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Entries from September 2nd, 2008

What’s up Pomona!

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Pomona, Spain, Travel

My last night in Barcelona, I ran into a bunch of kids from Pomona. They’re getting ready to study abroad in Edinburgh and traveling around before their classes start. It was pretty awesome hanging out with them and reminded me of a lot of the things I loved about Pomona. Particularly, being surrounded by incredibly […]

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What’s the deal with Chrome?

September 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Free software, Technology

Tech sites on the internet are buzzing about Google’s new browser, Chrome, which just launched. Chrome is a big deal for multiple reasons. Partly it’s just the fact that any time Google does anything, techies on the internet flip out about it. It’s also a because Chrome was developed in secret and comes as a […]

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1572 km in two days…

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments · France, Travel

…in a van that’s nearly as old as I am. View Larger Map This trip was pretty ridiculous. We actually wound up leaving around 4 am, not 2 am. I was exhausted but also sort of nervous, so I didn’t really sleep for a long time. The van was rickety and rattly like crazy, but […]

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La Tomatina Photos

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Photos, Spain, Travel

I finally got my camera developed from the Tomatina, so here’s the photographic evidence. Some of these aren’t the greatest pictures, but it was certainly adverse conditions. Pretty much any time you raised a camera to take a photo, people would try to hit the camera with tomatoes. It was pretty awesome. Officially, the festival […]

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Spore Launches!

September 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Netherlands, Technology

Spore, the highly anticipated new game from Will Wright (the creator of SimCity, SimAnt and The Sims) launched on Friday here in Europe and tomorrow in North America. I was/am incredibly tempted to buy it. I saw it at the store here on Friday, but it’s €49.95 and the menus are all in Dutch. I […]

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