Author Archives: David Terrell

Tiger's miracle shot

Posted on April 12, 2005 by David Terrell

One of the things I really like about blogs is the ability to put an interesting but unqualified opinion in front of readers — let them make their own decision. Unqualified not in the sense of the speaker being a … Continue reading →

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Dave's Chicken Enterprise

Posted on April 6, 2005 by David Terrell

Have you ever wondered why someone would buy a whole chicken? I just bought two.

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Cornyn and Judges

Posted on April 5, 2005 by David Terrell

This is nuts. Our judiciary must not be politicized. Rhetoric about the judiciary and about judicial nominees must be toned down. And our broken judicial confirmation process must be fixed, once and for all. So there. Though if there are … Continue reading →

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Hit And Run Editor

Posted on April 5, 2005 by David Terrell

Salon Audiofile: The sounds of “South Park” A recent episode of “South Park” revolved around a Chinese singer, Wing…she really exist[s]… Astonishingly, full access to her Web site is available only by subscription ($3.95 buys you membership, five free downloads, … Continue reading →

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Future Shock

Posted on April 5, 2005 by David Terrell

Eric Zorn’s Notebook: The Human Lojack: Steven Levy reports in Newsweek that “mobile-phone makers (must) comply with an FCC “E911″ mandate dictating that by the end of 2005 all handsets must include GPS that pinpoints the owner’s location,” a bit … Continue reading →

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Opening Day!

Posted on April 4, 2005 by David Terrell

I have a crappy AM radio sitting on top of my cube and I can almost hear Pat Hughes through the ether. Patterson takes a strike. Yay, baseball!

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Friday Random 10

Posted on April 1, 2005 by David Terrell

This seems like a silly but mildly amusing game. iTunes makes it easy, because you can just nuke the Party Shuffle list and copy and paste the first 10 items that show up… Artist – Track [Album]: BNL – Brian … Continue reading →

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New Job Title

Posted on March 28, 2005 by David Terrell

I’m now a DBA in training. Or something. Most of my work will be on the data management code. Fun!

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For The Record

Posted on March 24, 2005 by David Terrell

If several doctors say my brain is gone, please pull the plug. If you’re unsure, whatever my wife says goes. And I guess it’s time to sign a durable power of medical attorney just in case.

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Mac followup

Posted on March 21, 2005 by David Terrell

I just went through the cleartype wizard again on my work (windows) box. It looks so much assier than the ibook I’ve been using all weekend.

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