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Entries from October 2005

Reclaiming my Name

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

I have almost reclaimed my name! For a while, all the news about Brock Lesnar and Mike Tice usurped my google rankings. There is now only one hit about them left on the first results page when you type “brock tice” into google, and it’s the last one. Soon, the whole page shall be mine [...]

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Encoding Movies for the iPod Video using Linux

October 28th, 2005 · No Comments

If you want to encode video that you have on DVD for your iPod Video, a nice utility called HandBrake will do it for you. It works pretty well on Mac OS X, but my laptop’s a little slow in the I/O department, and I prefer to use my Linux desktop for encoding.
Caveat: it’s illegal [...]

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Tags: Linux · Mac OS X · Other · Tech

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October 27th, 2005 · No Comments

For when 26 letters just aren’t enough:

Tropical Storm Beta

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Planning my trip to Houston

October 26th, 2005 · No Comments

I’m going to Houston on Friday to see Amanda. I’ll be returning on the first of November. I was worried before about finding a ride to the airport, or paying to park, but it turns out that there’s a light rail system that picks up about a 10 minute walk from my apartment and [...]

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Tags: Other · Travel

They Tried to Teach My Baby Science

October 25th, 2005 · No Comments

“… a teacher she’d trusted had been secretly teaching her only son about the physical world and its mechanics for almost a year.”
Oh, The Onion. Such stinging wit.

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