Monthly Archives: October 2007

Photo of the day #13

Hot chicks - Purim 1994

Ok, ok, ok. Readers have to admit that it takes very large amounts of self-confidence to post this photo. I will give you a minute to recover from the horror.
Turns out Ziv was going through some old binders full of papers and found this. Or that’s what he claims. I [...]

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Leopard launch

Today at 6:00 P.M. Leopard went for sale. Luckily, there is an Apple Store right accross from work, and they were giving away t-shirts. Here are a few photos.

Apple Store line for Leopard

 

Leopard t-shirt front

 

Leopard t-shirt closeup

 

Leopard t-shirt back

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Thank you, come again!

To be honest, The MKX® Gift Shop has not exactly overtaken Wal-Mart in sheer sales volume yet.
However, a big step in the right direction happened this morning when I received an invoice for and order of one of our most popular items: Ugly Nun Thon (pictured below), placed by a Susan from California… whom [...]

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Gmail and IMAP

Starting yesterday, Google started adding IMAP access to their free Gmail webmail service (my account is not upgraded yet).
What does this mean?
It means you can read your email from your Gmail account directly in most email clients (Apple’s Mail.app at home and Mozilla Thunderbird at work, in my case) as well as from iPhone without [...]

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Austin’s Dr. Sketchy

On Saturday I went attended for the first time the Austin Chapter of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School.It combines two of my favorite things: drawing and beer (on this occasion, new local favorite Fireman’s #4). The only thing missing was the game, but then again, given how embarrasingly poorly we’re doing, maybe not.This session was [...]

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The Iraqi reactor

I was sent a link to this interesting History Channel report about the Israeli airstrike on the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.
At the time, the operation was internationally condemned. Today, most of the world is quietly thankful for Israel’s actions, as it is known that the reactor was indeed being built for the sole purpose [...]

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Disneyworld

 
 
Jacobo, Joelle, Liat and myself headed down (East? North?) to Orlando last weekend to visit old pal Mickey and some of the others.
While it’s tough to travel in a group in which only 75% of the people are potty trained, it was a lot of fun. Of all the Disney characters, Pocahontas and Cinderella were [...]

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Taco Bell: The beginning of the end

Well, only if it catches on. See here.

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Photo of the day #12

Hotel Roosevelt
Originally uploaded by Miguel.Sanchez.
This is the Roosevelt Hotel. Surprisingly, I cannot link to its website because apparently there isn’t one.
Why is this photo featured in The MKX®, you might ask? Excellent question.
This hotel is located right behind the legendary Hotel Son-Mar, where I spent many, many, many weekends as a kid (my dad, later [...]

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Cerro de la Silla

I was forwarded these breathtaking photos of the famous Cerro de la Silla, symbol of my hometown Monterrey. They were taken by my friend JW. from an airplane as he was flying back into town. Amazing. If you’ve seen this mountain before, you will be able to recognize its characteristic shape very clearly in [...]

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