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Archive for November 2009

Kindling

In Technology on 28 November 2009 tagged Books, devices, ebooks, ereader, gear, kindle, reading, Technology with no comments

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Unless you’re one of those people who doesn’t really pay attention to technology, and if you are, you probably aren’t going to be reading this, you’re aware that Amazon has an electronic book reading device called the Kindle. If you happen to be living [...]

Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman

In General on 15 November 2009 with no comments

I’m a long-time fan of the Zatoichi series of movies starring Shintaro Katsu. This 2003 remake was intended to be something of a reboot for the series. I finally got around to watching it last night.
Replacing the late, great Shintaro Katsu is Takeshi Kitano, aka Beat Takeshi. His bio on IMDB claims he learned comedy [...]

Self Care: Simplify. Convenience. Control.

In Technology on 13 November 2009 tagged bell, expressvu, omghalp, online, self care, simplify, support with no comments

The following is an actual transcript of the process of trying to activate an additional receiver to my Bell ExpressVU TV satellite system. I have no idea if it worked or not. This is the third or fourth time I tried, the first being on the receiver itself. The second time failed because they don’t [...]