Archive for August, 2008

ShoutOn.com, “A Free & Reliable Link Exchange Service”, sent me an email today letting me know I could “Start your high quality, spam free, link exchange in minutes.” I could be one of the “early adapters to use our fully free in-direct link exchange services”. Yes, I could, if I was a complete idiot.

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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 22:42 | 2 comments
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According to the ergonomics training at work this morning: “Select a handtool without sharp edges on the handle.”

You know, I never would have thought of that. That’s nearly as useful as the advice that you take breaks in a temperature controlled environment if you’re working outside in the heat.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 12:21 | 0 comments
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An issue today with a test site containing live site data (and testing the comment notifications) reminds me of the time I added 200 people to a Listserv and forgot to use the quiet option. So I got each and every response back. And then they were forwarded to my work account on Lotus Notes [...]

Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 20:18 | 0 comments
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If you’re trying to delete a message out of the Lotus Notes Webmail application, be sure to beware of the “the document has already been deleted” error:

If I am trying to delete a message, and it’s already been deleted, don’t show me an error. Just say “great” and get on with life.

Sunday, August 24th, 2008 at 20:42 | 0 comments
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I got an email from Reunion.com asking me if I knew Debi, giving me choices of “Yes” or “No”. Where’s the “Maybe, but let me see her profile first” button? I don’t guess it matters too much, since you can’t see profiles until you sign up for the premium (a.k.a. to-be-of-any-use) service.

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 | 0 comments
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At work yesterday, a guy a barely know was telling me how he was hitting golf balls in his yard out into farmland behind his house. All was going well until he sliced one through his neighbors window. But all was well, when his neighbor “believed” him when he said he knew nothing about the [...]

Friday, August 22nd, 2008 at 08:20 | 0 comments
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On NPR this morning, there was a short clip of a guy saying he didn’t like Joe Biden (possible running mate for John McCain). He said he questioned the character of a man who flip flopped from Democrat, to Independent, to Republican

How about believing in the character of a man who doesn’t let himself be [...]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 at 12:18 | 0 comments
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For the most part, Merlin Mann hits it right on the head with his list of what makes a good blog. Put I think he left out one of the most important points:

Good blogs allow for comments. All of us are smarter than any of us. I find that much of the value I get [...]

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 10:46 | 0 comments
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I went to Max & Ermas this past weekend and got a hamburger with seasoned fries. I tend to like seasoned fries as a break from the regular french fries. Apparently I am the only person who expects seasoned fries to be seasoned with something other than salt and pepper.

Just one more thing in an [...]

Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 10:59 | 0 comments
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When I wrote about Deep Fried (finally), it had been almost two years since I had decommissioned the drive. One (Thermostat) is used for offline storage and the other (Whirlpool) is used for the nightly back up and, up until tonight, Time Machine.

My current large storage volume of choice is the Infrant ReadyNAS NV (which [...]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 22:41 | 0 comments
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