Snowy, Cold Montreal for Thanksgiving

Montreal – November 2005
Originally uploaded by chrisjur.
For the second American holiday this year, I left the country and headed north to my favorite home-away-from-home, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The difference between the conditions during my last visit, on July 4th, was night and day. We were hit with [...]

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The New Apple Powerbook: Sexy

Powerbook G4 15" [Oct 19, 2005 Release]
Originally uploaded by chrisjur.
I was lucky enough to get $1035 for my 4-month old iBook on eBay. Not bad, considering that I spent only about $100 more for it brand new.
The new 15-inch, widescreen, G4 1.67GHz model is simply [...]

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Apple Photobooth – A useless, but addictive, app

I put the iSight to good use last night, thanks to a downloaded copy of Apple’s new Photobooth app, which ships with the new iMacs. It works just fine on my Powerbook with iSight.

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Newport in the Fall

Newport, Rhode Island is a beautiful town anytime of the year. Saturday, Nov. 5 was a particularly nice day, as the temperatures rose to 65 degrees and the streets were filled with summer-like crowds. The water is usually its centerpiece during the warmer months, but the foliage during the [...]

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