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Crowdsource: Help me buy a bag

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After my recent iPad acquisition, I realized that now I need a new bag to carry it in. Normally I use a large Healthy Back Bag, produced and sold by AmeriBag. Unfortunately, the iPad’s shape doesn’t lend itself to being carried in the teardrop-shaped bag.  I have narrowed down my choices, and there are oh so many of them, but now I need some help from you, gentle reader.  Each of the images below are linked to the product information page on the bag.

Ristretto for iPad by Tom Bihn

Ristretto for iPad
by Tom Bihn

The Imago - A Laptop Messenger by Tom Bihn

The Imago – A Laptop Messenger
by Tom Bihn

Bellino The Australian Vertical Messenger

The Australian Vertical Messenger
by Bellino

STM Bags Scout Extra Small

Scout Extra Small
by STM Bags

David King and Co. Distressed Leather Unisex Bag

Distressed Leather Unisex Bag
by David King and Co.
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VSU in the thrift shop

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Last week my friend Lindsay and I were making the rounds of the various thrift stores and used furniture stores in Valdosta.  It is quite interesting to see what people get rid of and to think of ways to use some of it.

At one of the thrift shops we found three VSU glasses.  One of them is a glass that was given out to the VSU student employees at the Student Awards banquet last year.  Another one was from the Faculty and Staff Campaign from 2002.  There were tons of promo glassware from all kinds of companies, restaurants and schools.  I wonder just how much of that kind of stuff is bought and given out only to end up in some landfill or thrift shop.

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Interesting aspects to Fringe

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Fringe, a new series on the Fox network that is using a new format Fox dubs Remote-Free TV.

The episodes are longer than your average sitcom.  The Wikipedia entry on the show states that this series will have less commercials and promos.

While this is true, one of the interesting bits is that before each commercial they tell you how many seconds should pass before the next segment starts.

Another interesting aspect of the series is how they identify each location during the episode.  Often shows just print plain text on the screen, however in Fringe they use 3D text on the screen and it is oriented differently depending on the scene.