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The inPhonite Migration: Contacts

As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m in the process of trying to completely migrate off my Palm T|X PDA, which I use for everything in the world, to my iPhone. Carrying around two PDAs is no fun, even if one of them is a phone too.
One of the most important functions of a [...]

Sorting It Out

Last week, Apple released iTunes 8, a major upgrade to an application that is pretty much essential if you have an iPod or iPhone. I’ve already complained about a few issues with the new version, such as the unremovable Genre column in the browser window, and the dumb arrows pointing to your songs that [...]

Made Dogs

Another interlude before I talk about iTunes 8 (they finally did something right) and more iPhone stuff. Just the other day, I gave an example of Comic Strip Synchronicity. That’s when two comic strips use the same gag, or something close to it, on the same day. It actually happens quite a [...]

Thanks, But I Have Enough DVDs

It’s bad enough that I have more DVDs in my house than I have room to store. No, now they’ve got to include discs in my morning paper. Sunday’s Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News included this DVD:

It’s apparently a 60 minute version of a 77 minute documentary from 2005 called Obsession: Radical Islam’s War [...]

Okay, Kind Of

Movie Review Sunday!
I know it seems like the girlfriend and I have been watching a lot of romcoms lately, but that’s sort of because of random happenstance. It’s not like we’re terribly interested in the genre more than others, although it does give us something we can more easily watch together. We have [...]

Swing Left, Sweet Jefferson

So not only is Colorado an apparent battleground state in the upcoming presidential election, but supposedly the county I live in, Jefferson, is some sort of swing county. After a successful appearance in Colorado Springs last weekend, right-wing nutjob VP candidate Sarah Palin is scheduled to speak at the Jeffco County Fairgrounds on Monday [...]

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