Category Archives: gadgets

We’re consumers…

Posted on August 5, 2007 by baudattitude

“We’re consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don’t concern me. What concerns me are celebrity magazines, television with 500 channels, some guy’s name on my underwear.” – Tyler Durden, Fight Club. After our … Continue reading →

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Proactively leveraging synergy.

Posted on July 28, 2007 by baudattitude

…or, in today’s installment, I am an idiot sometimes. We had planned to have my gamerspouse and his wife over to our place today to look at vacation photos, since we racked up about 4GB of photos on our recent … Continue reading →

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Goals in life: Questionable

Posted on July 15, 2007 by baudattitude

Back from Alaska, and it was a fine time indeed. Saw lots of natural beauty, plenty of wildlife, and a few museums. A good trip. Much good food, in fact, too much – I came home at 193.6 and need … Continue reading →

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An unfortunate pattern.

Posted on June 17, 2007 by baudattitude

When something happens only once, it’s possible that it’s a unique event. When something happens more than once, it starts looking like a pattern. That’s about as “deep” as I get in the morning. At any rate, the pattern in … Continue reading →

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More phone lust

Posted on June 12, 2007 by baudattitude

Before the Nokia 6630, I had a Motorola RAZR V3.  I confess that I chose it largely because, well, it looks really neat.  Also, it’s a quad band phone, which the T-Mobile guys assured me meant that I could use … Continue reading →

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New phone!

Posted on June 6, 2007 by baudattitude

Well, new to me anyway. eBay angst is over as I have now received the Nokia 6630 I bought about a week ago. No box, mind you, and the manual is in Danish, but the phone itself is in fine … Continue reading →

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eBay angst

Posted on June 2, 2007 by baudattitude

eBay auctions are done for a little while. Have gotten an amazing amount of closet space back, made a fair hunk of cash, now I need to decide what I want to auction off next. Of course, one of the … Continue reading →

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Memorial day weekend…

Posted on May 27, 2007 by baudattitude

Unfortunately I don’t know many veterans – only one, actually. My father-in-law served in Vietnam, but it seems kind of weird to call him up and say, uh, “thanks” So, like most Americans, I took the opportunity of this long … Continue reading →

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Alaska trip is go! And Vista update

Posted on May 7, 2007 by baudattitude

Got the email today from the travel agency saying that they’d charged us a huge sum of money and would be sending us travel documents, so come July we’re off for a bit over a week of hard core tourism … Continue reading →

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Vista Post #5, also forklifts.

Posted on May 4, 2007 by baudattitude

In the inbox today: “Thank you for submitting your order for Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit CD/DVD OEM. Your order has been shipped. You should receive your order within 3 weeks. If you do not receive your order, please contact … Continue reading →

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