Yesterday, we went from a blistering ninety degree day to an ominous storm in about a minute. These huge, rotating horizontal bands rolled in with deep black, churning clouds practically at tree-top level. The temperature dropped about fifteen degrees in a matter of minutes. So I did what any sensible person would do. I grabbed [...]
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There were no fewer than THREE Stanley Cup Finals FIRSTS this year: A Successful Penalty Shot. (What a great hunch by MacTavish to go with Pronger in that situation!) Shorthanded overtime winner. (Another great play by Pisani in a Conn Smyth-worthy performance) Empty net goal in game 7 ( I love how Williams skated it [...]
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The Ubuntu install on my server continues to go well. I had quite a few problems on Saturday, but none of them had anything to do with the OS. I tried to set up a dual boot situation with XP because I still have a few applications in XP that I need to maintain, so [...]
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Congratulations to the Carolina Hurricanes, knocking off my Edmonton Oilers in a fantastic game seven. What can you do against a twenty-one year old madman like Cam Ward?? Every year I watch them bring that Cup out to center ice, and it looks more beautiful every time I see it. It’s a secular relic; sacred [...]
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I’m out of town this week, so posting will come in surges. Usually I get a lot of material ready for the blog while having the time off, and I’m sure this will be no different. More later.
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TechEBlog » Top 10 Strangest Computer Setups Check out the Quake Array…. (tags: computers)
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Today @ PC World – Little Laptop Lava Lamps with USB USB Lava Light! Who wants one? (tags: humor) Explore Shakespeare with Google No copyright issues here. (tags: shakespeare google) North Korea – Military Photos Fascinating tour of North Korea (tags: photography northkorea)
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This is the fourth Neal Asher book I’ve read in quick succession. My reviews so far have ranged from indifferent to boring, and I’m sorry to say that this one is no different. Sometime back I mentioned that the best science-fiction right now was coming out of Britain. I still think that is true, but [...]
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So far the recent install of Ubuntu has went well. The system is performing and I’ve used it for a few hours to work on the Blog, configure some applications and test out VIM (in conjunction with the VI book I’m working through). It is too early to form an opinion, but this is certainly [...]
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To Chris Gidman, occasional contributor and frequent commenter to this space, turning 40 today. Enjoy the day off!
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Natural Interaction on a Digital Table – Google Video The future of Human-Machine Interface? (tags: touchscreen)
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I’ve received requests to explain how I prepare the PowerPoint AARs, so I slapped together a strangely recursive PowerPoint presentation on PowerPoint. You can find it here, or over in the AAR Syndicated feed on the right side of the blog. Thanks for all of the interest. Update – Forgot the link for the Office [...]
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Buccigross is funny. This is from his weekly mailbag; Yo John, What’s Stevie Y gonna do? Clay Grand Rapids, Mich. Whatever Stevie Y wants to do. Stevie Y does not sleep. He waits. Stevie Y can win a game of Monopoly without owning any property. In fine print on the last page of the Guinness [...]
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Are you like me? Everytime you open up the green divider to check a terrain TEM, you spend a few seconds lost because the chart isn’t alphabetical? I finally got fed up enough to fix it. Feel free to download and use if you share this frustration. The file has not been extensively proofed, so [...]
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Karl Rove not to be indicted. I guess Truthout.org ended up really out in front of the news cycle. Some people need to learn that reality is inelastic.
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Trends: Loyalty Programs Related to an earlier post about Customer Loyalty programs. (tags: customer loyalty) Official Google Blog: Happy Birthday, Google Earth New version is out with more high res images. Go snoop (tags: google earth)
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Some time back I wrote a quick review of Oriana Fallaci’s two books regarding Islam in Europe. You can find that here. As a result of those two books, Fallaci is facing criminal prosecution in Italy. Her crime? The Italian author Oriana Fallaci, who once wrote that Muslims “breed like rats”, may be facing up [...]
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I’ve posted another After Action Report presentation here. Also, you can now subscribe to future AARs with the link in the right hand column using an RSS reader. Click on the Feed icon for further information. Thanks for all of the comments about the last presentation. UPDATE – I’ve had reports that the file isn’t [...]
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I have my hands full with a number of things today, so content will probably be light. A few notes. The second animated AAR (Bring up the Boys) will be posted later this evening. I have the presentation finished and now I just have to record the narration. I’ve added a link to the upper [...]
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I have this strange relationship with Linux. I’ve taken three cracks at it over the years, trying to transition from Windows into something that is suppose to be better – or at least cooler. Each time, I’ve pulled back when the learning curve just wasn’t worth the hassle. I’m not a PC dummy. I simply [...]
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