Panoramic Portugal Pictures
Plenty of opportunites to practice my alliteration. Enjoy these two panoramic pictures from Lisbon and Sintra.
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Bachelor Party
Sandy posted his vague memories of my hastily organized bachelor party. I remember drinking more than I planned, but isn’t that always the case? Liberal consumption of libations is kind of expected when 3 of us from our Miami/Key West spring break trip are together. Thankfully its rare nowadays… If you were there, feel free
Even less regular blogging
I’m getting married this weekend and off to Portugal right afterwards so entries here will be sparse until I return in July.
Back online
Our server is back online. We were briefly disconnected because the credit card (not mine, mind you) that was setup for recurring billing had stopped working. The guy in charge of billing appears to have fled to Russia… 😉
TIVO: A sane take on activity
A flurry of activity around TiVO this week: TiVO announces that their home media option will now be a standard part of the service (theirs $100 well-spent *sigh*), lower prices after rebates ($129), future TiVO boxes will let you view content from the Net, later this year you’ll be able to move content from TiVO
Democracy for America: Count Every Vote
Seen on Jason’s blog: Democracy for America is focusing on electronic voting, particularly makeing sure that any e-voting system has an auditable paper trail. Please go sign their petition to send the U.S. Congress a message.
Eric Idle’s Ode to the FCC
Eric Idle has put his thoughts on the FCC and Bush Administration into song form (mp3). Lisa Rein has transcribed the lyrics, go check em out and listen to the song.
A tale of gas prices in VA
Don Bodreauk writes about an effort in 2002 by ExxonMobile, Texaco, BP to keep gasoline prices from falling in Virginia. It’s ridiculous that we so frequently see corporations on one hand use the free market as an excuse to keep themeseleves from being regulated and also look for legislative protection from its workings. Local distributors
Newlyweds and the Magic(tm) is almost gone
Luckily Staci won’t have to auction any collections on ebay once we’re hitched. Despite being a big D&D geek in middle school, I got out before Magic was on the scene. I’m selling these on behalf of my brand-new husband. We’re in our first apartment, a tiny little thing with no room for random