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Monthly Archives: August 2006
Apple Remote Desktop vs VNC
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of work between my multiple computers and since I like having only one monitor/keyboard/mouse shared amongst them, I’ve been using
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Completed another race
Today I completed the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. I’m still not sure what my motivation is for continuing to run, but I figured I was already in shape from June’s marathon, so I might as well do a half … Continue reading
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Is programming really engineering?
In a recent blog post that I read, the author said that he had just finished reading To Engineer is Human and said that programming is not engineering. While that may be true in the pure sense of programming, but … Continue reading
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That damn cross, again
Congress, senate, and the president decided to bypass a court ruling and enact a law to transfer the Mt. Soledad cross to the United States government. There seems to be much rejoicing by our mayor and city council members about … Continue reading
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Airport Security
Last SUnday, we returned from our week long trip to San Francisco/San Jose and as usual came back on a plane. This was our first flight after the new rules about no liquids and the increased paranoia about terrorism. The … Continue reading
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Apple Newton – 10 year old technology lives on
I received my Newton MP2100 last week and it is everything that I had remembered (for the most part). The handwriting recognition works well and everything seems so elegant about this 10 year old technology. In fact, I’m writing this … Continue reading
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Can’t people read?
I’m sure not all smokers are inconsiderate idiots, but it seems that many I encounter are. At the airport last Sunday, I couldn’t help but to shake my head at the smoker in this picture sitting on the bench that … Continue reading
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TiVo needs to get a clue
I called TiVo and after 20 minutes, go to speak to a support rep. When I mentioned that I had a Pioneer box, the rep said to call TiVo. I said, no, it is a software issue and it happened … Continue reading
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Nice job, TiVo!
We got back from our trip on Sunday and found that the TiVo (Pioneer 810H) was stuck. I yanked the power cord and rebooted it. It came back up and said it had done an upgrade. OK, fine, I like … Continue reading
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Hand washing 101
This past week at WWDC, most men that left the restroom washed their hands which is good news. However, many never took hand washing 101. The first part of hand washing is water, the second part is soap and the … Continue reading
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