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Sam I am.

I’m sure I’ll add more later, but for now that’s all I’ve got. Wait, scratch that: visit Selective Service for all sorts of musical goodies.

Note to self

Don’t wear a light blue button-down to the post office - everyone there will think you’re an employee. Also applies to royal blue polo shorts & Best Buy.
Oy.

2008 09 08 Stupid Boston Tricks Comments (0)

About frakking time

Guitar Hero III Les Paul support, PAX pack fix coming to PS3 Rock Band Thursday
Glad everyone decided it was more important to make money from PS3 owners instead of continuing to piss us off. And only about a year late! Woo! Now, in anticipation of Rock Band 2, it’s time to re-calibrate my system with [...]

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2008 09 08 Games Comments (0)

“Linguo IS dead”

Clicking around the App Store today revealed my favorite new App: Linguo. Not for what it does (translate from one language to another with spotty results, if comments are to be believed), but for what it’s called. Simpsons fan? Or accidentally awesome? The world will never know…

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2008 08 18 Tee Vee
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The IMAX Knight

Finally saw The Dark Knight in IMAX over the weekend at a sold out showing on Sunday. Got to the theater on the late side (about 15 mins before showtime), and we ended up in the 3rd row, which I can definitively say is waaaaay to f*ing close to the screen to enjoy an action [...]

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2008 08 11 Movies
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The Spidey creative copout

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve finally caught up with my 4-ish months-worth backlog of issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, and I’ve gotta agree with a criticism I’ve seen on many underwear pervert websites: every one of those stories could have been told with the Peter Parker-Mary Jane Watson wedding intact.
Long story short: months [...]

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2008 08 06 Underwear Perverts Comments (0)

Stability, thy name is 2.0.1

Last night saw the debut of iPhone software 2.0.1, and while details about the included changes are slim (the notes were “Bug fixes” — that’s it), I can already tell you that my iPhone is much much zippier to the touch. The Contacts app still chugs a bit, but everything else seems pretty smooth, and, [...]

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2008 08 05 iPhoning Comments (0)

Train in vain

Things I love: Annie Lennox, The Clash’s “Train in Vain,” and cover songs. Things I don’t love: Annie Lenox’s cover of The Clash’s “Train in Vain.” What an unholy marriage.

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2008 08 04 Music Comments (0)

Nice work, Cashman

So the Yankees snagged Pudge Rodriguez as their new everyday catcher? And all they had to do was give up Kyle Farnsworth, a consistently below-average middle reliever? Talk about your one-sided deals.

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2008 07 31 Teh Sports Comments (0)

Someone’s listening!

Every once in a while, it’s nice to know that thoughtful human beings are running the ship.
As you know, I’m a big fan of FileMagnet, a neat lil’ iPhone app that uses WiFi to transfer files to/from the iPhone, effectively turning it into a wireless flash drive. Awesome idea, great execution.
Until two days ago, [...]

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2008 07 30 iPhoning Comments (0)

Stupid Boston Tricks: Morning coffee in Harvard Square

Looking for a cup of Starbucks-brewed joe in the morning in Harvard Square? Try the location in The Garage, also home to Newbury Comics. The line at the other Starbucks on Church St. is usually about 15 people deep, but the Garage location is impressively empty that early in the day. You’ll be in and [...]

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2008 07 29 Stupid Boston Tricks Comments (0)