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I like Apple’s clean and simple Mail application. Like most mail applications, it tries to suggest recipients as you start typing their name in the To: box. However, I find it frustrating that Mail doesn’t pull these suggested recipients strictly from the address book. Rather, it collects addresses that you use them and makes the suggestions from this list. I once mistyped a coworkers email address and from that point on Mail diligently drove me crazy suggesting this “alternate” email address at the top of the list for this recipient… each and every time (yeah, 6 or 8 times a day) that I would send this coworker an email.

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This was such a pain I decided I should share it.

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The Honda Ridgeline is an odd looking vehicle, with that angled line down from the cab to the tailgate. Initially I didn’t like it but then it was explained to me why (because it’s a unibody and the angle of that panel provides a lot more rigidity) and it all made sense. The way my mind works, making sense helps me like it a lot more. Read the rest of this entry »

Now that I see that my first two rules seem to be following a spooky theme, I figured I should post an old one that I’ve always meant to post.

This rule came about after living in Hollywood for a few years: Never data a woman with a headshot… especially if she’s not famous. I know, that’s harsh, but there’s something about having a headshot that’s very symptomatic of being self-centered. If you’re going to make it as an actor, it seems you have to believe a good portion of your own PR fluff to get out of bed in the morning and face another four audition rejections.
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I had a dream that two friends and I had gone to some single mother’s mobile-home trailer to do some fix-up work and when it can time to leave we found that none of the doors were big enough for two of us to get out. One of us was able to barely squeeze out but the other two were stuck inside. I don’t know what it means, beyond possibly staying away from single mothers who live in mobile-home trailers…

I don’t usually like these heartwarming internet stories but this one
somehow appealed to me.

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In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from
Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a
young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The
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Philip Johnson (1906 - 2005) studied philosophy at Harvard before spending some years as a department director at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. While at MoMA (although I’m not sure they called it that back then) he was partially responsible for popularizing “The International Style” (think less severe Bauhaus) architecture in the early 1930’s. In his 30’s he went back to Harvard to study architecture and became a practicing architect.

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Here’s a fun one, try to find the setting in Firefox 2 for blocking third party cookies (cookies set by demographic tracking/ad serving systems like DoubleClick). Look as you might, it’s not there. I’ve long been a Firefox fan but this really pisses me off. They’ve squandered my loyalty.

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Pasadena’s Golden Age Tour will highlight the grand and fanciful Period Revival architecture that emerged in the 1920s, when Pasadena was among the most wealthy of cities in the nation. During these years the city was home to a phenomenal number of talented and trend-setting architects who synthesized European inspirations with a romantic vision of Spanish California to create eclectic, lavish homes for prosperous Pasadenans. This drive-yourself event will feature docent-guided tours of six privately-owned homes that are outstanding examples of the designs of prominent Pasadenan architects, including Myron Hunt and Roland E. Coate.

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