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You know, maybe it's just me, but isn't this pretty ineffective advertising? That girl is ugly!!! She looks she's part man, part monkey.

Now, I'm not saying I'm hot shit or anything like that, but nearly everyone I've shown this ad to has made an unprompted remark about how odd the chick looks.

She ain't hot, and there's no way I'd click that ad. (What that ad is doing on a respectable Mac news site is another story.)

Just as girlfriend^* Natalie Gulbis was putting away Maria Hjorth of the European team en route to a 15.5-12.5 United States victory in the Solheim Cup, rookie-no-more Ben Roethlisberger was leading the Steelers to the first of six consecutive scores and 34 unanswered points as the Steelers easily put away the Tennessee Titans in their opener, 34-7.

Roethlisberger, in fact, was perfect in the opener, completing 9 of 11 passes for 218 yards, two TDs, and 0 INTs. His perfect 158.3 passer rating is the first since Trent Green's in 2003. Steve McNair was a bit more ordinary, going 18 of 26 for 219 yards, a TD, and a pick (which was not his fault at all).

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Question: Did you watch the U.S. Open Finals?

My Answer: I'm watching right now. Go Agassi!

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Question: Do you watch college football?

My Answer: I couldn't care less about college football. Not one lick.

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I'm trying to send TrackBacks from one entry on this blog to another entry, but I can't seem to escape this:

Ping 'http://nslog.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/4622' failed: HTTP error: 403 Throttled

What gives? I'm not TrackBack spamming myself, and SpamLookup has no "throttling" capabilities. Where is this "throttling" coming from and how the heck can I eliminate it.

If I wait an hour, the TrackBacks typically go through, but I've got to remember to re-publish in order to do that. I'd rather they go through right away, but I've no idea what the issue is.

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Here's what I'll be watching this fall (below). I haven't factored in any additions by the wife, and I used the first of the two listings grids I found for this entry to complete my list.

The totals:

Comedies         5
Dramas           5
Reality          5
Hours           14.5

Since I can watch 14.5 hours of television in about ten hours, I figure I'm pretty well full.

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I'm thinking that I should look around for a site that lists the fall TV schedule (with the date of the first show) so that I can get my TiVo set up. Does such a site exist?

A few new shows interested me, from the promos, and I'll keep recording a few classics. I'll supply my full list later, but for now, I'm just gonna look for the whole list. TVGuide.com? We'll see…

Update: This grid or that grid will work just fine.

Question: Which Wikipedia entry do you think is the lamest?

My Answer: I'm definitely going to have to go with the entry on "floaters."

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The Touareg is now licensed. It's got my "IACAS" plates and Carey is awaiting her "IAEJB" plates for the Aztek. It was cheaper to transfer IACAS to the VW and order new plates for the Aztek than to order new plates for the VW and switch them when they arrived. Cheaper by about $80.

Sales tax on the Touareg has been paid as well. I've gotta get the car inspected in the next 10 days or so, but will be easy - it's brand new.

It's not yet 10 p.m., but Gruber is drunk:

AQUA: Howdya fuckin' like it now, bee-yotch? WHOO HOO!
BRUSHED METAL: Fuck you, Aqua.
AQUA: WHOOO!

Heh heh. Oh, we Mac users…

Which iPod Nano - black or white - do you think Kanye West would buy? George Bush? 😀

So today I'm watching the Steve Jobs presentation of the ROKR et al. and at 18:30 or so, a phone starts ringing. Thinking I'd left my phone in the bedroom (25 feet away or so), I jump up and sprint to the bedroom.

I come back and my phone is sitting two feet from me on my desk, and I replay the video only to realize I hadn't been paying attention enough to know that Steve was about to announce the ROKR.

Duh. 😛

Question: Do you think that Firewire is dead?

My Answer: No. Digital video means too much to Apple. The nano lacks Firewire to keep the size - and price - down, and USB 2.0 is available on just about every Mac of the past, what, four or five years? So I'm not gonna agree with that drunk guy…

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Rock Star works with iTunes 5. I just tried it. I haven't played Rock Star in weeks! It's still fun!

Question: What do you think of the ROKR? iTunes 5? The iPod Nano?

My Answer: I personally don't care about the ROKR (don't have Cingular), iTunes 5 I've yet to install (doing so now), and the iPod Nano is what it is. What I am most interested in is actually this page, the "iPod Your Car" page. It lists VW as "Coming Soon" (with just about every other damn car). When is soon? In two weeks? Two months? Ten months? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Update: Woohoo! Looks like I'll be able to buy an official adapter for $148. I may be returning the Dension ice>Link I have now.

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