March 2006

Re: Immigration Issue: Some Facts

by Ron on March 31, 2006 · 0 comments

in Politics

A response that started as a comment on the Houston Metro Blog article Immigration Issue:Some Facts but it got too long. Adrian I hope you feel better after venting, but most of your arguments are strawmen. The thing that most pisses people off is the idea that a group of people break our laws and [...]

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WordPress 2.0

by Ron on March 31, 2006 · 0 comments

in Blogging, WordPress

So I upgraded the Mrs yesterday and myself today. Admin interface is much nicer. If this posts, then XML-RPC works. My theme works, but I’m going to be changing it so it will work with widgets. One weird and a little annoying is you have to sign up for a WordPress.com account – which creates [...]

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Designer of the Year

by Ron on March 30, 2006 · 0 comments

in Media, Photography

Kambriel, the designer who helped me get my first tearsheet, was named designer of the year by Gothic Beauty magazine. Congratulations.

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There are a lot of things we don’t even think about that end up making major changes in the world. One of those jumped out at me in this article on the Business Opportunities Weblog. The Container That Changed the World. Containers are those big metal boxes that you see being pulled by 18 Wheelers [...]

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MySpace Apple Store Story

by Ron on March 24, 2006 · 1 comment

in Life, Mac, Web

Last week before going to Atlanta you may remember my computer was in the for repair. On Thursday night it finally came back and I had to go to the Apple Store in the Woodlands. This is a fairly large Apple store. Bigger than the one in the Galleria. There are apple computer’s all around [...]

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Mil Blogger from Iraq

by Ron on March 23, 2006 · 0 comments

in New Blogs, Series

Here’s my new blog for the week. Across the Pond. It’s written by a guy who was/is in Iraq. A very interesting view into military life from the ground. Check him out and send some link love.

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Interview with Diablo Cody the author of “Candy Girl : A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper” This girl is obviously very smart and incredibly witty, not what you expect from a stripper. Though you probably should. And I’ve never heard David stutter before.

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Nightwatch

by Ron on March 22, 2006 · 1 comment

in Media

I was listening to the podcast The Treatment and they talked about this Russian movie called NightWatch. They said if The Matix was written by Tolstory it would be NightWatch. I watched the trailer and was blown away by the quality of the photography and the special effects. Does not seem to be showing in [...]

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