razmaspaz

I was driving in the car the other day listening to an add for Cubs tickets.  What would normally have gotten me excited about spring prompted a mix of anger and dissapointment so here it is:
Dear baseball,
I don’t know how to say this any other way.  You let me down for the last time, and […]

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There was a time as a kid when going to a movie in the theater was an event.  As time went on, high school turned that into such a common experience that it lost the magic.  Less time, more netflix, and an abismal selection of quality movies has returned the theater to a noteworthy experience.  […]

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Every kid who has ever played a sport has dreamed of being the best player to ever play the game, with me it was no different. I ran track all through out middle and high school, and harbored dreams of one day being an Olympian. I knew then, as well […]

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Its no secret among my friends that I’m an Apple Fanboy. I can’t help it, life really is better on the other side of the digital divide. February has been an interesting month for me when it comes to my Mac. With all the new releases scheduled for this month, I’ve been […]

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I read a few photography focused blogs, and of late many of them ahve been mentioning hte “You Suck at Photoshop” series. Its crude humor to be sure, but there is some good stuff to be learned in there, and its VERY funny. I’m not going to link to it, frankly because I […]

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Tim Bray, as he usually does, has a very insightful point about the MS/Yahoo deal. Lets just say for a second that Yahoo has 1billion users. That number is probably high, but lest just say. Microsoft just payed $44.50/user for yahoo. In all likelihood the number is probably closer to 500 […]

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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAW03630012008-1.htm
That’s really all that needs to be said.

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I got the MacBook Pro back today. I feel so much more complete. It got a new logic board, but remains entirely intact from a functional standpoint. The hard drive still has all my glorious data. I backup, but some things just don’t make it through the backup/restore process, so its […]

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I know its a little New Year’s predictions, but Damnit, this blog didn’t even exist on New Year’s.  Sun Bought MySQL Today, so here’s my prediction:
Sun Abandons Solaris, and fully embraces Linux.  If that wasn’t enough, fueled by their new acquisition, they drop their commitment to Java, leaving it in the lap of Open JDK […]

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I’ve been writing on wine for a while (almost a year) now, and I keep thinking it would be nice to have a place to spout off on everything else in my head. With that in mind, here is razmaspaz.com. I’m sure wine will be a topic on occasion, but for the most […]

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