rudyamid on January 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 am

One of my best movies of the 80′s is Top Gun.  It was a great action film that made guys like Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Anthony Edwards famous.  The writing was kind of corny, but it produced a lot of memorable quotes, such as “I feel the need – the need for speed.”  The [...]

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rudyamid on December 24th, 2008 at 1:06 am

Tumbltape is a way for me to make a convenient playlist of the audio/mp3 files from my Tumblr site. I’ve been looking for something like this for quite some time. It works pretty well, except that it only takes the recent 12 songs and it’s not configurable. But, this will have to do for now. [...]

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rudyamid on September 15th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

After reading Wired’s post, 10 Cartoon Classics to Share with Your Kids, I felt it was time to revisit the classic Disney cartoon Pinocchio.  Like all the cartoons created back then, it had some eyebrow raising scenes such as kids drinking and smoking, or Geppetto had a gun under his pillow.   However, the underlying theme [...]

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rudyamid on July 14th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Last sunday, we decided to check out this year’s Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa.  It’s annual event during the summer.  It’s open July 11 thru August 3.  The weekends are usually the busiest, so with that in mind, we decided to take the bus to avoid traffic jams and parking fee.  We took the [...]

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rudyamid on June 15th, 2008 at 2:04 am

My wife introduced me to this song a few years ago. It was written by Luther Vandross and Richard Marx. Dance With My Father is a beautiful song. I thought I’d share it with everyone. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Back when I was a childBefore life removed all the innocenceMy father would [...]

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