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Blog 2000 Honda Civic Gas Mileage

I bought a slightly used 2000 Honda Civic in October of 2002, and at the time it only had 32,000 miles on it. I was increasingly aware of the coming…

Sep 18, 2007
Articles A “Cool Heads” Global Warming Discussion

Or, lets say that we are NOT the cause of global warming. Then that frees us of the burden of having to correct it, right? Wrong. Even if we're not the cause of it, it's happening anyway. So, doesn't it seem like a good idea to plan for the future?

Oct 25, 2007
Articles Everyone Wants to Be Johnny Carson

All late night talk shows (aside from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report) are lame and practically worthless. They’re formulaic, unoriginal, and pander to the widest audience possible. Half…

Aug 5, 2007
Shared Fantastic Neighborhood Light Show

My cousin just sent this to me, and MAN is it cool! What’s even cooler is that his house is the one on the right. :o) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u44TL0Wv_S8 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLUGpCwsxc httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkZmda5tK4k

Dec 13, 2007
Blog Get a (Second) Life!

I recently got in a discussion about Second Life (a virtual world in which you can live, work, and play) because I just got into it a couple weeks ago.…

Aug 30, 2007
Articles Global Temperatures and Human Activity

I recently got into another discussion about global warming, and the person I was talking to said they weren’t convinced that humans were the cause of it. Though it’s just…

Oct 15, 2007
Blog I love you, Rosie.

Here’s a decent example of a Moluccan cockatoo speaking. https://youtu.be/clKLct2FSjM

May 1, 2007
Blog Look at me! I’m a cyborg!

I used to have one of the Bluetooth earpieces, but that was when they first came out. I’ve never been that comfortable with it, and that was long before everyone…

Jul 18, 2007
Blog No Wii. Why? No $.

Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii Annotated I have owned a Nintendo since 1985, and I’ve never owned an Xbox, a Sega, a PlayStation, or anything since…

Nov 29, 2007
Blog Rosie’s Curiosity

I tried to get Rosie to say something, but she was just confused by the black thing I was holding in my hand. https://youtu.be/6k3sUvfHGCQ

May 1, 2007
Blog Sasha Metze (2002-2007)

We buried our cat, Sasha, today. She was about five years old, independent as can be, and only had one kitten (Spot, who lives with Erin and me). I’ll spare…

Sep 30, 2007
Blog Selling Virtual Things

My cousin, Steve Metze, asked me how one could make money selling virtual things. Well, the entire Second Life economy is a lot like the US economy, only it’s based…

Sep 4, 2007
Blog Stop using www. right now!

I grew up in a town of about 12,000. Everyone I knew had the same area code and the same prefix to their phone number. For anyone calling from, say,…

Jun 27, 2007
Blog The Twelve Step Suite by Dream Theater

This is a suite of four songs that I mixed together after I realized that they are parts of a larger body of work that Dream Theater is actively working…

Jun 15, 2007
Music Version 6.2 Now Available

I was obsessed for about a week, and this is the result. I have made some significant changes, and (of course) there are some things I feel need improving, but…

Jun 11, 2007
Music Version 6.4 “Dinosaur” Now Available

Added: “Ocean Whispers” from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt – Just felt like it fit nicely and gave it a little more darkness without adding too much melody…

Nov 26, 2007
Music Version 6.7: “Ode to Beethoven”

Though the title of this version is about Beethoven, there were no songs added by him on this one. It’s called this because I recently discovered that the 74-minute CD…

Dec 4, 2007
Music Version 6.9: “The Rage Virus”

Okay, so I’m closing in on the big 7.0 release, which will be the last one until I can find more time to work on it (or if some great…

Dec 13, 2007