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No, just the Doctor

After looking at a lot of options, Alaric has decided that he wants to be the ninth Doctor for Halloween. This is good for us -- it's a simple costume, in theory, especially since I've already got a sonic screwdriver prop I can lend him. The Ninth Doctor Read More...
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2008 10 1

Devin

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Bad Nick

Nick has done a very bad thing. He bought me Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Xbox 360 as a late birthday present. After the stress of this last week, studying for (and passing) the Microsoft 70-237 and 70-238 exams (two-thirds of the Microsoft Read More...
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2008 09 21

Devin

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WTF? FTW!

On my drive into work this morning, one of the local radio stations played "November Rain" (Guns n Roses) "Rock Me Amadeus" (Falco) back to back. That's some serious musical whiplash. That's like having bacon-caramel pie. I like bacon, and I like caramel, Read More...
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2008 09 9

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Empty hand

In my previous post , I talked about taking a class at the local YMCA. You may have noticed that I didn't mention which class I was taking; that wasn't by accident. I didn't feel like talking about it until I knew it wasn't going to be another fad. Well, Read More...
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2008 08 31

Devin

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The beatings shall continue until the anatomy improves

One of the reasons I've been a lot quieter on the blog front for the past month is Call of Duty 4 (actually, let's be honest; that's one of the ways I've chosen to spend a lot of my free time since Christmas). However, at the beginning of July, I added Read More...
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2008 07 24

Devin

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Important safety tip

If you're already having the kind of day where you feel a bit dizzy, and you're walking through the parking lot at your place of employment after coming back from lunch, do not under any circumstances close your eyes for any reason . No, I didn't fall, Read More...
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2008 07 10

Devin

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LJ random quote meme

One of my friends on LiveJournal posted a meme. Now, I'm normally not the kind to participate in various memes, but I like this one: go here and pick out five random quotes that somehow resonate with you (keep going until you find the right five), then Read More...
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2008 05 23

Devin

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The Euphemism Lexicon

Over time, any group of people and friends starts to develop its own set of euphemisms and textual substitutions. Here are some of ours. home friendship appliance -- a sex toy. I forget where we ran across this one -- somebody in the blogosphere was saying Read More...
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2008 05 14

Devin

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Silly

Steph alerted me to the existence of a very cool product -- a dock for Macbook Pro laptops that stands them vertically. This has two advantages: saves desktop space and promotes better cooling. Macbook Pro machines are industrious heat generators and Read More...
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2008 05 13

Devin

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Vanity Fair, Miley Cyrus, and Disney

Man. Just shoot me now, because not only am I about to blog about Miley Cyrus, I'm about to defend her. Yup, that's right. I, as a parent of a girl about to be a teenager, am willing to go on record and defend the already infamous photo shoot which has Read More...
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2008 05 3

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Am I hot or not?

Stupid website, but it gives me a chance to taunt my co-worker Kevin. This morning I got a puzzled e-mail from him, asking me why this picture of me in Sydney from February (yes, that's Sydney, Australia; we were there for training for work) was the most-viewed Read More...
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2008 04 25

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A reality show I'd watch

On a break this afternoon with co-workers Jon, Kevin, and Ryan, the idea for a new reality show was born. I hate "reality" TV -- but I might watch this one. It all started with Jon suggesting that it would probably be very entertaining to follow Wesley Read More...
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2008 04 25

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A few thoughts on email

Email clients need to be more intelligent. For example, I can appreciate the Request Read Receipt feature that Outlook/Exchange and other email systems offer; it makes sense in a corporate environment, or when sending correspondence with business partners. Read More...
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2008 04 21

Devin

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Dear iPod

Dear iPod, Over the years that I've had you (as your second owner), we've had our rocky times. You've worked well with both my Windows and Mac workstations -- that's a plus. Your battery life is damn near useless (and I understand that's not really your Read More...
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2008 04 11

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Geeks will get this. The rest of you -- not so much.

All Hell is breaking loose in the Seattle area today because it's snowing. Hello, people. We get a lot of rain here. This is the Pacific Northwest. There are real, honest-to-goodness volcanic mountains here (remember that lovely "view" thing you keep Read More...
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2008 03 28

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Too tightly wound to know how to react

This has not been one of the best weeks I've had. That's not to say it's been all fire and brimstone -- it hasn't been an Old Testament kind of week -- but the victories and good things have been few and far between. One of them happened last night; I Read More...
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2008 03 28

Devin

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Two minor things you may or may not know

For the record, Aly & AJ's Potential Breakup Song is one hell of an earworm , but it sounds really good on my work desktop's speaker/subwoofer. I've got it cranked up loud before anyone else gets here. I have finally found out what is more annoying Read More...
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2008 03 20

Devin

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A letter to my bank

Dear Big-Ass Bank, Many years ago, we switched our accounts to you from one of your competitors because they had crappy customer service and you did not. In fact, your customer service rocked our socks off. Sadly, it has become clear that you're more Read More...
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2008 03 15

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My son, the alien

We found out today that Alaric has a second set of armpits. No, it's true. You and I would call them "elbow joints" but in Alaric's world, they're "second armpits." Bet you didn't know that . Read More...
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2008 03 7

Devin

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Gary Gygax, requiescat in pace

E. Gary Gygax died yesterday at the age of 69. They say that anything you do more than once is tradition. I guess that mine is to offer the words written by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore and Fran Walsh, as sung by Annie Lennox, at the end of The Return of Read More...
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2008 03 5

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New books!

WOrking on my latest book, Mastering System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 , was a long process. However, Monday I got to experience my favorite part of the writing process -- getting the box from the publisher with the author's copies. There's just Read More...
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2008 02 27

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Expanding Alaric's world...and getting mine expanded in return

Recently, we decided to do something about a problem we've been noticing with our kids. While they're both avid readers, they both tend to re-read the same books -- tens of times serially if we'd let them. Alaric was not happy when we temporarily banned Read More...
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2008 02 23

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Proof I'm in Sydney...and working...

Chilling at the conference. The lovely brownie-tart thingies they fed us today. My work blogs posts. Read More...
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2008 02 5

Devin

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Interesting definitions

The speaker just said, and I quote, "regular expressions, which are fairly straightforward." That's, um, well, interesting. And wrong. Read More...
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2008 02 4

Devin

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Thoughts from the break part 1

So, I'm in Sydney for a training conference that I'm talking about in my work blog if you're interested. There's a lot of interesting small differences that have more of a mental impact to me than the big ones: The exit signs inside buildings are green Read More...
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2008 02 4

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Okay, this is cool

If you like the Discworld novels, you'll think this is cool. If you like cake, you'll think this is cool. You might think this is cool anyway. The Discworld as a cake Thanks, Nick! Read More...
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2008 02 4

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Heading for the underside of the world

In just a few more hours, I'll be on my way to do something I've never done before -- cross the equator. I'm just going to kayak down to the big black line floating on top of the ocean, nip across, spin around counter-clockwise, then nip back home. No, Read More...
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2008 02 2

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A thought to think

I've been knocked off my sleep schedule this week -- I had to test some sleeping medication I need for an upcoming business trip and verify that I wouldn't have any unanticipated side effects before I was in Australia and unable to do anything about it. Read More...
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2008 01 31

Devin

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Things that make me happy

That I've managed to successfully get myself back on an "into work by 6am" schedule for nearly three weeks now. Even though I am not a morning person, I find that this schedule has a number of benefits, the most important being that I feel like I get Read More...
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2008 01 23

Devin

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Halo there, stranger!

It's been a while since I've blogged much. There's been a few reasons for that, but I just finished the lastest one last night. Yes, that's right, our Christmas houseguest and I have been working back through Halo and Halo 2 in Cooperative mode in preparation Read More...
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2008 01 6

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