Archive for January, 2008
The third-place finishers both bowing out
Looks like Giuliani and Edwards, who placed third in their respective Florida primaries, are both bowing out of the race for the White House.
Giuliani’s fall from grace is perhaps the more surprising of the two. Earlier this year he was the front-runner in various polls. He had national name recognition, plenty of money […]
Can Hillary’s campaign muzzle Bill?
During the run-up to South Carolina, I got really sick of hearing Bill Clinton run his mouth off. Apparently I’m not alone — reports indicate the Hillary campaign is trying to dial him back into the more usual role of supportive spouse rather than campaign attack dog.
The funny part to me was hearing Bill […]
My DVD Recorder is dying
So for the last three or four years I keep promising myself I’m not going to go thru the madness that is Black Friday. And yet inevitably somebody will have an ad with something I’d really like, at an amazing price, and so off I go to the Black Friday sales. On the […]
Speakers for sale
If you know anybody looking for a good and relatively inexpensive set of 5.1 speakers, I’ve posted my Energy e:XL speakers up on Craigslist.
I’ve really loved these speakers, they made even my cheap little PC’s sound card seem first-class (when playing iTunes thru my amplifier). But I plan on moving into a condo […]
“The Golden Compass” was better than I expected
The latest fantasy-epic-turned-movie finally arrived at the cheap theater so I went this past weekend to see “The Golden Compass”. I thought it was a lot better than I had expected from the reviews and buzz I’d heard beforehand. Nicole Kidman in particular was awesome — she’s a terrific villain in this movie, […]
Moving to Music City
Well it’s a bit unexpected but I’ve accepted a job offer from a company in Nashville. Wasn’t really looking for a new job, but a friend who works there said they had a perfect job for me. I interviewed, I liked what I saw, and apparently they liked me. So I’m off […]
Damn it’s cold
We have had single-digit temps here the last couple days. At least at night — yesterday morning when I was listening to the radio they said it was 8 degrees. And this morning the temperature was 11 degrees when I was driving in to work, so I am sure at some point in […]
AP readies obituary for Britney Spears
A bit morbid I suppose, but major papers and news agencies often prep an obituary for famous people as they get older. So they are ready to quickly update it and post it when that person finally passes away. A pretty common practice.
Britney Spears seems awfully young to be getting the pre-obit treatment. […]
What will The Steve dazzle us with today?
Normally I like living in the Eastern timezone. When I lived out in the Pacific timezone, for example, the stock market opened so early in the morning for us. Meaning on those days when I wanted to dump my CNET stock options right away, I had to wake up early so I could […]
Toshiba’s desperate attempt to save HD-DVD will fail
Toshiba has announced 50% price cuts in their two cheapest HD-DVD players, bringing the low-end model down to $150. That’s half what I paid for my HD-DVD player a few months back.
The new price makes an HD-DVD player well under half the cost of the cheapest Blu-Ray, but the content just isn’t there. […]