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Archive for September, 2004

Doom 3 impressions  

I just played the Doom 3 demo. Visually, it’s as good as it gets. Although — and I realize they’re going for spooky, claustrophobic atmosphere — I feel that the level design is only so-so. I felt like I was being moved forward on a track. Go through this narrow corridor, [...]

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Go to Dairy Queen  

It’s free cone day at Dairy Queen, benefiting Children’s Miracle Network.

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Tempo  

Saturday we ventured to the beach again, this time to celebrate my niece’s 16th birthday. She was just three years old when I first met her. And now she’s becoming a young woman. The last thirteen years have not “flown by.” They’re filled with countless memories — mostly good, some painful. [...]

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I’m a princess! With pants!  

Recently, my daughter remarked to me, “Daddy, I’m a princess!” And after a brief pause she proudly added, “With pants!” I think she wanted to crystallize the very important point that, although it was true she was wearing pants at that moment, pants in no way detracted from her overall princessness. Her [...]

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Firefox 1.0 Preview  

Firefox PR (Preview Release) is out and it is excellent. The install was very smooth. It’s the first release I can recall where the installation instructions don’t tell you to uninstall your old version first. I installed over my old version (0.9.3) and it worked nearly flawlessly. It even upgraded one [...]

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