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Monthly Archives: October 2005
Daylight savings time
I hate the change back to standard time as it gets dark so much earlier and kind of cuts my days short. However, what is even worse than the change is having to deal with daylight savings time as a … Continue reading
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The fix to a broken heater
In one room of our house, which was an addition to the main house, we have an electric, in-wall heater. We never really cared about using it as we haven’t had guests in the winter. Well this morning I turned … Continue reading
San Diego Union Tribune – Not worth the paper it’s printed on
I’ve lived in a number of cities and had the opportunity to read newspapers daily in some of the cities. The more I read the San Diego Union Tribune, the more I believe it is one of the worst papers … Continue reading
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Cocoa printing – On the surface it is easy
I had to add printing to an application I’m working on so that users can print out web pages for the built in web browser. Turns out that this only took about 20 minutes to implement. Cocoa is nice that … Continue reading
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Backup scheme
I think that I finally have my backup scheme worked out. My server meltdown had me re-think the strategy. However, my meltdown, while time consuming to get everything working again, really only cost me one day’s worth of data that … Continue reading
Tagged Software, Technology, Work
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DJs on Sirius
I’m not sure why Sirius needs DJs to annoy us. The song title and artist is already displayed on the screen, we certainly don’t need to hear someone spout it off. Some of the DJs are tolerable, but one in … Continue reading
Fake sale?
Yesterday I went to purchase a new office chair. I was looking at the Herman Miller Aeron chair, but the salesman at The Healthy Back store pointed me to another chair (same price) that was more adjustable and had a … Continue reading
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Audio project complete
I finally managed to finish patching and painting the holes created when the wires were pulled. Another project complete and now I can spend my time doing something else, maybe play video games for awhile.
Tagged House
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dspam
dspam is a great product for catching spam, but as I’ve complained about in the past, setting it up is a nightmare. I went to install the latest version today and wanted to install it “correctly” and have the web … Continue reading
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Sound isolation
As part of our rearrangement of our TV room, my server has become part of our entertainment center. Unfortunately the server melt down caused me to switch to a server that is significantly louder. So, I went on a mission … Continue reading
Tagged House
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