

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

Great photo courtesy of this nice person! I know this story is rather late but I had the good fortune to find a cool person who had some great pictures of the show (unlike Vampire Weekend, not even the local … Continue reading →

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Flyers eliminate the Devils tonight!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steve

Brian Boucher is somewhat vindicated. Not only did he ratchet-up his game to prove that Ray Emery was a waste of money, he got his revenge on the Devils. Revenge? Ten years ago, Boucher was Philly’s current number one (in … Continue reading →

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Bugs Bunny and the gang return

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Steve

Overall, my excitement is tempered with the usual cynicism plaguing most Westerners born in the Twentieth Century (or later). There was much skepticism over Tiny Toons about 20 years earlier and it worked out. I even bought the DVDs of … Continue reading →

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