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“It’s not a tumor.” –Arnold

So I have this Windows box that I use occasionally that was really low on disk space. I mean crazy low. I mean queue the limbo music how low can you go low. Only problem was that for the life … Continue reading

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Customer support, mother-in-law, you can run but you can’t hide

This past Christmas my mother-in-law bought my father-in-law a new notebook computer. It was intended to replace his current laptop, which was so far beyond long in the tooth that it was being sized for dentures. (It was a Pentium … Continue reading

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The nose strikes back

So yesterday I got to have surgery to have my nose put back in the right place after my adventure playing soccer. Anesthesia, drugs, my doctor, being able to get it done before the stupid thing starting healing and thus … Continue reading

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Worst. Week. Ever.

So for the faithful readers of this blog it has been a slow week with no real updates. It hasn’t been because there wasn’t anything going on, quite the contrary in fact. Let’s start at the beginning. My wife is … Continue reading

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Shameless self promotion

So I just got the link this morning that one of my articles got picked up by Dr. Dobb’s online. Pretty cool.  I’ll be more than happy to sign anyone’s monitor that reads it. (Sorry, local monitors only.)

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Intel chopper

I promised I would post the picture when it got downloaded from the camera. That is one expensive motorcycle right there.

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SD Best Practices Days 3 & 4

Note: I’m going to try to do a series of daily recaps about my trip to the SD Best Practices conference in Boston. So the best thing to do when you miss updating a day is to just smush it … Continue reading

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SD Best Practices: Day 0

Note: I’m going to try to do a series of daily recaps about my trip to the SD Best Practices conference in Boston. The conference is officially on. I mean it’s ON. Well, I guess that’s how the kids would … Continue reading

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SD Best Practices: Day -1

Note: I’m going to try to do a series of daily recaps about my trip to the SD Best Practices conference in Boston. First things first, I really don’t care to fly. It isn’t that I’m afraid of heights or … Continue reading

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iPHLOGGING

Here it is friends and neighbors, the introduction of a new internet word that you’ll soon grow to hate, iPhlogging. Yes, you guessed it, its blogging on an iPhone. (Although in this case it is viewing a blog.) Disclaimer: This … Continue reading

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