yippeeee!!!! we’re back up and in our new place in Minneapolis! stay tuned for pics! – c
the BEST media player
VLC is just thee best damn media player on the planet. it’ll play most anything you point it at, on ANY platform and without having to install any codecs or futzing around with it. It also has a solid server built right into it, so it’s great for neophytes and geeks alike! Try it! –…
Moving
that’s right, gang, A and i are moving on Friday, which means this server (i.e. this website) will be moving with us. so, it’ll be down for a couple of days at most. don’t fret, though: when it’s back up i’ll continue posting the latest, greatest, most exciting things on the planet that keep you…
WHEEEEEEEET!!!!!
we love you – c
Wikipedia survives research test
The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows. The British journal Nature examined a range of scientific entries on both works of reference and found few differences in accuracy. Wikipedia is produced by volunteers, who add entries and edit any page. But it has been…
Happy Birthday, Muffin!
we love you!!! – c
Paramount buys rival Dreamworks
Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures has bought one of its best-known rival studios, Dreamworks SKG. Viacom, which owns Paramount, has agreed to pay $1.6bn (£914m; 1.36bn euros) – more than $1bn in cash, plus taking over Dreamworks’ debts. It gives the company the talents of one of the most famous filmmakers in the world, ET director…
Pat Malecha : studmuffin
This is our pal, Pat. Isn’t he hot? Not only that, he’s smart as a whip on a horse’s back. He and Jen have been living in Little Port Walter (known by those in the know as Club Fed) for nearly two years now and we don’t get to see them as often as we’d…
Trampled by Turtles!
Trampled by Turtles is an original, non-traditional bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota. Their energetic live performances and two well-received albums (Songs From a Ghost Town, 2004 and Blue Sky and the Devil, 2005) have gained them a large and loyal fan base throughout the Midwest and beyond. “Duluth’s finest Jameson swigging lads, Trampled by Turtles,…
The Best Movie Ever Made?
“I am an incredibly powerful salesperson who continually climbs higher and higher up the ladder of success. SUCCESS!!!” – c
Linux for the rest of us
For those of us who are born geeks, Linux is a blessing. For others, a curse given the lackluster GUIs which require users to delve deep within its various levels of complexity via the command line. Surely, some like to know how the car works, others just like to ride. Not only that, but some…
Salinger, Lennon, Browning
by Steve King On this day in 1980 Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon outside his New York City apartment building. There are two books by him (In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works), and many about him, but the book which will forever be associated with Lennon is The Catcher in…
APE WITH A HEART MAKES GROWN MEN CRY
$1,845,034,000 worldwide and $600,788,188 are the all-time boxoffice records for a single movie, TITANIC, first released on December 19, 1997. Now roars along another December blockbuster, KING KONG, a film many top Hollywood executives predict will break the record! The movie opens wide as Victoria Lake next Wednesday, but recent screenings by UNIVERSAL have left…
Nikon’s SmallWorld Gallery
We no longer live in the days when people thought “if it’s smaller than us, then it can’t be smarter than us.” Perhaps, that’s why i find myself returning to peruse images in this gallery. The colors, the shapes and most definitely the life behind things in the SmallWorld. You can check it out for…
The enduring appeal of King Kong
As Peter Jackson’s new version of King Kong receives its world premiere on Monday, the BBC News website looks at the lasting legacy of the original film. King Kong has become one of the most enduring monster films of all time – not bad for a picture made 72 years ago, starring an 18-inch model…
Read the letter that won the internet governance battle
Condoleezza Rice’s missive to the EU By Kieren McCarthy Published Friday 2nd December 2005 09:07 GMT The World Summit in Tunis last month was overshadowed by the global argument over internet governance. Its biggest controversy came with the proposition put forward by the EU a month earlier that there be a new inter-governmental body that…
Moving, again!
That’s right, A and I are moving again! Only, this time we’re moving just over the river, out of St. Paul to Minneapolis. Closer to where we both work, and closer to where we’ll be living when our new place is completed next year. Click here to see where we’ll be. – c
Happy Birthday, Barb!
Today is my mom’s birthday! We love you, Maw! Love, A and C
ahhh, Winter…
yes, indeed, Winter is making its way here. am i looking forward to it? YOU BET. stay tuned for some snaps of Winter in the Midwest. Hope it’s gonna be a DOOZY! meanwhile, please enjoy the New Gallery. – c
freshie!!!
welp, another old webserver finally died, for real this time… so, i built a new one! well, not BUILT like from thin air, but took custody of a not-as-old machine and gave it some love – enough to serve up some stuff, like a still image gallery. – c
new webserver
welp, after the server hosting this site shit the bed last week, i had to be resourceful in rummaging together another one and was able to successfully do so for less than $100! now, after some testing and hammering on this new lil guy, this site and a handful of others are live, once again,…