AppleMatters Interviews the Macalope
“We live in a golden age for Apple. No one knows how long it will last, so enjoy it.”
(tags: halfass mac geek apple)

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Tupalo – Stuff in your Neighborhood
Coolio new review site for Vienna that uses Google Maps and cruchy Web2.0 goodness.
(tags: vienna vie wien halfass review)

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When we moved to Vienna, we decided that we didn’t need telephone or cable service into our home. The reason for this is that in the very near future, all one will need to communicate with the world and pull entertainment from that same world is a broadband connection. Anyone telling you otherwise is wrong. [...]

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“Once upon a time, there was a dog named Scamp. He wanted to buy some shoes, so he went to the store, and he tried some on. He put on a sweater, and his jacket, and his socks, and his underwear, and his pants, and his shirt, and his collar and his coat and his [...]

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We arrived home from being out on the town. Maple followed me into the kitchen. “May I have a pancake?” she asked.
“No, Maple,” I replied. “We don’t have any batter.”
“Do we have flour?”
“Yes.”
“Do we have milk?”
“We do.”
“Do we have butter?”
“Uh huh.”
I think I see where this is heading.
“Do we have eggs?”
“Yup!”
“Then we can make pancakes!” [...]

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Apple – Support – Discussions – Forum Home
Good spot for getting help w/ weird Mac problems (although they’ve yet to solve my Mail.app bugs)
(tags: halfass mac apple osx support discussions)

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I came home from work at a decent time today. As I entered the flat, I smelled the Good Smell of yummy food cooking. I hung up my dry cleaning, hung my coat on the hook, swooped into the kitchen with bags of commissary goods, and greeted my family.
My daughter announced “I am ruining my [...]

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Hi everybody. Can I get another WTF? Here I am in Vienna, and the weather service is predicting hurricane force winds. So I’m thinking, “whatever”. Then I go to the online news and, sure enough, there’s a freaking hurricane hitting Germany as we speak.

So our buddy Kyrill is roaring down to Mitteleuropa. Personally, I’m not [...]

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My Section Head just told me an awesome “back in the day” story about his arrival in Vienna.
He moved to Vienna as an idealistic young man in 1968. His first living arrangments were pretty typical for youngsters moving to Vienna—especially before the turn of the century. He lived with a Hausfrau. My tens of readers [...]

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Of course it remains true that one should monitor one’s word choice in front of a toddler. F-bombs, negative remarks and forbidden foods are simply off limits and relatively easy to control. However, the next level of self-censorship is upon us. Witness this snippet of Maple’s pretend conversation she was having between a couple of [...]

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Rick Steves’ Europe: Plitvice Lakes National Park
(tags: croatia travel hiking halfass)

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Apple – iPhone
Might be the coolest gadget ever. Only one problem, it doesn’t have wireless squirt
(tags: halfass mac apple geek)

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The Practice
(tags: meditation)

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Gotham Gal: Rome
(tags: halfass roma rome trave gothamgal joanne)

36 Hours: Atlanta – New York Times
Overall, some decent recommendations. However, here’s something written by somebody who doesn’t know the ATL very well: “a meat-and-three restaurant with a full bar (rare) and a sizable gay clientele (more rare).”
(tags: atl atlanta halfass)

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