Jack Yan on Vox

Cheesy 1980s’ mini-series

2009-11-21T02:12:42Z

Now that Vox seems to be letting me in within minutes rather than hours, my mind turned to cheesy 1980s’ mini-series. Remember when this was cool? Maurice Binder did the titles to this Sidney Sheldon-based mini-series, If Tomorrow Comes, starri...

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Spotted: ’69 Mustang

2009-11-21T00:01:23Z

Wow. Six minutes to load the compose screen. That’s definitely this week’s record. This is the other photo I wanted to show: A beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang Sportsroof with a 351 in³ V8 under the hood. I asked the owner for permission to photo...

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Gripe about Vox, Ben Kingsley, and Wellington scenery

2009-11-20T23:43:23Z

“Only” took 20 minutes for this screen to come up this time. In a day and age when we should wait no more than 20 seconds. Still, I’m sure Vox believes I should be happy because 20 minutes is less than 16 hours. ‘Yay!’ they must think, ‘our load t...

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Out with the pen

2009-11-19T08:10:03Z

Yay, the compose screen! It only took nine hours for it to come up, rather than 16 since the blackout before. Here’s something else I wanted to share, before I realized that these screens only come up for a few minutes before they die again. ...

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Cry the beloved country

2009-11-18T22:30:51Z

On Google News yesterday (during the Vox blackout): Nigeria: the Country might have slipped, but I wonder where Nigeria: the Movie is, and Nigeria: the Flame Thrower (the kids love that one). Apparently, we topped this index, which is nice t...

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Comment space for new content

2009-11-18T22:08:35Z

The compose screen is back for the first time in 16 hours! I wish I knew what was going on with Vox, as this bug has been around a lot over the last few months. Again, the original inspiration for the post has long passed. Oh well. For the last...

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Bad parking job today

2009-11-17T11:45:41Z

Here’s today’s bad parking job. Unless this Toyota’s driver wants to tell me that originally, there was a bike in front and a Smart ForTwo behind. Otherwise, being in the middle of a two-car space and not allowing something as small as my Renault ...

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Michael Caine deals to yobs

2009-11-16T10:42:25Z

In the new movie Harry Brown, Michael Caine (you may remember him from Return to the Poseidon Adventure, The Swarm, Jaws 3-D, The Hand and a couple of other movies) is a retired Marine who gives a bunch of yobs on a housing estate what they deserv...

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ABC puts Oprah’s spelling back

2009-11-16T10:02:13Z

Oprah Winfrey was named for Orpah in the Hebrew Bible, but a spelling mistake led to her unique name, one which is in the global consciousness today. (Search for Orpah and Google asks if you are searching for Oprah.) I’m sure she’d be thrilled to ...

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My yellow roses this spring

2009-11-16T09:27:48Z

They no longer look this nice, thanks to some strong winds on Sunday. But they grew to a beautiful size, considerably larger than last summer’s. The ones down the bottom are around last year’s size—compare them to the ones that stretched further ...

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