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September 13, 2006
United 93
The one film I could only bring myself to watching at home and I'm glad I waited for it to come out on DVD. United 93 is very well done and really brings out the same (even stronger) emotions from Sept 11, 2001. Going in, I didn't think I'd react as strongly, but was I wrong in a big way. This movie was extremely tough to watch, but I'm glad I forced myself to watch it. It's a well done reminder of how things went terribly wrong that day and gives me an appreciation of life. It still boggles my mind how some people can kill in the name of God. Does not make any sense at all. This movie is a big 10 out of 10. Go see it with someone you love if you haven't yet. We should never forget the innocent people who lost their lives that day.
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September 11, 2006
A Hero in my book
He may say he's not a hero, but he's close enough to being one I'd say. Big thumbs up to him and Staff Sergeant David Karnes. What a great story.
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September 08, 2006
How to set up a Nextel i580 with Bluetooth DUN on Mac OS X
I just wanted to post this for anyone who's interested in using their Motorola i580 as a modem since I wasn't able to find anything online. Multiple calls to Nextel support also got me nowhere since they always claimed that Bluetooth DUN with the i580 isn't supported. In any case, you would need to have a data plan activated first with Nextel which I was told is $10. per month unlimited. Just be warned that it took 4-6 hours for the data plan to activate. So anyway, simply create a new network location and set the PPP and Bluetooth windows to the settings shown in the screenshots below. Click Apply Now to save the settings and click on the phone icon on your menu bar to connect.
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September 06, 2006
Movies | The Sentinel
Ugh... Where do I begin? First of all, I didn't have any expectations of this movie, so I don't think I'm biased at all with how I feel about it now. After watching it, I felt that it didn't answer enough questions as to why *slight spoiler alert* the real mole in the Secret Service decided to sell out. Didn't he realize he would put his own family in danger and not just himself? You'd think a real Secret Service agent would know this. Eva Longoria looked good as usual, but her character seemed mainly there so we could laugh at how the men would attempt to flirt with her. She basically seemed like she was only there as a pretty face. I could go on and on with how I thought the characters were just shallow and boring really, but I'd rather not. The movie was slightly entertaining the first 10 minutes, then after that it was all down hill. Just another predictable Hollywood plot. Something I would not recommend at all which I'd give a generous 3 out of 10. It could have been much better if they had tried harder to make it somewhat more believable.
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September 03, 2006
Tennis | Andre Agassi
Thanks so much for the memories Andre. I'm sorry I couldn't make it to the US Open to see you one last time. You'll always be my favorite player of all time. Winning the career Grand Slam on 4 different surfaces makes you the the best player in my book. The things you do off the court as well speaks so much of how good a person you are as well. I'm glad to have been able to witness your transformation to the person you are now. Have a good life after tennis and I hope to see your kids playing tennis someday!
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