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Because sex is funny
Looking around for new podcast content this morning I ended up in the Zune Marketplace and found Minnesota Stories which is cool but sadly recently on hiatus, but they had a link in their sidebar to The Midwest Teen Sex Show which is really incredibly good sex education videos. Oh, and they’re really funny.
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Looking for more
One of the things that I like about the Zune is that it has podcast support that is more like how I really use them rather than the way they work with iTunes. It’s not perfect by any stretch (Why can’t I squirt a podcast?) but it’s generally very good. Good enough that I’m looking for more content to listen to. I have two very different kinds of podcasts that I listen to for very different environments.
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Eggs out of season
One of the things that I’m enjoying most about Chain Factor, besides the incredibly addictive game, is the code hints/easter eggs that you get sometimes that show up as an “error message”. Like this one: ERROR 003 LEVEL 3 / CODE NNN UPPER BOUND FOR BASIC SCORES? * ok i’ve got to stop playtesting and start coding. i’m starting to see * colored discs everywhere i look. do we know the upper limit on * basic mode scoring?
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Electronics recycling opportunity
According to MPR there is a major opportunity to recycle a lot of old electronics and other household waste this weekend at the Mall of America. I’m going to drop off a bunch of the things that I have listed on the Take My Stuff! Please! page so if you want anything in particular say something now.
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My ZuneCard
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Zune v2: The Good
A few of the things that I do think are really very good about the new Zune software are both the Podcast and the social/community support. I have been using services like Last.fm, iLike, and a large variety of others for a very long time now and am really happy to see that kind of support built-in as a basic feature that is incredibly simple to use and visually fairly appealing.
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The good with the bad
Microsoft launched the second version of their Zune hardware yesterday and their software today. For the most part I am really very happy with the progress that the platform has made, but I am also quite disappointed in a couple of choices that I do really consider a big step back. I’ve already commented in a couple of locations about the change to the ratings system from 5 Star to Heart/Broken Heart, but I just posted the following message in the Zune Forums about the lack of auto playlists:
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Yellow no. 5! Yellow no. 5!
A friend who knows me well got a four pack of the “treat-sized” Jones Candy Corn soda and brought it in to work for me today. Good thing since I had not been able to find it at my local Target. A couple of notes:
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Not actually an engine problem
Thank goodness for the FAQ at TDiClub. Last week-ish the glowplug light in my 2003 VW Golf TDi started flashing but performance didn’t seem to be effected at all and the car was starting fine and everything seemed kosher so I figured it could wait to get taken care of. Last night on the way home I had a fairly close call in traffic (Funny how bad traffic during rush hour on the first night of Daylight Savings Time almost always is) and noticed something odd while staring at my rear-view mirror hoping that the person behind me was going to miss: I didn’t see a reflection of my brake lights on the other car.
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Take my stuff! Please!
I’ve gone ahead and started the list of stuff that I’m getting rid of. Let me know if you want any of it.