Posts by D. H. McKee

Lego Star Wars: The Game

The unyielding Hollywood marketing juggernaut has given us dozens of games based on movies, and hundreds of toys based on...

Mmmm Coffee

Got my coffee finally. They were pretty busy here, since about half of the people ordered breakfast, instead of just...

Waiting for my coffee

Cafe 1842 is bustling this morning. I was standing in line for longer than I expected. But the same cheery...

House Pictures – Spring 2005

Here are those pictures I mentioned. I need to do something about that garage, and those heart-shaped shutters have to...

Pretty Nice Weekend

It’s a beautiful day today, and I’m sitting out on the deck in the shade, drinking a cup of coffee....

FBI cracks down on ancient NES game pirates

More than 60,000 pirated copies of Nintendo game consoles were seized Wednesday during raids in New York and New Jersey,...

Urban Legend: Saggy pants came from sexually active prison inmates

False. The rumor becomes a way of passing along one group’s disdain for another’s sartorial practice. Communicating that the saggers...

Bush orders review of new passport rules

Washington is having second thoughts about plans that would require Canadians entering the U.S. to have passports. U.S. President George...

Urban Legend: HBC makes annual payments pelts and furs to the Queen

False. In 1670, Charles II of England granted a Royal Charter to Prince Rupert and seventeen associates (known collectively as...

Blackberry test

Finally got my replacement Blackberry from work. It’s a schway 7280 colour model, with unlmited data for the first couple...