Andy Laub

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August 2005

Rusty

Some kind of machine, outside of the old Wausau East High School which recently reopened as apartments.

17:29 on 31 Aug 2005

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Reserved

K-West’s new album Late Registration hit today. Give it a listen.

I had originally planned to run over to Best Buy and pick up a copy but work ended and to be frank I was just too lazy. So instead I bought it off of iTunes. This …

19:46 on 30 Aug 2005

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Radiate

Sun + mirror + shoes (cropped) + lens.

19:37 on 29 Aug 2005

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Seen

It was a three-rental weekend.

Sin City was a spectacular visual experience. Even if you could care less about the story it’s worth just watching at least once to take in the gorgeous cinematography and rendering. The story on it’s own was impressive an interesting, and together with the …

14:26 on 28 Aug 2005

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Faster

PDF’s post got me thinking about some of the great little aesthetic and/or functional and/or usability details you find in software (both in applications and in operating systems) these days:

13:39 on 27 Aug 2005

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Streak

We played with our cameras on the overpass.

The final part in a series of cars I’m looking at. Today: the Hondas.

Big surprise, someone who drives a Honda looking at another one! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, though: if you’re looking for a …

17:20 on 26 Aug 2005

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Market

When you go to the farmer’s market, you’re bound to see some vegetables. I don’t even know what these are.

Part 4 in a series of cars I’m looking at. Today: the Mazda Miata.

You’ll start to notice an abrupt shift in the type of cars on this list for …

17:29 on 25 Aug 2005

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Poles

Saturday morning we went to the big farmer’s market that happens every weekend during the summer. It sits right next to the highway, so when you’re wandering down there you can look up and see things like this.

Part 3 in a series of cars I’m looking at. Today: …

17:09 on 24 Aug 2005

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Overpass

Taken just up the street from where we stayed over the weekend. This is 35W, I think, but I can never remember 36.

Part 2 in a series of cars I’m looking at. Today: the Volvo 850/V70.

This was another car I initially didn’t much care for; I just …

19:23 on 23 Aug 2005

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Hatch

You can tell you’re in downtown Minneapolis when there’s a skywalk on every block. What a novel idea for a city that actually gets winter!

I realized last week when I was giving a local dealership a list of cars I was looking for that it is indeed an eclectic …

17:55 on 22 Aug 2005

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Peak

Still another shot at the kittens’ new home.

12:00 on 21 Aug 2005

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Garage

Another shot of the kittens’ new home.

12:00 on 20 Aug 2005

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Ghosting

By the time this has posted I’ll be well on my way to the Twin Cities. My parents are taking a weekend there and we’re going to go meet up with them and then just hang out for the rest of the weekend. Of course, I never leave …

14:35 on 19 Aug 2005

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Rabid

I finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince less than 24 hours after starting it, as is the case with pretty much all of the series, and it was good enough. I guess there are some people disappointed in the storyline, which is understandable because some unpleasant and irreversible …

18:58 on 18 Aug 2005

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Paused

Pricing and package information for the Xbox 360 has finally been officially released by Microsoft, laying to rest a few areas of next-gen speculation. The bad news? Pretty much everything. The base model will be shipped almost totally barebones, with only a controller and some basic …

18:38 on 17 Aug 2005

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Soon

So it’s getting to be that time of year that students and teachers hate to think about while the rest of us working stiffs really could care less. But September means another Festival of Arts (I have reservations about linking to their site; it’s just so awfully bad) …

21:44 on 16 Aug 2005

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Storage

The kittens’ new home.

18:57 on 15 Aug 2005

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Acclimation

So Operation : Cat Transplant occurred yesterday with almost zero hitches. We were unable to apprehend the mom, so after half an hour of looking and some heartfelt goodbyes the kittens were on their way to their new home. The coming weeks will be filled with more …

12:17 on 14 Aug 2005

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Snout

We stopped at the local Sube dealership on our way home from Target only to find the newly-refreshed WRX STi sitting there more gorgeous than ever.

At least, that’s my opinion. I think this overhauled nose really adds some nice strong lines that the old WRX’s kind of …

17:47 on 13 Aug 2005

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Comeback

The modern comeback is an inevitable and infinitely useful in the skill of conversation and arguments. Need some help on yours? Try these, no charge:

That’s what she said.
A classic. Works for pretty much everything, and is even funnier if backed up by a recent viewing of …

19:01 on 12 Aug 2005

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Freedom

For the second time yesterday I had the opportunity to play some tennis in the Nike Free (5.0) and they’re some damn fine footwear. I really like the lightness and the feeling that I’m more in contact with the ground.

The only problem is that they’re still not what …

18:24 on 11 Aug 2005

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Growth

Everything’s getting bigger, or so it seems. I think (most) people are driven by the notion that once you have some money, you need to buy a giant house and a ridiculous SUV to show that you’re rolling in it. What’s funny is that the cars they …

18:19 on 10 Aug 2005

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Wait

It’s only a matter of time before the rain starts.

17:23 on 09 Aug 2005

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Swatch

If someone were to ask, I’d have to say that my biggest weakness when it comes to design is and always has been color. This isn’t to say I’m totally inept in that department, but for me it’s generally the largest of the hurdles. Unless I have a …

17:34 on 08 Aug 2005

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Discard

So I went to the grocery store last Monday to find that my debit card mysteriously didn’t work. It wasn’t until four days later that I realized that it was because it recently expired. It wouldn’t have been a huge deal except for my lack of a replacement …

20:27 on 07 Aug 2005

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