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Dan Rays are Everywhere

// May 31st, 2006

Inspired by this post over at Lifehacker, I went to Google Images and google-imaged myself.

While a particular moblog post of mine shows up on the first page, I don’t make another appearance for the rest of the many pages I looked through. Instead, we’ve got:

Dan Ray,

Dan Ray (nice shirt!),

Dan Ray,

Dan Ray,

Dan Ray,

Students Derek Dictson and Dan Ray,

Dan Ray,

Dan Ray (whose experience was so great that they’re still preparing his bio),

Many guys named Dan standing next to guys named Ray (in this case, Gavin, Dan, and Ray kicking it at the Chicago Creative Club Awards Dinner),

Dan Ray,

Dan Rey (whose “alt” tag is evidently misspelled),

Dr. Dan Ray, Professor,

Dan Ray, 45, and his wife Joanne,

Jimmy Dan Ray,

Dan Ray (Seriously! Click that picture and scroll down to “ADOPTED (YAY!) HORSES”!)

and curiously enough,

Dan Ray, Venture Partner.

Evidently there’s also a Dan Ray who does photography of hot women.

Let this be a warning to all you non-Dan-Rays of the world! The time of the Dan Ray is at hand! We shall throw off our shackles and rise up, smiting all those who are not Dan Ray in our unstoppable march toward world domination! Prepare to be smooted! Or smitten! Or something!

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New cam is 12x zoom

// May 26th, 2006

P1000063

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

I shot this post-swing “where the hell did my ball go?” shot of Derick from probably 150 yards away.

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Nochi in a Beer Box

// May 26th, 2006

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Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

This is one of the test photos I took with my new digital camera. It does pretty well in full sunlight–well enough that I don’t need the cat-spooking flash like I did with the old shooter.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 26th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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Pandora time-shifting program lets you capture streamed Pandora music

// May 26th, 2006

I know a lot of my friends are bigtime Pandora users. Here’s a program that captures and saves the mp3s that Pandora streams to you. It even correctly ID3 tags them and downloads album art!

If you haven’t tried Pandora yet, it’s a music suggestion engine that finds music like that of artists or songs you enter. Sort of like an automated radio station that focusses on a super-narrow genre.

Pandora’s Jar - Fixed ! download - pandoras-jar-beta-patched-by-proge.zip

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 19th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 18th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

You can tell this is the Pacific because the ocean is on the left.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 17th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 17th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 17th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 17th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 17th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 13th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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“My Bad” first uttered by Manute Bol

// May 7th, 2006

Turns out that the phrase “My Bad” may have originated with 7-foot-7 Sudanese former Golden State Warrior Manute Bol.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 10, 1989: When he [Manute Bol] throws a bad pass, he’ll say, “My bad” instead of “My fault,” and now all the other players say the same thing.

Language Log: Pick-up basketballism reaches Ivy League faculty vocabulary

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 6th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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You have new Picture Mail!

// May 6th, 2006

You have new Picture Mail!

Originally uploaded by ratbastid.

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Mr. T Back on TV

// May 3rd, 2006

TV Land just announced that it will start a new show called “I Pity the Fool”, where Mr. T will go around the country giving advice.

“My show ain’t no `Dr. Phil,’ with people sitting around crying,” he said. “You’re a fool - that’s what’s wrong with you. You’re a fool if you don’t take my advice.”

TV Land network plans Mr. T series

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