Archive for September, 2003

September 30th, 2003

Steam and CS 1.6

I haven’t played Counter-Strike in a while, but it came highly recommended from one of my more critical friends so I decided to check it out and all I can say is that it pretty impressive. Other then the game, Valve has efficiently created a content delivery system that doesn’t impede with the game. One [...]

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September 29th, 2003

Arrg.

Today Adobe announced Creative Suite, an all-in-one bundle of their most popular applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, and InDesign. Along with the release is a re-branding of their entire product line, including the removal of the numerical version control the company has used since its origin. Taking a page from Macromedia’s “MX,” Adobe’s products are [...]

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September 27th, 2003

Pirates and Matchsticks

I was hesitant to go see it, but after being “forced” to see it I have to write about it. Pirates of the Caribbean is an excellent 2.5 hours of pure escapism. Great sets, fun characters, and a pretty entertaining story. And of course, Kiera Knightly adds a lot visually to the movie. Another great [...]

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September 27th, 2003

2010 Milestone

I went this evening down to Tustin to drop of one of my mom’s friends at their business there. In the parking lot I saw a GTI 1.8T which looked different from outside so I stopped to look inside to see if the owner had made any changes to the interior. Less then a minute [...]

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September 27th, 2003

Math Books

I was helping my brother with math yesterday and while looking his book, I found that I had trouble understanding the wording of their explanations even after passing multi-var calc. I clearly remember when I was actually taking the same class and every single one of my other math classes that I had trouble understanding [...]

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September 26th, 2003

Reminder System

This is pretty low quality and easy to make set of scripts, but nevertheless http://remind.askthefool.com is online and working. Basically its just a reminder system that sends you emails the day before something is happening. Try it out.

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September 2nd, 2003

VW GTI 20th Anniversary Edition

I finally got it. I’m loving it and I’ve already got 300 miles put on it. Six speed manual, 18″ rims, recardo seats, monsoon 8-speaker stereo, 180 HP, 173-torque and does 0-60 in 5.8 I’m driving up to Berkeley for the weekend to spend time with Shay, Neil, some of my other friends and also [...]

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