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December, 2005 Archives

Mea Culpa

It is day three in our trip to France and today we’ve had a roller-coaster ride with very low lows and very high highs. On the highs, we went to the highest point of Paris for a sensational view of the city. On the lows, I misplaced Lilia and the video camera. I found Lilia, [...]

Musée d’Orsay

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After a rough night adjusting ( wide awake at 5am, then slept til 3pm) to our new time here in Paris we ventured out to the Musée d’Orsay. Due to our late start, we skimmed through this museum in a couple of hours but we got to see a good portion of it. This museum [...]

The PowerBook is Going

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We’re finally in Paris. And after much debating the PowerBook came with us too. Here I am trying to find our Hotel in the Map. We ended up picking La Manufacture, a little hotel in a very central area surrounded by lots of cafés and bistros and right next to a subway stop. :-)

Off to Paris!

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Tomorrow noon we’re off to Paris! Lilia is persuading me to leave back my laptop to fully enjoy the trip and surrender myself to the word V A C A T I O N. Hum…. Decisions, decisions. It seems like such a strange concept to depart from such a personal item to me. I am [...]

Seat Guru

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This December is a very special one because my wife and I will be celebrating our 10th year anniversary which in LA counts as double. To celebrate we managed to book some last minute tickets to Paris in France, my wife’s dream vacation. She’s a happy camper right now and she’s as excited as a [...]

PHP and the iTunes Music Store

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Check out these PHP scripts that access the iTunes Music Store to grab the Album Art in all it’s 600x600px glory. Also, Benjamin Morin has posted on his blog a set of scripts (script only not demo) to access the free videos like trailers and music videos from the iTunes Music store.

The Gift of Espresso

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After a rough start last week, my fortunes turned sweet when I received in the mail a Starbucks Barista Espresso Machine from my friends Steve and Deana Watson. They where about to sell it on eBay but instead sent it to me as gift. So I wanted to publicly say THANK YOU. YOU HAVE BLESSED [...]