PayRod, you bad boy- July 7, 2008 Sport Illustrated: "Cynthia Rodriguez, who married the New York Yankees star in 2002, said the marriage is over because of the All-Star third baseman's extramarital affairs, according to reports that appeared Sunday on the Web sites of Houston television station KTRK and The Miami Herald." - Is it just me or does Mr. Rodriguez look a lot bigger than he did when he arrived in New York Could he be juicing along with stepping out on his wife Hey, I'm just sayin...http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/payrod-you-bad-boy.htm Thinking of San Luis- July 7, 2008 I've been sitting here watching Bug play Strangers Wrath and all I can think about is OddWorld Inhabitants and how much I wanted to work for them. I applied for a position with them back in 2004 but nothing came of it. They were located in downtown San Luis Obispo above Ross between Monterey Street and Higuera Street. It's a dream location for Kim and I and a job right in the heart of the city was something I wanted. Then, in April 2005, OddWorld was no more. The doors closed and that dream was.http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/thinking-of-san-luis.htm Movie line of the week answer- July 6, 2008 Dang! I forgot to post our big winner yesterday!Our winner was Mr. Steven Vore, congratulations Steven!The correct answer was...The Patriothttp://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/movie-line-of-week-answer.htm What a nut- July 5, 2008 BBC: "Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, and the rest, offer you software that gives them power over you. A change in executives or companies is not important. What we need to change is this system." - This guy is a complete nut job. He wants to trade paid software for free, why can't we have both There's nothing wrong with someone making a living writing software and there's nothing wrong with giving your software away. You choose, but quit banging the drum for everything to be free. There's a price to..http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/what-nut.htm Happy 4th of July!- July 4, 2008 When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/happy-4th-of-july.htm Check your facts please- July 4, 2008 Have Mac will Blog via James Robertson: "For all OS Xs excellence, it should be remembered that OS X is a good deal younger than Vista, with the Mach microkernel sitting under BSD and a coherent interface layer sitting above it. Windows has archaelogical layers of software buried under the covers, because Microsoft chose to provide a great deal of backward compatibility." - That statement is only partially correct. NT began life in 1989, Mach in 1985. The NT Kernel is newer. As to the backward..http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/check-your-facts-please.htm RRoD- July 3, 2008 Yes, our lovely XBox-360 has started acting up, we got the dreaded Red Ring of Death. Last night Kim was off killing folks in Call of Duty and the box would hang about every five to ten minutes, requiring a reboot, which makes for terrible game play. It's kind of frustrating it happened over the summer, when the kids and Kim are out of school, it's prime gaming time!Oh well, the repair center was very polite. We're going to ship off the box as soon as possible so we should get it back just in...http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/rrod.htm Movie line of the week- July 3, 2008 Good morning movie liners, are you ready to get the day startedHere goes, good luck!There's a story going around 'bout how some 20 Redcoats got killed by a ghost or some damn thing, carried a Cherokee tomahawk. Ok, quick, what movie! Send your guesses here.http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/movie-line-of-week.htm Sonics move to Okie-City- July 3, 2008 ESPN: "As a result, the SuperSonics are headed to Oklahoma City with Bennett leading the way, leaving behind the team name, colors and 41 years of history." - Bennett had zero intention of keeping the team in Seattle, he just went through the motions. It's a sad, sad, day in Seattle.http://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/sonics-move-to-okie-city.htm Starbucks closing 600 stores- July 1, 2008 Fortune: "Starbucks (SBUX) cant catch a break. The coffee retailer says it will close 600 stores, about 8.5% of its 7,100 total stores, an expansion of the 100-store closing target it had previously announced." - Ouch! I wonder if my daughter's Starbucks is in danger of closinghttp://rob.crabapples.net/2008/07/starbucks-closing-600-stores.htm |