August 2006 - Posts

Makes you think

Actual conversation I just had with an actual, live co-worker: Co-worker: Think of a million monkeys with typewriters. Devin: <pause> ... why do I want to think about Harry Potter slashfic, again? Read More...
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2006 08 18

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RSS feed glitch

Whoa! I just now saw that folks on the LJ feed (possibly on the RSS feed) got to see the Firefly review I did all over again. Sorry about that; it wasn't intentional! (I was just fixing a couple of transcription errors that kept the hyperlink to Nick's Read More...
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2006 08 15

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It really speaks for itself

coolsteph says: I have 5 kids here right now... The girls are burping the alphabet so I am staying away. Devin L. Ganger [It's Office but it's XML!] says: <facepalm> Read More...
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2006 08 14

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The inevitable upgrade glitches

There are a couple of glitches on the site relating to the upgrade. One of them is extremely annoying and I'm trying to track it down, the others are just minor pains in the butt: In the ugprade from ASP.NET 1.1 to ASP.NET 2.0, your old cookies may Read More...
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2006 08 14

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Under (peer) pressure

Okay, not me. For once, I'm the one giving the peer pressure. A few posts back , I noted in passing that Nick's blog was displaying a error message. Nothing too hideous, but it was the web equivalent of a pimple on the face. I am happy to report Read More...
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2006 08 14

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Upgrades and changes

As you may have figured out by now (if you read this site in your browser instead of via RSS or LJ), there's been another small change around here. I just got done upgrading to Community Server 2.1 , the latest and greatest version of the blog software Read More...
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2006 08 12

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Is that a parasite in your pocket, or are you just making me dumber?

John Scalzi, via his AOL Journal By the Way , points out a news report on the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which has infected an estimated half of the people on this planet. The vector? Cats. John doesn't quote it directly in his post, but if you follow Read More...
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2006 08 11

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Random weirdness

I don't do random lists of weird stuff nearly often enough. So, I thought I'd show you one funny picture and a bunch of videos from YouTube. Enjoy. Steph says that the new Mac Pro looks like a shaver (see the picture next to the Get to know Mac Pro heading). Read More...
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2006 08 10

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This time, it's our *final* final mission...

I have no words. Just go to this site , pick your jaw off the ground, then hoist a cold one in memory of the once-interesting franchise. They've marketed and promoted all things Star Trek right into the ground -- ridden it there on the flaming remains Read More...
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2006 08 8

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Think Outside the System

I admit it: I don't trust our political system. And from reading around the blogosphere, I'm not the only one. And somehow, Winston Churchill's old mantra doesn't help anymore; I can't make the boogeyman go away by endlessly repeating, "Democracy is the Read More...
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2006 08 7

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People Whose Asses I Need to Kick #3: Geek Flamewar Zealots

"My computer can beat up your computer." What a load of horse hockey. I've long been tired of the whole PC vs. Mac vs. Intel vs. AMD vs. RISC vs. Windows vs. UNIX vs. Linux rat race, and was finally motivated to sum my precise feelings yesterday when Read More...
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2006 08 4

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Spam, sin, and IM

From today's IM conversation: coolsteph says: I have been trying to figure out how to explain what exactly SPAM is and how it works to some of the ladies on my Victoria list. One gal posted this: >> Is it a sin to put a curse on whoever of my email Read More...
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2006 08 3

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