http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal by Dustin Marson Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:07:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting statistics here about the 2010 Census response so far. Looks like Minnesota and a few other states in the upper Midwest have the highest response rates. I turned ours in a few weeks ago, and I recall being incredibly disappointed while filling it out. The Census asked how ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2010/04/11/65-percent-of-the-us-has-responded-to-2010-census/ After years of legal battles and debate, the Supreme Court has ruled that the University of North Dakota (UND) has to stop using the name Fighting Sioux. How I understand it, some people didn't like the word "Fighting." I guess I can see that, but you'd think they'd ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2010/04/08/und-to-lose-the-fighting-sioux-name/ What the... Driving into work this morning I saw a 4 door Porsche, which I was not even aware existed. I knew they made an SUV, but a 4-door sedan? Strange. It was driven by,  you guessed it, a 75 year old woman.  It's a Porsche for seniors, evidently.  ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2010/04/08/381/ I checked out Apple's new iPad over at the Apple store yesterday. Pretty cool. Seems like we went from being impressed by things getting smaller, to impressed by things getting bigger. I guess it depends on how you look at it. I consider it a ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2010/04/06/ipad-will-not-replace-laptops/ Little Maxwell turned 3 months old last week. Someone told me that pregnancies should have a fourth trimester, because babies could use the 12 additional weeks of development before coming into the world. I will admit that it's starting to get easier. For one thing, Max is ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2010/03/07/survived-the-fourth-trimester/ High-paid newspaper and magazine "Critics" always like to think they know best.  Here is an excellent example of why I never pay much attention to them: The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2009/11/01/truly-pointless-new-fangled-technology/ [caption id="attachment_330" align="alignright" width="280" caption="Lamborghini Countach"][/caption] I was 10 years old in 1993.  Oh for the good old days, when rock 'n roll was society's only blight. I was into exotic cars, in other words an unrealistic dream for a kid in a small rural town.  My ultimate dream car at ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2009/10/29/what-was-your-dream-car-at-10-years-old/ I’ve just not felt like writing this past year, at all. As my daily work duties involve sitting, writing and doodling, coming home from work and sitting, writing or even doodling are usually not desired activities.  But here I am, it's damn-near 2010, and I've got a few things to ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2009/10/23/its-damn-near-2010-already/ [caption id="attachment_315" align="alignnone" width="460" caption="Pontiac through the decades"][/caption] You may have heard that GM is phasing out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010. As my favorite car brand since I was a teenager, it's sad to see it go. It's hard to imagine the yearly Twin Cities ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2009/04/27/so-long-pontiac/ I was searching around on YouTube for 80s TV commercials, hoping to get some retro inspiration, and I came across the old HBO feature presentation intro. Growing up in the 80s and early 90s, I remember many Saturday evenings curling up on the couch to watch a movie on ... http://www.dustinmarson.com/personal/journal/archives/2009/02/08/the-hbo-feature-presentation-intro/