Blog from the Loft

I have decided to implement news aggregation on this site. One reason is that after reading some information on the mt-rssfeed plugin for MovableType, seems like it will be an easy installation. However, it turned out not to be 100% easy. Dean McKenzie wrote a well written tutorial on how to do it. This is [...]

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This second movie is not as good as the first one. Most movie reviewers seems to think that this movie is better. It is not. Don’t get me wrong. Both are good movies. If you don’t have the first one on
DVD, you should get it now. The extra materials on that disk is well [...]

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I signed up for Starbucks Home Delivery years ago. You get a pound of coffee in the mail every few months (or every month if you want). I never seems to use the all the beans before the next one arrives, so I decided to save some money and cancel the service. Funny enough, independently [...]

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My Audi A4Q was my first luxury car. Upgraded from my Civic. Thought I finally deserved something a bit nicer. That was about six years ago. The Quattro (all wheel drive) works wonder in the snowy weather. German Engineering. The car was a better deal then the BMW’s and also a better balance between a [...]

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Well, I did it. Gave up on the 6 years old 63K miles Audi and switched to a Lexus. It was a difficult decision, but I am glad. The Audi was just too unreliable after the warranty period. Do you think the car is designed that way? This is the full story.
The Lexus is, well, [...]

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A bit of local geek news — One of the few technical book stores,
Softpro at Burlington is moving, from their e-newsletter:
Softpro/Burlington will be moving to Waltham.
After 20 years in our current location, Softpro/Burlington is
getting ready to move to Waltham.
Our new address will be 75 Third Avenue, at Exit 27A on 128/95.
We will be in the [...]

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The Sony Ericsson T610 phone is now available at t-mobile. I went into a t-mobile store and they told me I can upgrade to it for only $250 since I am an existing customer. But they said it is easier to call customer service to get the phone sent to me. So I called. First [...]

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Check this out — robotic art — Hektor.

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I dropped my Nokia 8890 several times last week. I think I broke it Sunday night when it vibrated itself off the shelf. I realized that it was broken when I used it on Monday and could not hear any thing from it. The loudspeaker was not working. I had to press the top together [...]

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