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05/27/200909/22/2013

Terminator Salvation Lives Up to Expectations, Good and Bad

Ever since I saw the first trailer for Terminator Salvation I had mixed emotions. I wanted it to be good but I could not imaged how it could be. There are 25 years of history in this time traveling anthology. The series has used the time between movies as a plot device.… Read the rest

05/25/200909/22/2013

Kitten Found, Free to Good Home

My wife was driving down the back country roads near our house when she spotted something tiny in the middle of the road. She swerved to miss it then turned around to go back and investigate. She stopped traffic and found a small bundle of fur in the road.… Read the rest

05/24/200909/22/2013

Star Trek Shakedown Cruise Proves Cast Has the Right Chemistry

I got into Star Trek when The Wrath of Kahn was first released in the theater. I have saw the initial release of about half of the ten movies in the theater. Likewise, I have enjoyed about have of following series.… Read the rest

05/06/200909/22/2013

Pepsi Throwback — Now with Real Sugar!

For years the little bottling company in Dublin, Texas has been selling Dr. Pepper made with Imperial Pure Cane Sugar instead of High-fructose corn syrup. There is no comparison. The real sugar tastes better. It also cost more. A case of the good stuff will set you back $10, about twice the “regular” stuff.… Read the rest

04/16/200909/22/2013

Adobe PDFViewer Safari Plugin, No Thanks

Whenever I have to install or update Adobe Acrobat, I always have to go back in afterward and remove the Acrobat plugin from the Library/Internet Plug-ins directory. With the most recent update to Acrobat Reader 9.1, I spotted a new option.… Read the rest

04/16/200909/22/2013

When will Apple Sell its 1,000,000,000th iPhone Application?

04/16/200909/22/2013

Zeroing in on the Billionth App Sold by Apple on iTMS

On Apple.com there is a small animation estimating the number of apps sold in the iTunes App Store since it first opened last year. The counter is closing in on 1 Billion. That’s a 1,000 million for our longitudinally-challenged friends on the other side of the Atlantic.… Read the rest

04/15/200909/22/2013

Nickelback Takes on Dallas and Wins

The fact is that Nickelback was probably the best concert I’ve ever been to. It was definitely in the top five. That would put it in good company along with Van Halen, ZZ Top, and INXS. So what makes a good concert?… Read the rest

04/11/200909/22/2013

Fast and Furious

On a lark I took the boys to go see Fast and Furious. I was expecting a loud and fast thrill ride and this movie did not disappoint. For those keeping score, this is the 4th movie in the series. The new movie has the same name as the original minus the definite article the.… Read the rest

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Flip Throw-in Strobe Effect Using Photoshop

What happens when you combine gymnastics with soccer? I saw this during my kid’s soccer game and thought it was the coolest trick. Kristie apparently does this often. It is a trick also employed by girls college soccer teams. Imaging the scene.… Read the rest

04/11/200909/22/2013

Soccer Game Panorama Created in Photoshop

At the beginning of the Texas State UIL 4A High School Soccer Championship SemiFinal game between Mequite Poteet Pirates and the Mansfield Legacy Broncos the two teams paraded out to the center of the field and were introduced by name and number to the audience.… Read the rest

04/09/200909/22/2013

Who Watched the Watchers?

The field of movie releases in March was pretty sparse. One movie that looked interesting was Watchmen. I’m not into comics and I’m not much of a Frank Miller fan. I do enjoy a good superhero movie. I was surprised that this movie was Rated ‘R’.… Read the rest

03/14/200909/22/2013

Trouble with Western Digital Studio II Drive

I was very happy with my Western Digital Studio II Drive so I bought a second one. This new one has been giving me trouble since I got it. For starters, it always shows the temperature condition as “Warm”. The drive is regularly missing from my desktop as it just shuts itself off.… Read the rest