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Monthly Archives: June 2006
New office floor
After living in our house for almost two years, I came to the realization that my office was one of the high traffic areas in the house. Most of our downstairs is tile, so high traffic doesn’t really show. The … Continue reading
Disappointment with Garmin
This week, Garmin announced that they would have their Training Center software available by the end of the year (2006) instead of by the spring of 2006 like they said way back in January. I can understand software delays, but … Continue reading
Tagged Software, Technology
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Government incompetence
I received a notice last week that I hadn’t paid the tax for my company and I owed $70 in penalties. This had me fuming mad because I had a copy of the check I sent in March and the … Continue reading
Tagged Personal, Politics
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Drawing conclusions in bug reports
When I was become an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), we were taught to observe and report without making a diagnosis, because we were not trained to do so. This concept also applies to bug reports. Over the years I’ve seen … Continue reading
Tagged Programming, Software
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Legos, Legos, Legos
My wife thinks I’m crazy being a 33 year old, married man wanting to play with Legos. Well, I have news for her…I AM crazy! In my effort to build up a Lego town, I’ve started looking for bulk Legos … Continue reading
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Awful service
My wife and I went to hear a jazz band at a local restaurant last night (the band lead is the head custodian at her school) with a few of her friends. Having been to this restaurant before to here … Continue reading
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Simple means to energy conservation
After repairing my refrigerator and then seeing the movie An Inconvenient Truth, it dawned on me that people probably have several appliances in their house that aren’t running efficiently and simple solutions might exist. In the case of my refrigerator, … Continue reading
Tagged Politics
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Fixing a refrigerator
Lately I’ve noticed that that the freezer part of our refrigerator wasn’t keeping stuff completely frozen despite cranking down the temperature. What do I know about refrigerators? Turns out, I know enough about mechanical/chemical engineering to be able to understand … Continue reading
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MCI doesn’t know how to listen
After my phone call with the barely English speaking MCI representative yesterday where I hung up on him out of frustration (not being able to understand him and the representative not being able to think on his own were the … Continue reading
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MCI Customer Service sucks
So after writing my last post, I got a phone call from MCI customer service trying to explain to me that they pay the Federal Excise Tax directly to the government. The guy with a heavy, heavy accent was reading … Continue reading
Tagged Personal, Technology
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