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Technology: Off The “Dead To Me” List

Apr

22

2007

It was officially corrupted data, so I had to erase my hard drive. Boo. But thanks to Super Duper, I was able to get back to where I was on Thursday when my last automatic backup ran. And it took about 3 seconds to redownload the email I’d received since then, and I hadn’t done ...

Thanks, Technology! 3

Apr

22

2007

I love it when my computer chooses one of the busiest weekends of the year to crash rather spectacularly, necessitating at the least a trip to the “Genius” Bar at the Apple store, and given what it’s doing and what it hasn’t responded to, rather likely a wipe and restore of the hard drive. God ...

You Kids Get Off My Videogame System! 2

Mar

24

2007

Now I know why I can’t find a damn Wii: They’re being snapped up by retirement communities. Well, and everyone else and their brother, mother, sister, and now grandparents. The video that’s on that story is pretty cute though, especially the 89 year old woman who hasn’t bowled since 1945.

Why Am I Stupid?

Feb

22

2007

I have a busy enough weekend planned. I’m going to the tax accountant. I’m having an Oscar party. I’m going to attempt to wall-mount my TV (though if that fails spectacularly enough, I will not be having an Oscar party). So, with all that on my plate, you’d think I wouldn’t be stupid enough to ...

And It’s SPECTACULAR 3

Feb

3

2007

Well, it took four guys from the cable company standing around my apartment for an hour to get the two CableCards properly installed in my HD TiVo, but good lord, SPECTACULAR HD (™ Laz) is pretty fucking cool. I’m watching the Lakers-Wizards game right now (ironic, since a) I hate basketball and b) I hate ...

Fiscal Irresponsibility is Fun! 4

Jan

27

2007

It all started when a coworker came up to me tuesday and said, “You’re big into tech stuff, right?” Always dangerous words, but I had no idea how dangerous they would prove this time. And so it was that he told me of the absolutely absurd deal he got on a really, really nice Panasonic ...

The Torture of 24 Time Zones 1

Jan

23

2007

Mark and I are both obsessed with 24. Mark lives in Chicago. I live in Los Angeles, and despite actually working on the Fox Lot, do not have access to the east coast feed of 24. This results in text message exchanges like the following text messages, which were exchanged between 6:34pm and 7:04pm yesterday: ...

About Tonight’s 24 1

Jan

15

2007

I will not say anything specific so as not to spoil it for those who are time-shifting it but…Sweet Holy Crap On A Stick, the last 10 minutes? The one thing I thought was the big end-of-episode turning point and then they turn around and pull THAT shit?! God DAMN, I love this show.

The ‘Pod is Dead, Long Live the ‘Pod 1

Jan

14

2007

My trusty old iPod, which I bought about two and a half years ago, finally started succumbing to the daily drudgery of being carried in my pocket without a case about a month ago. I waited patiently for MacWorld as it deteriorated further and further, but when no new standalone iPod* was introduced, I could ...

Geek vs. Geek

Jan

7

2007

This week my boss is still directing. More 16 hour days on set, and a lot more learning. The TV geek part of me is very happy. However, the gadget geek part is having a slight panic attack. This week is both the international Consumer Electronics Show and the Macworld San Francisco expo. Now, I ...