Sharing thoughts that no one will read…
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XM Radio
Two years ago, very good friends of ours bought me an amazing present, a Roady 2 XM Radio player, along with a monthly subscription. I had thought about getting one before they got it for me. It’s a relatively obvious thing for people who spend as much time in the car as we […]
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Shavers and Brand Names
I hate to shave. I’m sure there are a few guys who don’t mind it, or even like it, but not me. That said, while I don’t mind having stubble, I don’t feel like growing a beard nor a moustache (and I’m not sure Lois would allow me to either). Further, if I […]
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Delectable Duck!
My most loyal readers should already be salivating, as they have all personally had the experience I’m about to describe. 🙂 Those who know me know that perhaps my favorite restaurant (though there are many that I love) is the Peking Duck House in mid-town in NYC. I had dinner there last night. […]
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I’m a Phone Weenie
OK, I admit it. Rob Page, CEO of Zope Corporation officially coined me a phone weenie a number of weeks ago. He’s right. Of course, he also directly benefits from that feature in me, since I am the primary Asterisk PBX administrator at Zope Corp. 😉 So, what does it mean to be […]
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SPAM is back under control
I know, what a silly thing to say, and in public at that! Previously, I posted on my woes in having old SpamBayes filtering starting to fail and new procmail rules that I foolishly put in myself causing me to suffer from spam more than usual. I am happy to report that it’s […]
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In Praise of SIDUX
I said I wouldn’t write about the old Dell Latitude L400 again, unless there was a “breakthrough”. Well, there hasn’t been one, so I’m not really writing about that machine (but of course, I really am) 😉 Really, this is more of a Linux posting than a specific laptop one… So, unless you’re […]
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SPAM Problem Solved!
OK, not really. That was only a slight exaggeration 😉 Seriously, the specific spam problem that I complained about in my “technology is random” posting is what I’ve now solved. As I mentioned in that post, I had a combination of procmail rules and SpamBayes filtering, etc. I completely turned off the old […]
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Debugging Firefox and WordPress 2.1 UI issues with Firebug – SUCCESS
I’m typing this to provoke the following error: uncaught exception: Permission denied to call method XMLHttpRequest.open So far, not provoked, which means that I think I figured out what was killing me ever since I upgraded to WordPress 2.1. Before I declare victory, let me try to insert a link, which is what […]
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Why does most technology feel “random” so often?
I’ve been involved professionally with technology since 1980. So, you’d think that I understand it (and how it works) reasonably well by now. On some levels, sure, but on others, I feel as helpless as the proverbial mother-in-law or grandparent in the “clueless users” examples people always give… Conceptually, I understand how “small […]
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I’m truly a glutton for punishment…
OK, so here I am again, updating my progress on the old Dell Latitude L400 saga… Before I begin, let me assure the millions of readers of this blog that I have no illusion that I will ever be able to use this laptop in anything other than as a “guest surfing” node […]