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broken sonicare

i got my sonicare toothbrush as a present from my brother and sister. i think it was when i had turned 25. it was a long time ago and i have been brushing my teeth with it for years. this morning when i woke up and tried to use it, it didn’t [...]

scrubs, season 6

i’m powering through scrubs and have now gotten into the 6th season. the romance between J.D. and kim is budding. i’m not sure how crazy i am about the two of them having a kid. i sort of have always thought that he would have a more romantic relationship, maybe find a [...]

ps3 divx error 80028801

i’m really disappointed to report that i’m STILL getting divx errors when trying to play xvid videos via a streaming server to the ps3. this error has been pretty much acknowledged as a problem with the encoding of the video. it’s too bad that the ps3 still hasn’t resolved these issues as i [...]

dns-323 putty missing characters

( rants and techie )

for the longest time i had been struggling with putty telnet/ssh’ing into my DNS-323. every so often i would drop characters and so typing anything in the shell on the NAS was a monumental waste of time. i have finally figured out why this is happening. it turns out that the reason [...]

things slow down when you bike

nothing eventful usually happens on my commute to work. but when i bike to work, it’s a completely different story. i was driving along and all of a sudden a toolbox comes flying out of this truck. bits and pieces of the toolbox come flying out with some screwdrivers spilling over in [...]

the new firefox

i’m sort of a late adopter when it comes to browser technology. this is sort of a shocker because i’m a huge gadget freak and i generally like to keep up with all of the latest and greatest technology. i think the biggest reason why i don’t really play with beta browsers is [...]

sore beyond belief

monday was the first dragon boat practice that i went to for the paddle for life race that i’m participating in. i know…dragon boating? seriously, what has gotten into me lately?
so anyway, dragon boating is a whole lot more tiring than i thought that it would be. i’m actually really sore right [...]

mcdonald’s quietly introduces sweet tea

this is the first i’ve seen it, but apparently it has been in mcdonald’s stores for a while now. they are serving sweet tea. now, for those who have never had sweet tea, they complain that it is too sugary sweet. what they don’t realize is that the secret to really good [...]

man, i am such a programmer

i was asked to help take care of the web site maintenance of one of the volleyball leagues that i play in. the web site does not have lots of massive updates, but there are updates here and there for announcements and the like. i also have the responsibility to update the web [...]

another bike ride

i biked to work again. that’s three days in a row. talk about a streak, here…for me, anyway. the ride was actually much more enjoyable this morning as the cool morning air rushed by me while i was riding into work. paul’s new slicks have increased my average speed by about [...]