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Brad’s tenants found a frozen homeless man on the easement in front of his Redford rental property. A soon as word spread, a discussion erupted. The summary is: a friend of a tenant picked her up around 11:30 pm. The friend noticed a “shape” that she assumed was a knocked over garbage can. (This happens a lot near Beech Daly… tipped over garbage cans… not frozen bodies.) Around 1:30 am, the friend drove Brad’s tenant home. At that point, they noticed that the shape was a person. The tenant immediately ran inside and had he boyfriend check for any response. None. The body was frozen solid. Police and EMS responded immediately. There were no signs of trauma, and it is assumed that the man (estimated to be in his 50s) was overcome by the cold when he failed to find shelter.

- Duane

It’s finally here. The $500 Mac. No mouse, keyboard or display. 2 inches tall. 1.25 ghz processor, 256 megs of ram, 40 gig drive. Burn CDs, play DVDs. Sounds like a winning combo to me. This more than matches the bare bones offerings for do-it-yourself pc builders. Other suggestions: automotive mounting, media center solutions, quality assurance stations, classrooms. Now I just need to see some pics.

- Duane

I nearly lost it when I saw this. After only a few seconds, the shock disappeared and I realized it’s an obvious fake. No other Apple products have cheesy stock photos plastered all over the box, not to mention the fit and finish of the packaging is less than I’ve come to expect from Apple… especially the styrofoam. At least I can feel o.k. about my XP Media Center for a little longer… though I admit that I still feel pretty dirty.

- Duane

The new server is up:

• Dual 500 mHz
• 1.25 gb RAM
• 1/4 Terabyte RAID array
• OS X Server 10.3

It has a few new tricks up it’s sleeve. One of them was the relatively simple and quick migration from OS X Server 10.2 to 10.3. Very smooth. Email performance has increased by a factor of 10 and the file system organization and system configuration is much more unix-like (even though the GUI remains Mac-ized). Personal rating, 9 out of 10, InfoWorld rated it highly too.

The LAN gaming season is up us. About a year ago, a few co-workers invited me to attend a LAN party. Since then, we’ve found it to be a great cure for cabin fever. One is coming up soon in at Brad’s place. If you would like to attend, but haven’t been formally invited, drop me a line.

- Duane

Gina completed her phd in Neurocience at the University of Michigan yesterday. Her thesis presentation and defense was acclaimed as one of the finest every witnessed by her peers. Additionally, Gina is the 100th graduate of the U-M neuroscience doctoral program. Eva Feldman, her mentor, is one of the earliest graduating members of the program. Appropriate indeed. Start making those invitiations out to Dr. and Mr. Leinninger!

- Duane