Monthly Archives: January 2005

Elections in Iraq

2005-01-30 – 20:53

Electoral officials estimated that up to eight million Iraqis voted - more than 60% of those registered.
60% bests the turnout for the USA 2004 Presidential election of 59.6% of eligible voters.

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Where do I live?

2005-01-30 – 10:19

The Augusta Chronicle has two interesting articles in the Sunday edition. The purchase of the Fat Man’s novelty store location by Michael Schepis, owner of the downtown restaurant Pizza Joint, is important business news for the area. Perhaps Mr. Schepis is tired of waiting for the promised revitalization of Augusta, and is ready to throw […]

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Convergence, meet Ease of Use

2005-01-29 – 22:27

Not too long ago I mentioned the type of ease of use I want out of my appliances, whether it’s a dishwasher, a wireless LAN, or a gizmo that lets me play my music over the stereo without having to swap CDs. I really do want to set it up, then never worry about it […]

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Wireless pain

2005-01-29 – 21:14

I’ve always wondered if the Apple Airport base stations are worth their price premium. It’s interesting I hesitate to buy in to them, since I don’t have a problem paying for Macintosh computers or iPods over Windows, Linux, or the dozens of inferior flash and hard-drive backed MP3 players out there. Perhaps it has something […]

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pasta recipes combined

2005-01-28 – 20:42

Several years ago, Cooks Illustrated had a recipe for a chipotle vodka cream pasta sauce that’s one of my favorites. Tonight, Andrea tried a new garlic cream pasta sauce, with two heads of roasted garlic. It was pretty good, but I’m betting if we combine those two recipes it will be out of this world!
We […]

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