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Just for fun.... 12 random songs from my collection
Saturday, October 30, 2004 2:23 PM

Just for fun.... 12 random songs from my collectionIn a previous post a few months back I saw another blog that put all his songs into a playlist and listed the first 10 random songs that came up, I did it as wall. Well call me guilty of useless

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Google purchases 3D super archive of the world
Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:57 PM

Google purchases 3D super archive of the worldThis is pretty interesting as Google has now purchased Keyhole software. Which is a very slick 3d app that allows you to view any point on the globe and in pretty decent detail. It's a piece of

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George W Bush sing's U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Monday, October 25, 2004 7:48 PM

George W Bush sing's U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday"When it comes to funny things on the net, I've seen it all. But this one really takes the cake, it's possibly the most creative thing I've seen in years.http://www.audiostreet.net/artists/006/407/song_sunday_bloody_sunday.htm

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new AMD chips use 25% less watts
Monday, October 25, 2004 5:21 PM

new AMD chips use 25% less wattsIf you haven't noticed yet, I'm obsessed with power waste in computers. Especially when we're starting to hit a tipping point of power and companies like Nvidia actually recommend a second power source or a high end

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Programming Security & reliability through implicit and explit methods
Friday, October 22, 2004 1:45 AM

Programming Security & reliability through implicit and explit methodsIt seems some people don't know when to use implicit ways of coding and explicit ways of coding. I'm not talking about type casting, I'm talking about things like security

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Bush is guilty of war crimes, approved torturing without a fair trial
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:21 PM

Bush is now guilty of war crimes as he (secretly) approved of torturing people without evidence or conviction of a trialI first heard a tidbit about this in the recent debate and now here's a good news story exposing one known incident. Basically

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Government just can't keep their non-technical fingers out of Microsoft
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:18 PM

Government just can't keep their non-technical fingers out of MicrosoftIt seems the European governments just can't keep out of the software business. If was bad enough when they demanded that they want a version of WindowsXP without Media Player

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Spyware that you actually want infecting your computer (not really)
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:17 PM

Spyware that you actually want infecting your computer (not really)For some reason, I always have an interest when people use hack exploits as a way to distribute fixes. As some people might have recalled early in 2003 somebody used the RPC exploit

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The Linux & AMD hypocrite line starts here
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:17 PM

The Linux hypocrite line starts hereIt always amazes me how many ignorant opinions come out of the anti whatever crowd. Back in the day, MS haters bashed MS for integrating IE into the OS. Even though I realized this would increase Windows

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My experience with identity theft
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:16 PM

My experience with identity theftWell I haven't become a victim yet, but a couple days ago I forget to lock my truck and somebody went through it that nite, they stole my cd collection (thank got I cdr copy all of my cds and DO NOT keep the originals

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ASP.Net 1.x has a deal-breaking flaw
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:12 PM

ASP.Net 1.x has a deal-breaking flawI've been thinking about the lack of template support (aka Master Pages) native to ASP.Net 1.x and I've decided that even despite the fact I find .Net to be the best coding framework ever, I am pretty much writing off

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MS finally releases a video of Monad (unix style console for windows) video!
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:09 PM

MS finally releases a video of Monad (unix style console for windows) video!I've been hearing about Monad (aka Windows Longhorn Shell aka WSH) for months but I have yet to see it. Now that I have, I'm totally in love. It's all the power of

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Patent lawsuits hit a new low, Kodak owns OOP
Friday, October 08, 2004 5:54 PM

Patent lawsuits hit a new low, Kodak owns OOPWell it seems it's become the conerstone of American business now to hire employees to look through the patents the companies owns or has acquired through take-overs, and sue anybody that has infringed on

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Chevy Blazers are a deathtrap, proof provided
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:23 PM

Chevy Blazers are a deathtrap, proof providedI can't believe I still see people on the road driving Chevy Blazers. When I was doing homework to buy a SUV I was checking the only reliable resource for accident safety, which is the Insurance Institute

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"Twas the night before Christmas"
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:22 PM

"Twas the night before Christmas"Back in 2001 I had written this little poem for an onlime contest and won, but never got my prize. I figure it's worth unearthing as it's funny, as long as you're a nerd who gets the jokes.T'was the night before

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"The Twelve pounds of Christmas"
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:20 PM

"The Twelve pounds of Christmas"The 1st pound of Christmas I gained on Christmas Eve, was a candy cane on the Christmas Tree.The 2nd pound of Christmas I gained on Christmas Eve, two bowls of pudding and a candy cane on the Christmas tree.The 3rd pound

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Adding code clips (aka snippets) to Visual Studio.Net
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:19 PM

Adding code clips (aka snippets) to Visual Studio.NetEver have a piece of code you hate typing or keep forgetting the proper syntax (like how to construct a foreach statement)? Back when I use to code in EditPlus (a fancy text editor with code highlight

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IE gets more secure and people complain ?!
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:18 PM

IE gets more secure and people complain ?!I'm appalled by the naiveness of computer users, people are actually upset about a recent security hole Microsoft has finally fixed. The February IE patch that came out Feb 2nd fixed 4 security holes

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Improve your coding skills via a way you've never thought of before
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:18 PM

Improve your coding skills via a way you've never thought of beforeAs a developer, we're always looking for tools and coding tricks to improve our developing phase but the one that everybody seems to ignore is health.If I hired you to build a house would

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What Microsoft really has in store for computing, 10 yrs from now
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:15 PM

What Microsoft really has in store for computing, 10 yrs from nowI've been playing with this concept for awhile and the more I think about it, the more I realize it is the wave of next gen computing. MS has been playing with 'Smart Terminals' (also

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The smartest comment I've heard about Bush in a long time
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:14 PM

The smartest comment I've heard about Bush in a long timeWARNING: Propaganda to follow! (but it's so fun to bash Bush, and I'm a republican)Coincidentally I've been comparing Bush to Hitler for almost a month now, and just yesterday I came across this

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The best April Fools joke of all time
Thursday, October 07, 2004 7:13 PM

The best April Fools joke of all timeI guess April fools this year wasn't as bad as we though. As you know credit cards aren't actually billed until the next day. Well if you bought something March 31st with a VISA or MASTERCARD then when

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Junkmail has gone too far!
Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:06 PM

Junkmail has gone too far!Whenever I recieve junk mail I always call the number and get my name removed off the mailing list, even when it's junk mail from a company I do business with (ex: credit card companies LOVE to send 3rd party junkmail to their

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How Apple has ruined the iMac
Thursday, October 07, 2004 6:02 PM

How Apple has ruined the iMacBack when Apple launched the iMac back in 1998, it's goal was to be an affordable Apple computer that everyday working people can afford. And at a pricetag of $1,300 in that day and age, it was reasonably affordable

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Watt usage of P4 vs Athlon64 130nm vs Athlon64 90nm
Tuesday, October 05, 2004 6:23 PM

Watt usage of P4 vs Athlon64 130nm vs Athlon64 90nm I find that nobody comments on these "power" posts but here's another one I came across. This is news to me, last I saw the AthlonXP used more power than an equally fast P4 and while I bought

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