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still out of stock??

According to this story, the Wii is still sold out more than a year after its release. Also, I noticed that when I called the local Toys R Us to see if Wii Fit was available, they answered the phone with ‘Toys R Us, we have Wiis’. Hard to believe they’re still tough to find. […]


a proud dad…

…because my middle daughter won the ‘best costume’ contest for grades k through 4 at school, and my oldest took home ‘best in show’ at the science fair for her experiment testing the effect of color on home energy efficiency.
It warms my heart to see the unbridled joy of my second grader as she tells […]


reality music television - live from the internets

Black Cab Sessions tagline is ‘One song, one take, one cab’ and it’s just what it sounds like. It’s unexpectedly refreshing to hear songs played and sung live by human beings. Perfect for cleansing the latest over-produced, tired & uninspired, soulless music ‘product’ from your brain. I love the Raveonettes session.


sql incongruity

I’m in the midst of moving an oracle database to a mysql database at work and have run into numerous syntax errors in the SQL used for reporting. In the hopes that someone might find this useful;
- The oracle decode() function is replaced with the mysql case() statement. Side note - the case() statement is […]


hooked on PES 2008

I’m officially hooked on Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for the Wii. The new control scheme plays like a cross between a traditional sports title and a real time strategy game. Online multiplayer performance is close to flawless, though a bit vanilla. Hopefully they’ll add won-loss records and the ability to compete in tournaments to the […]