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Sweet Lorraine's, Minneapolis, MN
Sun 07.03.05 7:41am PDT #14320
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Breakfast with Dave
Atari 800XL
Sat 07.02.05 6:11pm PDT #14318
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In moving my grandparents' stuff today, we had to make a decision on what to do with the old Atari 800XL.

This classic machine is what I first learned to write code on. I can't say that I am any better today. Now it only gets used for playing games like Jumpman Junior, Star Raiders, Donkey Kong and Serpentine. It also worked with the Atari 1010 which is a glorified cassette tape player. Some applications shipped on cassette tape where in order to boot them, you had to put in the DOS 3 disk in the Atari 1050 5.25" disk drive, start the cassette tape at the beginning and type "CLOAD" to load the tape. When the "READY" prompt appeared, you then type "RUN" to run it. Never usually that simple in practice, though.

Anyway, my cousin Steve and I, who are the only two people that care about this anymore, decided I would take it home for a bit, sort out the stuff that works and doesn't work, and then return the working applications, games and peripherals to my grandparents' new house when they are more moved in.

I started to get things set up, and noticed that my aunt Laura packed an essential "Monitor" cable in a different box that ended up in a storage unit today. So now I have two boxes of this stuff and no way of testing anything.
Moving my Grandparents
Sat 07.02.05 10:01am PDT #14306
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My grandparents have been working on their new house in North Saint Paul for quite some time. They moved in around Christmas 2004 but still have not fully moved out of their old house in Forest Lake. My grandparents' entire family is here except for my sister, who is also moving this weekend.
Tea with Teresa and Bears
Fri 07.01.05 4:45pm PDT #14296
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In the Pool with Jasper and Teresa
Fri 07.01.05 3:29pm PDT #14294
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Took the day off of work today. Had a smoothie after 1pm and spent most of the afternoon in the pool with Jasper and Teresa.
Seth, Krista and Their Hyper Dog
Thu 06.30.05 7:28pm PDT #14281
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Seth and Random Cat at The Armory
Thu 06.30.05 6:40pm PDT #14279
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Seth and I went for a walk after dinner in Columbia Heights. He doesn't live far from The Armory, which is actually at the residence of King Boreas, a crazy guy who has hidden more geocaches than anyone else in the world. "The Armory" is not much more than a trash can filled with geocaching crap and a log book. A cat came and visited with us as we were signing the log.
Whitey's World Famous Saloon, Minneapolis, MN
Thu 06.30.05 5:47pm PDT #14278
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Out having dinner with my friend Seth. Over a drink tells me he's being sent to Iraq. =/ Rough. Luckily he's in the same unit as his wife, so they should be together there. He got back from Kosovo not long ago as well.
Late Lunch
Thu 06.30.05 1:54pm PDT #14275
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Two slices and a cider at Pizza Lucé, Warehouse District, Minneapolis. No plans until later tonight,

so I got to relax for awhile reading The Minneapolis Observer to catch up on some city politics and some interesting issues with our Police Department.
Instant Gratification
Thu 06.30.05 1:29pm PDT #14274
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Been meaning to find the L'Ours ("The Bear") by Jean-Jacques Annaud on DVD. It was a topic of discussion for awhile between my sister, her boyfriend, Chrissy and I. We decided to get a copy of it and watch it over vodka some time.

While searching Amazon I noticed I could pick it up locally even if I purchased online. I ordered it for $7.99 and within an hour they said I could pick it up at Border's on Hennepin and 6th. I usually don't like wandering around stores so this was nifty.
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