September 2004 - Posts
- Wow, It's Deja Vu All Over Again
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I moved to Spokane in March of 1980. I was just 19 and it seemed like Spokane was my oyster. Then just a couple of months later, on May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens blew its top. Spokane was suddenly a much different, more surreal place. Now 24 years later,
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- Only a Slight Change in Plans
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The good news is that it appears Heaven's health situation looks to be headed back on track. The bad news is that I wasn't able to leave for Bethesda tonight. But if all looks well in the morning, I'll be on tomorrow night's red-eye instead.
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- The Best Laid Plans...
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...can go down in flames in the blink of an eye. A lesson reinforced. Heaven has been sick all of this week, and isn't responding to treatment. I'm supposed to be leaving for Bethesda tonight for our annual meeting over the weekend, but that's in serious
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- More Anti-Microsoft Stupidity
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I've been wanting to write about this for several days now, but this was my first opportunity. ZDNet ran an article this week blaming Microsoft for responsibility in a three-hour shutdown of Souther California air traffic recently. But reading the article
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- Happy Anniversary to 4GuysFromRolla.com!
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I wanted to take a second to wish a happy sixth annivarsary to Scott Mitchell 's great ASP resource site, 4GuysFromRolla.com . Along with Charles Carroll 's LearnASP.com , 4Guys hed my hand throughout developing CADwire.net begainning way back in 1999.
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- Password Scrambler -- A Single Web Sign In tool
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Bill Brelsford (via Scott Watermasysk ) pointed out a neat security utility call PasswordScrambler . It's a cool little browser utility that allows you to easily create a unique password for every web site you visit. Now you only have to remember one
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- FlexWiki Posted to SourceForge.net
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David Ornstein (and Microsoft ) have taken the FlexWiki project up a notch and moved it to SourceForge , making it available under the Common Public License . C|Net News.com and the rest of the tech press is making a big deal out of the open-source aspect
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- Perhaps They Wanted Their Life Back...
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A couple of days ago I wrote about a new unique blog called I Found Some Of Your Life . Today the site is empty, leaving us to only speculate. Evidently not everyone was on board with the whole concept. Too bad...
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- Can It Really Be True? Will XP SP2 Make Your System Faster?
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HardcoreWare.com has an in-depth performance comparison of XP SP1 vs. SP2 . It's a 7 pages long and covers a wide range of tests. The bottom line... After looking at the results, one thing is certain: You have more to gain than you to to lose by installing
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- eBay + RSS = RSSauction.com
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If you're like me, you like eBay , but because you have a life, you're too busy to frequent the site regularly. Consequently, all too often you miss out on fantastic deals on that great rare treasure. RSSAuction looks like the perfect solution to the
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- newLISP
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Don't ask me to explain it, because I can't. But yes, this is my second LISP-related post in the past two weeks. Is it really any wonder still single? newLISP is a LISP-like scripting language. If you're a fan of LISP, it makes for an interesting alternative
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- Roommate Status Update
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Heaven started high school two weeks ago and is settling in pretty well. The biggest news is probably her new kitten . She named him Linkovich Chumovski -- or Link for short. He gives her a cute, playful companion to loyally tag along behind her, or cuddle
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- I Found Some Of Your Life
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(Click to enlarge) If you know anyone in this photo, please visit this website I have a question for you. Imagine you get into a cab one day and you happen to find someone's memory card from a digital camera . It has no identifying marks at all. When
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- The Godfather Horse Head Pillow
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Given these facts -- 1. I've always liked big pillows. 2. The Godfather is one of my favorite movies. 3. I have a unique, sometimes odd sense of humor. -- Is it any wonder that I'd freak out over a pillow like this... Godfather Horse Head Pillow From
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- Hurricane Satellite Photos
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As editor of CADwire.net , lots of interesting things cross my desk every day. But among the most interesting to me personally of late are satellite photos chronicling this year's incredible hurricane season. I feel compelled to share some photos of Hurricane
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- Microsoft Calculator Plus
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While perusing my blog subscriptions last weekend I found a link to something called Microsoft Calculator Plus . Being a recovering calculator geek, I immediately had visions of a really cool customizable scientific, engineering, and programming calculator.
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- DotLisp - A .NET Implementation of LISP
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I'll always have a soft spot for the LISP programming language . It was the first experience I had with real programming (with AutoLISP ). Tonight while searching for some .NET-related stuff, I stumbled across the .NET Language Developers Group on GotDotNet
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- Mark Cuban for President!
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I used to think of Mark Cuban as just another dot com brat that got lucky and bailed out before the market went bust. Just another one of those guys from that era with more money than sense. But the more I hear of what he has to say, the more respect
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- Create a Single Install CD for Windows XP and Service Pack 2
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Tom's Hardware Guide has just published a great new article on how to create a single bootable CD that combines the installation processes for Windows XP and Service Pack 2. Now certainly a fair question would be: So what? Is this a big deal? Well, let's
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- The 2004 CADwire.net Football Challenge is Under Way
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After another last-minute marathon session, the 2004 edition of the CADwire.net Football Challenge -- or as we like to call it, the best online football pool -- is finally under way. I'd like to say we're offering unbeleivably great prizes for all the
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- A Reasonable Linux User Offers Microsoft Some Sympathy
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After my rant about all the negative press regarding the Windows XP SP2, I must say I was impressed to read someone else do a better job of articulating the nonsensical anti-Microsoft arguments of the past. The coolest part was that he's a Linux user.
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- Couch Was a Bust
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Green Bay cut Tim Couch today . Another failed experiment. I used to pull for Couch in Cleveland. Although he never really dazzled me with his performances there, he seemed like a cool guy with a good head on his shoulders that was saddled with a weak
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