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Entries from January 2009

Maryland Terrapin “Shell Yeah” gear

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

There is some new cool Maryland Terrapin gear here. Its got the “Shell Yeah” logo on it. Will I be celebrating a victory over Duke in one of these awesome shirts- Shell Yeah!

Official Shell Yeah T-Shirt
Buy this product at CafePress
Designed by ShellYeah

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Tags: sports

Powerbook G4 Slow Death

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments

My Powerbook G4 laptop is slowly dying. I bought it refurbished in 2005 and it is now really starting to show its age. The current list of ailments are:

One of the two memory slots does not work. Might as well stick gum in the socket, it’s gone.
Part of the keyboard backlight doesn’t light up. Good [...]

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Tags: macs · ones and zeroes

Gas Price Tumble

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Back in this article, from (Dec 1. 2008), I saw gas prices around Western PA dip under $2.00. Here are some more photos of tumbling gas prices…
Dec. 1, 2008

 
Dec. 26, 2008

 
Jan. 1, 2009

Is this the price bottom?

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Tags: pittsburgh

music: The Killers – Day and Age

January 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Do lame lyrics spoil an entire album? Good question.
Take for example, The Killers‘ new album Day & Age, in my opinion this album contains some of the goofiest lyrics that I have heard in a long while. The album contains the song Human, which contains the lyric: “Are we human, or are we dancer?”. Apparently, [...]

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Tags: music