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Posted in Personal on Sep 30th, 2006
Ever since I upgraded to OS X Tiger (10.4) my web browsing has had a really irritating delay when I use my PowerBook at home. I never really noticed it when I would connect to other networks as I traveled. I tried all the tricks out there; run my own DNS server, use Verizon’s name [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 28th, 2006
Tonight I helped my daughter with her 5th grade Science homework. Thank God my wife was there because I never did well in school and after reading her homework questions I realized that I probably still wouldn’t be a good student. For some reason my brain is just not wired that way. I can figure [...]
Posted in Technology on Sep 28th, 2006
Looks like HP is making it profitable for their top lawyer, Ann Baskins, that quit today. Dunn had identified her as one of the internal leaders of the leak investigation. How better to punish one of the main players involved in the pretexting scandal than 3.7 millions dollars. Accountability is a joke.
Posted in Apple, Technology on Sep 27th, 2006
I’ve been running with the new hard drive for 5 days now and can add a little more info to the experience.
Battery life has not changed, which is very good news. I figured that since the drive spins a little faster (5400rpm instead of 4200rpm) it would consume more power. It may, but [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 26th, 2006
Our littlest one turns 7 today. Unlike Megan, Bailey showed up a the typical, chubby, “Gerber” baby. She was louder from the minute she was born. She and her sister could not be more opposite. Bailey is definitely more of an in-your-face type of person and you’ll never wonder what she’s [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 26th, 2006
I bet there are some great people there, but their government seems a little squirrely to me. Hey, sound familiar?
N. Korea, blaming U.S., rejects new six-nation talks.
Posted in Apple, Technology on Sep 25th, 2006
I realize Apple has been going after products that use the word “pod” in their name, but to try to stop the term podcast for using it is crazy. I’m sure people are already using the word iPod as a general term instead of the product from Apple, much like Xerox is used for copying, [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Technology on Sep 24th, 2006
Verizon wired my local CO 1 year ago for their FIOS service. 3 months ago there was a crew of guys digging in everyone’s yard to get ready for the fiber that would need run. And that’s how it sits today. No fiber. No time-line for FIOS. No idea when [...]
Posted in Personal, Technology on Sep 24th, 2006
For some reason I agonized over which theme I would use for this site and ended up with one called White As Milk. It has really grown on me because it is just so clean. If I had one thing I would like to see changed, it would be that right now everything [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 24th, 2006
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for paying less at the pump. But, the only thing I worry about is as the prices drop, people’s interest in alternate fuel solutions seems to drop as well. Will the lower prices turn our attention away from finding a better solution?