Ryan Gardner on September 7th, 2005

The New York Times finds it fascinating that some idiot in Illinois predicted the storm before it happened.
They write:
One of the earliest and perhaps clearest alarms about Hurricane Katrina’s potential threat to New Orleans was sounded not by the Weather Channel or a government agency but by a self-described weather nerd sitting on a couch [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 7th, 2005

Nano is less than Mini. Call me a nerd, but I would expect a iPod Nano to be at least 10^-9 times the size of a real iPod. This is not the case. It is more like the iPod 1/3rd.. but let’s not get technical. Mini is dead, and has been replaced by Nano. (Nano [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 7th, 2005

Apple has announced their new iTunes compatible phone to be released asap from Cingular. The phone will sell for $249 and will carry 100 songs. It’s basically a normal run-of-the-mill phone that has been beaten with the ugly-stick and given the ability to play iTunes songs. This should have been released six months ago, when [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 7th, 2005

My brother in law has his breathing tube out now. For those of you who have been following his surgery, this is obviously big news. For those of you who haven’t - you can read up on all the stuff about his surgery at www.brihogan.com. For those who don’t know Rob, here is a small [...]

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Here’s a little history: Last year, BYU decided to make parking passes $60. At this price, the demand for parking passes dropped slightly and the parking lots opened up a bit. Parking was a somewhat pleasant experience. At certain times of the day it could take you 10 or 15 minutes to find a spot, [...]

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