2004 November

• GameBoy Advance SP Platinum
• Condition: Great (external wear)
• Motivation to sell: low
• $50 (Buyer pays S&H)

“As the world's smallest video-game platform, the Game Boy Advance SP is also the first to use a built-in rechargeable battery. Many decried the original Game Boy Advance's reflective LCD screen and its reliance on external light sources. The Game Boy Advance SP's main feature – optional backlighting – fixes this complaint nicely, but it's the wealth of other features that makes this system so surprisingly good. At first look, you might think the SP is a sleek travel alarm clock. When closed, it's just as tall and deep as the original GBA, but only half as wide. Due to its clamshell design, the screen is always protected from everyday scratches.”

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• Full QuickBooks Pro 2004 (Win)
• Single User
• Real World Training CD Package
• Condition: Excellent (hardly used)
• Motivation to sell: high
• $600 (Buyer pays S&H)

“QuickBooks Pro Edition 2004 from Intuit offers advanced tools to help you manage your small business finances more effectively. Accurately track information using the Vehicle Mileage Tracker, Loan Manager and Cash Flow Projector. The application enables you to create professional, customized forms and reports and customize prices with up to 100 price levels. With abilities to import data from Microsoft Excel and easily 'undo' a reconciliation in one click, the QuickBooks Pro Edition 2004 delivers easy financial management.”

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• Dymo LabelWriter 330 USB Turbo
• White Address Labels (30251)
• White CD/DVD Labels (30854)
• White Shipping Labels (30256)
• White Shipping Labels Starter Roll
• Diskette Labels (30324)
• NEVER USED
• Original Boxes
• Condition: Awesome (never used)

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• TDK MoJo 128F
• Condition: Excellent (hardly used)
• Motivation to sell: high
• $80 (Buyer pays S&H)

“Feel the music, not the player. Featuring MP3/WMA playback, a digital FM tuner, 128 MB of internal memory, and an MMC/SD memory expansion slot, MOJO 128F is the music machine with the magic. MOJO 128F is capable of recording voice memos and FM radio to its memory. It includes a backlit text display and ergonomic controls that enable straightforward track navigation. Supplied with ear-bud style headphones.”

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• Dell Inspiron 8100
• 1.2GHz PIII M / 512 MB SDRAM
• Extra Battery
• Motivation to sell: high
• Condition: Good (regular wear)
• Basic Specs
• $1000 (Buyer pays S&H)

“John Medica, vice president of Dell's client product group, says: 'When you add these new processors to notebooks with large, ultra-sharp 15-inch displays and multiple optical drives, the Inspiron 8100 becomes a true desktop replacement. They deliver the mobility and flexibility of a high-performance system that customers can use anywhere, anytime.”

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• 5105-S701
• P4 1800 / 15.0''UXGA / 512MB / 60GB / DVD-CDRW / XP Home
• Awesome laptop speakers
• Motivation to sell: low
• Condition: Great (regular wear)
• $1500 (Buyer pays S&H)

CNET says: “The Toshiba Satellite 5105-S701 is a 7.3-pound, mainstream consumer notebook computer. Has Wi-Fi (wireless connectivity) built-in. Runs on the Intel Pentium 4-M 1.8 GHz processor.Features NVidia GeForce4 440 go graphics with 64MB of video memory. Has a Pentium 4-M processor, which is considerably more efficient than some similarly priced notebooks. Also, this notebook has 1600 x 1200 native screen resolution, which is somewhat higher than some similarly priced notebooks. It may not cause your neighbors to complain, but this laptop's bass-pumping sound system will bring out the best in your games and movies.”

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“LA folks” need more tryptophan in their daily diet. They're acting like absolute turkeys in the shopping malls and parking lots today. Tryptophan is that weird amino acid that makes you somewhat logy – sleepy, after munching on a turkey leg or two. I ventured out this morning, found a few good deals, but… ultimately found my Christmas spirit crushed by the lousy attitudes that surrounded me. Whoever said that drugs should be illegal never tried to shop in the Valley the day after Thanksgiving. I think they sell Tryptophan in Canada?

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It doesn't take a prolific e-mailer to see that the spam of this holiday season is going to be… the Robosapien Robot (a seemingly cheap-ass Aibo knock-off). You've probably already seen these Robosapiens gaining sentience in local electronics stores, too. Has anybody bothered to check the specs on these monsters? At least I finally stopped getting ZipZap crap in my Inbox…

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Herb-roasted Turkey, Mushroom Stuffing, Broccoli Casserole, Fried “Leather Britches” (green beans and bacon), Macaroni and Cheese, Mashed Potatoes and Turkey Gravy, Coleslaw, Cranberry Orange Compote, Biscuits, Million Dollar Pie, Jell-o Cake, and Strawberries with Whipped Cream.

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2004 would have sucked without a few professional outfits at my side. If
I miss a name or a link, I'll happily update this entry to provide full
credit where credit is due. In no particular order, I would like to
thank:

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There are quite a few things I'm thankful for this year. Yes, the turkey-infused meals are great – but so is the idea of Thanksgiving. Every once in a while, we need to stop our daily routine and think about everything that surrounds us. Am I lucky? No, but I'm extremely grateful for a very open, honest, patient, sexy, and understanding girlfriend. I'm thankful for an awesome family (even though we live far apart from one another). I may be a turkey, but… at least they don't give me the bird. Often. And yes, I even appreciate everybody who reads or listens to what I have to share with the world – even those who disagree or think I'm half-baked. May you all have a good turkey / Thanksgiving day this year!

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Here's a new calendar for 2005. I sure hope Halley's in there. And Cat, too.

Da photos from last week have been posted. Sorry I don't have names attached to every picture, but the captions are there for all to enjoy.

I'm kinda getting sick again.

Rageboy is alive and kicking. Now he's a Chief Blogging Officer (with an RSS feed). His adoptive parents are HighBeam, a company that carries all the premium content that ever existed since the invention of sliced bread. According to him, it's “33 million full-text documents from over 3,000 sources.” I only counted 32.2 million with only 2,988 sources this afternoon, so understand that they may be inflating numbers slightly. Still, research wonks should love it. Infoaddicts, too! You'll notice that Chris uses the handle “clocke” for his entries, so he was probably hired to help over-clocke the service. Inquiring minds wanna know!

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