Archive for April, 2005
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
I believe I found the quote of the day.
You can't do control-alt-delete on a pacemaker.
The quote is from Ken Klein, CEO of Wind River Systems, and he is talking about the opportunity for Microsoft to enter the "device software" market. I had not heard of Wind River Systems before, but ...
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Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
As with the Super Bowl, I correctly predicted the winner and was off by 1 point from the true margin of victory for last night's NCAA men's basketball championship game. I picked North Carolina over Illinois, 83-77. North Carolina won 75-70. Not too shabby, if I may say so myself. ...
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Monday, April 4th, 2005
In a recent AP news story, I found the following quote.
Major news media around the world devoted 10 times as many stories to Pope John Paul II's death as they did to the re-election of President Bush, according to an analysis released Monday.
Um...duh! You mean to tell me more was ...
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2005
The NCAA championship game for men's basketball is tomorrow night, and since my Super Bowl pick turned out better than expected, I will give it another whirl. My pick: North Carolina over Illinois, 83-77.
I know, I'm going against the grain of picking Illinois to take the championship, but after a ...
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Sunday, April 3rd, 2005
Yesterday, Mike, Ariele and I went to the Rose Bowl for some lunch and some frisbee throwing. We stopped by Subway on the way down there so Mike and I could pick up some subs (Ariele was doing her usual assortment of fruit for lunch), and we found a parking ...
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Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
Adam, Paul, and I played two games of The Settlers of Catan late Friday night, and Paul won both in dominating fashion. With a combination of strategically placed settlements, cunning moves early in the game, and some quite favorable rolls of the dice, he marched to victory, trouncing Adam and ...
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