Monthly Archives: June 2006

Tour de France Doping Scandal

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Adam Tow

What was shaping up to be a great Tour de France has now turned into a nightmare. Riders are being ejected left and right from the race a day ahead of the Strasbourg start as part of the fallout from … Continue reading →

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Using Flock

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Adam Tow

I’m trying Flock for the first time. It has integrated a lot of other web properties into the browser, such as Flickr, WordPress, de.licio.us, and others. How many of you have tried it and what do you think? Still on … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Acquires iView

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Adam Tow

It was just a few years ago that Microsoft purchased what was previously a Mac-only shop in Bungie. History repeats itself with Microsoft’s purchase of iView Multimedia. I thought a bomb was dropped the other day when Adobe acquired the … Continue reading →

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Aperture and GeForce 7800GTX

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Adam Tow

I received and installed my new Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 512MB video card from rubytuesday. For those of you who have not been following the saga, the stock Nvidia 6600 video card that most Dual-Core G5 PowerMac owners have purchased is … Continue reading →

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I need a bug tracker for my life

Posted on June 26, 2006 by Adam Tow

Title says it all. We’ve been using several bug trackers at the office, including Bugzilla and Jira. With all the things happening in my life, I need to get a better system to track tasks. Maybe I’ll have to get … Continue reading →

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Randy’s Birthday

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Adam Tow

Of course we timed it like this. Just one week after Rae and I celebrated our one-year anniversary, we got to celebrate another annual event, Randy’s birthday! Our friends planned a host of events this weekend, starting with a steak … Continue reading →

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Dia de Los Padres

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Adam Tow

Party pics from our one-year anniversary and housewarming party are now up! It was nice to see such a broad cross section of our lives at our place. Stanford classmates, Newton alumni, Wushu and dance friends, post-college buddies, workmates, and … Continue reading →

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Graphics Cards and PowerBooks

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Adam Tow

When I bought the Quad, the only video option around was the entry-level card, the Nvidia GeForce 6600. The 7800GT was a BTO and would have taken an additional month or two to arrive. Had I known how dog slow … Continue reading →

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Dia de Los Padres

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Adam Tow

We’re celebrating our one-year anniversary at our new home in Santa Clara with friends and family this weekend! We’re having a Battlestar Galactica theme for the party and have designed an appropriate poster for the event. If you’re a veteran … Continue reading →

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Sara and John

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Adam Tow

Rae and I are off to San Diego for John Blake’s wedding! See you in a few days!

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