Author Archives: Jim Vanderveen

About Jim Vanderveen

I'm a bit of a Renaissance man, with far too many hobbies for my free time! But more important than any hobby is my family. My proudest accomplishment has been raising some great kids! And somehow convincing my wife to put up with me since 1988. ;)

AAR schedule on KCTC

Posted on 2006-01-03 by Jim Vanderveen

KCTC became the Sacramento affiliate for Air America Radio in October 2005. Their broadcast schedule is now available. Continue reading →

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“Democracy Now!” available via BitTorrent

Posted on 2006-01-02 by Jim Vanderveen

While I was installing BitTorrent on my Mac, I read the Wikipedia entry for BT and learned that Democracy Now! is available via BT. In fact, they have a pretty nice “how-to” page for BT that covers the basics pretty … Continue reading →

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3% stupid

Posted on 2006-01-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Nobody’s perfect. Continue reading →

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Dang, I wish I’d said that!

Posted on 2005-12-31 by Jim Vanderveen

Over on Call Me Fishmeal, Wil Shipley is linking to a speech on economics, democracy, media and the environment. It’s a broad topic, and the transcript of the speech is a relatively long read, but it’s well worth the effort. … Continue reading →

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BitTorrent on Mac OS X

Posted on 2005-12-30 by Jim Vanderveen

The Omni Group is having trouble with their download server, so they’ve set up a BitTorrent server in the interim. Continue reading →

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New Year’s resolutions

Posted on 2005-12-30 by Jim Vanderveen

It’s that time of year again… Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday

Posted on 2005-12-29 by Jim Vanderveen

OMG! If you haven’t seen the Chronicles of Narnia rap/hip-hop skit “Lazy Sunday” featuring Saturday Night Live’s Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg, go download it from iTMS (for free) and check it out! If you don’t have an iTunes account, … Continue reading →

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New boardgames this Christmas

Posted on 2005-12-27 by Jim Vanderveen

Wow, my family ended up with nine new games on our shelf this Christmas! As far as I know, all of these were picked up at Viking Hobby, so they did pretty well by us this season. Any guesses as … Continue reading →

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Seven things…

Posted on 2005-12-26 by Jim Vanderveen

An interesting survey… Continue reading →

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My laptop is back!

Posted on 2005-12-24 by Jim Vanderveen

Woo hoo! SantaDHL came by yesterday and I got my PowerBook G4 back from Apple! In fact, I’m posting from it right now. I’m a bit busy preparing for Christmas to spend much time on recovering all my files, settings, … Continue reading →

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