Tag: microblogimport20260616
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Death by GPS
Check out this excerpt from the pretty good report “TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT MATTERS TODAY”: Afghan villagers who were providing food and other supplies for the Al Qaeda fighters at Tora Bora also confirmed bin Laden’s presence. Fury said some of the villagers were paid by…
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Austin Roasters Coffee Tasting
This past Sunday, several Austin-based coffee roaster got together for a sample-fest over at Owl Tree Roasting. With a $5 donation to Urban Roots as part of Eat Local Week, I crammed myself into a packed old car garage and managed to try coffee from several different roasters and coffee shops: Little City, Third Coast…
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The Franklin Barbecue is tasty
I had the brisket, which was good: he gave me some slight fatty slices and a bonus end piece on account of me saying I liked the edge. They have three types of sauces: espresso , sweet, and "pork." The last two were pretty good and the espresso was fun. Their sides were actually pretty…
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Facebook rediscovered – Austin’s Very Own #46
Kim and I talk about using Facebook more and Kim’s wine buying tips. Click here for episode MP3 To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play above to listen right now.
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Bacardi – 1967
Bacardi – 1967, originally uploaded by rchappo2002. This scanned in ad is too fantastic to pass on posting.
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Most Unconvincing Billboard Ever
Most Unconvincing Billboard Ever, originally uploaded by kaskotak. Kim and I have been seeing variations of this billboard all over town, promoting tourism for Beaumont. I’ve never really considered Beaumont for tourism – it’s famous around Texas for smelling like rotten eggs, due to all that gushing oil.
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Cheeze Whiz Lyrics – From the Archives
From long, long ago, I found this list of alternitive Police lyrics inspired by cheez whiz. From none other than Mr. John Arley Burns. Enjoy! CHEEZE WHIZ (roxanne): 1 Cheeze Whiz you don’t have to sit on the shelf tonight The holocaust is over, let’s eat our processed cheeze, alright! Cheeze Whiz you don’t have…
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Book Review: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies
Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior by Suzanne Robertson My rating: 3 of 5 stars As with most pattern books, this is one you flip through in an hour and then save it to refer back to. The strength of software management and development pattern books is describing problems that commonly…
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Austin Politicos, Urban Outdoors, Nagging – Austin’s Very Own #45
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 While Kim and I drive around to do some errands, we discuss: The Texas Freedom Network fund-raiser thingy, pictured above. Culture wars in Texas.…
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Hamthrax in the neighborhood – Austin’s Very Own #42
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 Driving back from the gym, Kim and I talk about exposure to swine flu, which we never suffered from, except to be bored. We…
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Book Review: It Can’t Happen Here
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis My rating: 2 of 5 stars I gave up reading this one because it never seemed to get to a plot. And, you know, it was like a “bad things can happen” book that got a bit repetitive and (given how cynical we all are now-a-days, without even…
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Westin Bonaventure, Sushi in LA
Westin Bonaventure, originally uploaded by cote. While at Adobe MAX this year, I stayed in this place, the “Bonaventure” as everyone calls it. It’s sort of a weirded out collection of five cylinder towers with a low-key hotel-mall inside. As a plaque next to an elevator noted, there was a scene in True Lies shot…
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It was somehow unfair
But the Saigon years would not be happy ones. After all those years learning control, discipline, making those the touchstones of his life, Max Taylor was now confronted by the wild irrationality, the deviousness, the maliciousness and venality of the South Vietnamese. It was somehow unfair; people who are about to be saved from the…
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Office Space, Beeps, Pens, and Costly IP – Episode 158
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 Earlier this afternoon, Charles and I found time to record an episode while we were taking a break from looking at office space. Check…
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Sugar on Cereal – Episode #157
To listen to the episode, subscribe to the podcast feed in iTunes or whatever, download the episode directly, or click play below to listen right here: Click here for episode MP3 Charles and I catch up on things like water on sink-tops and sugar on cereal. Special guest: Kim! Tiny guest: Niilo!
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A fruit bowl for two
Awhile ago, I thought it’d be nice to have a fruit bowl on the table. We’d have apples and bananas and grapes just like one of the endless, boring still lifes you see on vacation muesem strolls. Minus the marble-eyed fish and shoulder flashing milk-maids. Keeping all that fruit from rotting is tough work. Bananas…
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