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“Hardware: The parts of a computer that can be kicked.”
Jeff Pesis
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Born on this day

July 31, 2010
1803 John Ericsson
1931 Kenny Burrell
1944 Geraldine Chaplin
1944 Jonathan Dimbleby
1953 Hugh McDowell
1957 Daniel Ash
1962 Wesley Snipes
1965 J.K. Rowling
1966 Dean Cain

“Uh huh”

“Uh huh.” That’s what the woman working the cash register at the fast food place said the other day when I thanked her.
“Uh huh.” That’s what a lot of people working the cash registers at a lot of different stores have said over the years when I’ve thanked them.
What is up with that???? If it [...]

Because [insert name] said so!

One of my pet peeves is when someone expresses an opinion that they’re simply passing along from someone else, one they’ve put absolutely no thought into themselves, it’s just because so-and-so said it.
I don’t care whether that so-and-so is Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Rush Limbaugh, the late Molly Ivins (not that she’s stating her opinions [...]

Dealing with Tech Support

[How to get maximum results with minimum damage to your sanity]
Calling tech support for assistance is something many people dread, and indeed, they often have a rather unpleasant time, to put it mildy. Despite being a computer professional I often have bad experiences dealing with support (and I will chronicle some of those experiences in [...]

What makes a house a home?

My sister recently posted this to her blog:
I grew up on Long Island as a New York Yankees fan, taking after my father (and his father before that.) I first went to Yankee Stadium in 1967, right at the conclusion of Mickey Mantle’s career. I think I was at Reggie’s first game as a Yankee. [...]

Why I played hooky today

I skipped work this afternoon. It’s easy to do that when you’re self-employed and none of your clients have a big emergency to make you feel guilty. Anyway, my reason? To watch opening day it Yankee Stadium 2.0.
Now, I love baseball in general, and the Yankees specifically (go ahead, say what you will, I can [...]

Those bozos must be crazy

I don’t know if this is a problem all over–I’ve only seen it in Jacksonville, FL, but that’s where I live so I’m a lot more likely to see it here. And it’s a big enough problem here that there’s actually been a report on the local TV news about it.
What I’m talking about is [...]