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Archive for February, 2007

Windows Genuine Spyware  

Damn it, this shit just pisses me off. Advantage for whom? Translation: We think you’re too stupid to know if you have a legal copy of the Windows operating system you are using and/or we suspect that you are a thief.

NOTICE: THIS UPDATE FROM MICROSOFT WILL HELP YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE RUNNING [...]

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This is why I’m married to my wife and not somebody else  

At the end of A Bug’s Life, when they’re clear-cutting stalks of grain like there’s no tomorrow, I couldn’t help but think that they’re going to extinct themselves, Easter Island style. And then, like a lunatic who has obviously watched this movie far, far too many times, I thought, “Nah. That Flick is a smart [...]

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HOWTO: Make a PDF e-book from any text file using Open Office  

I’ve been looking around for a good text reading application for my desktop computer so that I can comfortably read books. All I wanted was an application that would open plain text files, show them to me with nice margins and easy to read type, allow me to customize the font, background, and foreground colors, [...]

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The family that computes together, stays together  

I replaced my old oak desk and the second, smaller desk in my office with two, sleek, new Galant desks from IKEA. I couldn’t be happier with them. 28 square feet of beautiful space. Enough room for the whole family to share without bumping elbows.
Here’s the configuration I bought:
2 Galant 63″x32″ table tops with [...]

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I want to see some fracking explosions!  

I’m a fan of Battlestar Galactica. (In case you haven’t watched it, they say it’s one of the best shows on television. But don’t let that non-endorsement stop you—it really is good. You can rent the first couple seasons.)
The show has continued to stay strong through 2.5 seasons, but a recent multi-epsiode love-square story arc [...]

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