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Digital converter coupons
30 Mar 2008Got my digital converter coupons in the mail this week. The end of analog TV is nigh! February 2009 is the turn off date.
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- Tags: atsc, converter, coupon, digital, HD, lookout mountain
Portal review
In: Personal
22 Mar 2008In a previous post, I said I would write a Portal review, so here it is (I played it about 2 months ago, for reference).
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- Tags: portal, review, valve
Coffee maker reviews
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Gaggia Compact
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- Tags: Costco, Delonghi, Espresso, Gaggia, Jura-Capresso, review, Saeco, Super Automatic, WholeLatteLove
Putting out fires I set
In: Personal
9 Mar 2008I took the opportunity yesterday to volunteer to help the Sheriff’s office to burn some ditches near IBM in Boulder. We even burned right across diagonal. It was exhausting but good experience in fire behavior. In the middle of diagonal it even got exciting for a few minutes.
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- Tags: BMFPD, boulder, Boulder Mountain, burn, diagonal, fire, Mountainview, Sheriff's Office
Funny XBOX 360 commercial
In: Personal
6 Mar 2008They say it was banned, not sure I believe it, but really funny nonetheless.
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- Tags: banned, commercial, video, xbox 360, youtube
Jonathan Coulton
6 Mar 2008After playing through Portal (awesome game, need to do a review soon), I heard a quirky song at the end by the monstrous computer who’d been trying to kill me. Well, it turns out this song was written by Jonathan Coulton, and I heard about his life story on TWiT. “Code Monkey” and “Re: Your Brains” are my favourite songs by him.
PS: If you’re wondering, Jonathan licenses under Creative Commons, so it’s ok for me to post the mp3s here.
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- Tags: artist, code monkey, jonathan coulton, portal, re: your brains, song, still alive, twit, valve
Woes of cancelling XBOX Live Gold
4 Mar 2008
Just got off the phone with XBOX Live. It takes 3 minutes to enter your corporate card to sign up for one month membership on the console to be able to do a demo at CES, and over 30 minutes on the phone (you cannot cancel on the console or online) to cancel this recurring charge. What a pain!
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- Tags: cancel subscription, microsoft, xbox, xbox 360, xbox live
Mallory Cave hike
In: Personal
1 Mar 2008Cassie and I took advantage at some warm weather to do a long hike from NCAR. It was quite icy downhill, as the snow hadn’t melted. Here’s some pictures.
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- Tags: boulder, hike, Mallory Cave, Mesa trail, NCAR
Back from Paris
In: Personal
18 Feb 2008Got back from Paris on Saturday. I tagged some visits to popular places over the weekend onto my business trip the next week. Cassie and I went with Kim, Andy and Tom. Got some good photos, but like an idiot, I sold my Canon Digital Rebel XTi a month and a half before the replacement will be available. Ooops. Anyways, the Canon SD800 IS and SD950 IS were great until the SD950 up-and-died (lens wouldn’t retract, focus screwed up). Here’s some choice pics (click to go to the gallery):
Las Vegas environs
In: Personal
22 Jan 2008We stayed at the Bellagio, I had drinks with Michael Douglas, and was briefly on a first-name basis with him. I met and had dinner chosen for me by Chef David Burke at one his restaurants. I had front row tickets to a Mary J Blige concert (pic) and actually touched her hand. Cassie and I went to see Penn & Teller, and “O” (Cirque du Soleil).
Rob, Cassie and I went to Red Rock Canyon outside Vegas. We saw a ringtail cat and went under a very cold waterfall.
About this blog
David Kabal writes random bits about life, gadgets and computers. David is an engineer living in Boulder, Colorado, up in the mountains, where he's also a firefighter.
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- All the Presidents’ Pets : The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over by Mo Rocca
- Voice of Reason : Why the Left and Right Are Wrong by Ronn Owens
- Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News by Tucker Carlson
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- The Original Turtles Trading Notebook by Russell Sands
Current books:
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Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore
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From Highrise to Haystack by Sylviane Duval
Recent books:
- Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts
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