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It’s a Girl!

Curtis Chen
May 31, 2008
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Because he probably won’t have time to blog for a few days*, I’d like to announce that as of 6:57 AM PDT today, sometimes-contributor-to-this-blog “LC” is a new father: Congratulations to him and his wife! D and I can’t wait…

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Live on Mars

Curtis Chen
May 27, 2008
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If you watch CNN, you’ve already seen the first super badass awesome image of the Phoenix lander descending to the surface of Mars. Here’s a followup: That’s another shot, also taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, of the Phoenix lander,…

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Caspian : Indiana :: Peter : ?

Curtis Chen
May 25, 2008
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull have two things in common. First, their title characters’ names both have the letters I-A-N in them. (But they’re pronounced differently: “EE-un” vs. “ee-AN.”)…

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Netflix Living Up to Their Name

Curtis Chen
May 21, 2008
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Earlier this week, the Netflix Player set-top box launched. The Roku hardware costs $100, and the minimum subscription plan that lets you stream content is $9 a month. This would have been awesome, except for three serious deficiencies: Limited selection…

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Ken Levine’s Summer Movie Previews

Curtis Chen
May 18, 2008
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Instead of making my own jokes about upcoming movie releases, I’ll let a professional do it this time. Ken Levine “has worked on MASH, CHEERS, FRASIER, THE SIMPSONS, WINGS, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, BECKER, DHARMA & GREG, and has co-created his…

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“Also, your mechanic is a pony.”

Curtis Chen
May 18, 2008
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Meta-comedy. I love it. ~CKL

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TV or Not TV?

Curtis Chen
May 16, 2008
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That’s a rhetorical question. We’ve been on the road for a month now, with poor access to broadcast TV, and I started thinking about ditching cable/satellite altogether when we settle down in Portland and putting the money into faster broadband…

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Our Next Civil War

Curtis Chen
May 15, 2008
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I’m not saying this just to be pessimistic, but today’s big news from California–“State Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry” is the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle–made me think about America’s long-standing tension between federal jurisdiction…

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You Googlers and Your Damn Puzzles

Curtis Chen
May 14, 2008
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It’s always got to be some kind of Treasure Hunt or something, doesn’t it? ~CKL

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Iron and Weed

Curtis Chen
May 13, 2008
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The last two movies D and I saw in theatres were Iron Man (two weeks ago) and Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (last night). We had low expectations for both films, for different reasons, but ended up enjoying…

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