Vermyndax on January 30th, 2007

This dark comedy of errors could only happen in real life. At least it has a happy ending… somewhat. read more | digg story Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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Vermyndax on January 30th, 2007

I’ve already been asked my opinion 3 times on Vista – once by a power user and twice by “typical home users” who are eying some low-cost computer out there with Vista running on 512mb of RAM. No, that’s not a typo. I’m going to start pointing people to this URL, where I heartily recommend [...]

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Vermyndax on January 29th, 2007

So the negative spin last night and this morning on Vista is Microsoft’s decision to enforce the notion of the “upgrade version.”  You cannot install Windows Vista without Windows 2000 or XP already installed on the system.  This bucks the previous process of installing Windows from scratch, but proving you own the prior version by [...]

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Vermyndax on January 27th, 2007

One of the neat things about this 80gb iPod that TaiTai got me for Christmas is… well, the ability to pull down almost my entire library of music. This has led to a re-enjoying of music that I haven’t listed to in about 20 years.  Great stuff. Today’s selection… Throwing Muses/Red Heaven.  Long time, no [...]

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Vermyndax on January 27th, 2007

Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match – a 7.1-metre long python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers. read more | digg story Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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Vermyndax on January 26th, 2007

If you thought your Exchange deployment ever made your life miserable, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. If you’re the Exchange admin of a small business deployment, you’re likely to strut around your office and just tell people to get over it. If you’re an admin of a large enterprise, March is your Month of Suffering. [...]

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Vermyndax on January 25th, 2007

Apparently my dreams are shattered.  Zhang Ziyi isn’t into fat, balding, married men after all. I cry now. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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Vermyndax on January 21st, 2007

So today I had the chance to wander a bit.  My friend/coworker picked me up for a ride around town in his very lovely Porsche.  We tooled around the capitol a bit and ran in for a quick visit to the Aviation and Space Museum (Smithsonian).  What a lovely, lovely treat.  We blazed through it [...]

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Vermyndax on January 21st, 2007

<Vermyndax>    don’t let kde scare you <Vermyndax>    until aRTS gets involved <Vermyndax>    once that package happens, it’s over <aquatix>    seems like it has few dependencies <aquatix>    good <aquatix>    yeah, arts is scary <Vermyndax>    arts isn’t just scary – it’s a deprecated pile of garbage <Vermyndax>    it’s a deal killer <aquatix>    heheheh <Vermyndax>    it’s the [...]

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Vermyndax on January 21st, 2007

In other news, this is just what the doctor ordered to give Linux a swift kick in the arse. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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