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Chronicles of Chrestomanci

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

A great recommendation by Sam, Louie and John. By Diana Wynne Jones, the only confusing thing is the internal order of the books, the order they are written and the recommended order of reading are all different. So, here is the way to read them according to the author:

Charmed Life (1977). Actually in the middle [...]

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Paintball

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Kids loved it and I’m getting over being hit in the throat from point blank (the 14 year old who did it still lives Anyway, turns out quite a few places and there is even a review site at http://www.pbreview.com/fields/49/Eastside Paintball in Duvallwhich is probably the closest
ForestFire Paintball at Lake Stevens
KC Crusaders Paintball in [...]

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Red Cliff (赤碧)

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Red Cliff (c. 赤鼻; py. Chi4bi4) is a new film by John Woo (c. 吴宇森 py. Wŭ Yŭsēn) who did Mission Impossible 2 to name a one sounds awesome.
It is based on historical events during a really tumultous time in Chinese history, the Three Kingdoms period (c. 三国 py. Sānguó). It features three warlords and [...]

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Bluehost and Wikka wiki Upload limits

June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Well, there are a few limits I can see. First, Wikka Wiki has a 2MB limit, but it also looks like the underlying hosters has a 2MB limit as well. You have to change the php.ini files in the wiki /uploads directory to break this.
Bluehost= explains how to do this. Note that this thing is [...]

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Die Hard

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Watching Die Hard for the first time in a long time. Amazing how a 20 year old movie can hold up. Also watched the latest Indiana Jones. Nice to see Harrison Ford again. Big CGI effects that somehow looked phony no matter what. The older movies like True Lies and Die Hard had to [...]

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