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Always trying to get better at golf. One big thing I focus on: eliminating variables. Club selection for a given distance, foot positioning, grip, and...golf ball choice.

Matrix Reloaded in IMAX opens Friday! If you're still confused by the ending (and who isn't?), here's your excuse to see it again. What actually happened with Neo and the Sentinels??? Who IS this "Bane" guy??? The effects in IMAX have gotta be insane. Advance tickets at Fandango.

Am I the only one who was paying attention to the news when a research expedition off of the coast of Cuba last year reported discovering a series of underwater monoliths at approximately 2,000 feet in depth? At the time, National Geographic reported on the story. A few less-scientific minds took interest also. Another article here and the most interesting article here.

Added a travel map! Shows roughly where I've been over the last six months and where I'm headed in the next six. I'll try to keep it updated. Click a destination and it takes you to something related: the hotel, a photo gallery, whatever.

So today I had this moment. The floppy disk? Dead. Officially.

OK this is nuts. AtariAge has a whole series of articles teaching you to program the Atari 2600. The 2600!!! Game programming focus, which makes it fascinating to see what those guys went through back in the day vs. what we deal with now. Absolutely brutal, low-level stuff. You're writing code to push individual scan lines to the TV. You've got 128 bytes of RAM to work with. Bytes! Not kilobytes. Not megabytes. Bytes. Respect.

I have discovered something truly remarkable. As anyone who knows me knows, I am a big Chipotle fan. My Chipotle of choice is a Chicken Fajita Burrito. Of course, this type of fare is not what one would usually consider "diet food". I think a Fajita Burrito weighs in around 2 lbs. At least it feels like 2 lbs. in your stomach once you've eaten the Fajita Burrito.

I am an ice cream junkie. I admit it. I am guilty. I love ice cream. But I have found that I love frozen custard even more.

Just got back from seeing the Jim Carrey's new movie, Bruce Almighty. With Jim Carrey in the lead role, they should have called it Bruce Alrighty Then. Not a bad movie and there were several very funny scenes, although the funniest was not even Carrey's. It's good to see Jim Carrey get back into comedies after attempting the whole drama thing with The Majestic and The Truman Show). The Truman Show was an excellent movie and Carrey's acting talent showed through but Carrey's true gift is his plastic face and quick wit. There is an underlying theme in this movie which embodies Carrey's reacceptance of the comedy genre.

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