Monthly Archives: May 2006

Fire on the Mountain

By Matt Jacob | Published: May 21, 2006
There’s a fire burning right now in the Catalina Mountains, and it looks like it started pretty low and is making its way up the side. There might be another outbreak burning on the other side of the ridge, but it’s hard to tell from where I live. One thing is for certain, though—fires make [...]
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Here We Go Again…

By Matt Jacob | Published: May 15, 2006
After Coco’s untimely death a few months ago, we were down to just the two boys—Champ and Charlie. But no longer. This little girl has yet to be named, but isn’t she the cutest lhasa apso ever?
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My Switch to Mac: First Impressions

By Matt Jacob | Published: May 11, 2006
It’s been almost two weeks since I made the switch to Mac after using Windows nearly exclusively for about ten years. I don’t have any regrets, and I’m really enjoying OS X, but there are a few hardware caveats related to the MacBook Pro itself. First, I think mine has a defective tilde (~) key. The [...]
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Sooner Than I Thought

By Matt Jacob | Published: May 6, 2006
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