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Monthly Archives: September 2006
My email address has been sold!
While this really isn’t a new occurrence, it is interesting to note who sold it and who bought it. Several years ago, I read about someone that creates a new email aliases for each website he visits. Since I run … Continue reading
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Software Installers should have uninstallers
I’ve not been a huge fan of either software installers or uninstallers, but understand the need for installers. Recently I tried out a program on my Linux box and used the installer to install it; I was unimpressed with the … Continue reading
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Blogging, a year later
I’ve now been blogging for just over a year. In that time, I’ve written about many random topics from politics to technology. The most popular article, by far, has been my review of the Garmin Forerunner 305. This article has … Continue reading
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Franchise Tax Board is incompetent
Several months ago, I blogged about the Franchise Tax Board somehow losing my tax payment. For the last 2+ months, I’ve been calling them to find out the story and was promised a call back a number of times. No … Continue reading
TiVo came back to life!
The tip I received indicating that my TiVo’s hard drive might be dying could just have been my problem. We’ve gone 2 days on the new drive and it seems a bit faster and programs recorded after I replaced the … Continue reading
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The TiVo got emergency surgery
I complained previously about the sluggish response of our TiVo after the latest upgrade and how it was almost impossible to watch some shows due to choppiness of the playback. I was unable to get a real answer out of … Continue reading
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A trip to the stadium
A few weeks ago, my wife and I decided to see a Padres baseball game in the “new” stadium that our tax dollars helped fund. While I was skeptical at first that the location of the stadium downtown was a … Continue reading
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A GUI isn’t all that it is cracked up to be
This past week, I started learning about OS X server. The interface really confused me at first as there are lots of different options buried in lots of different places. After a few hours of playing around, I started making … Continue reading
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Beef, it’s what’s for dinner
I’m a meat eater and proud of it. While I don’t eat meat (beef) all that often, when I do, I really enjoy it. My mom used to make London Broil when I was a kid and despite our best … Continue reading
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