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The latest “new PC” plan

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

I’ve been threatening to build a new PC every six months for the past 3 or 4 years, I just never pull the trigger on it. I don’t know why, seeing as I have no real problem spending as much money as it would take going out to bars and dinner and everything else.

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Packaging is hard sometimes

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

I just received some new RAM for a laptop in our office. Apparently CDW had a hard time finding an envelope-like container to put it in, so they had to settle for a giant box:

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FEBE

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

For all users of Firefox out there, you should check out the latest version of FEBE, the Firefox Extension Backup Extension. I know, it sounds kind of ridiculous, but I use enough computers and rebuild enough computers that I feel like I’m constantly reinstalling and reconfiguring my damn browser. I need something like [...]

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The sweep is complete

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

The Rays swept the BoSox last night here at the Trop, though Kazmir wasn’t responsible for pullin’ it down (as Zac had suspected) near as much as Evan Longoria with his rally-starting 2 RBI double in the seventh. What a blast of a game, even with an insane running time of 4 hours. [...]

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Tampa Bay is going for a sweep

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

We’re about to see a good showdown game: Tampa Bay going for a sweep, BoSox trying to fend one off. It’s shaping up to be quite a showdown. I’m thinking something along the lines of a Florida-Tennessee SEC championship game, or a Michigan-Ohio State match. Blood might be spilled and people might [...]

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