Vermyndax on April 9th, 2007

There’s a monster post on the Exchange blog about problems with assigning delegates and/or updating distribution list memberships from the Outlook client.
I can say that we’ve definitely suffered from some of the goofy issues in this article. One item they do not cover is that as a general rule, you should not be assigning [...]

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Vermyndax on April 9th, 2007

So, I’m sitting there watching TV, right? A bumper in the commercial comes from the local TV station and it proclaims that part of the sponsorship was from the “Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival.”
Immediate image springs to mind of a bunch of ruby-throated individuals sitting around in lawn chairs, pondering quietly.

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Vermyndax on April 9th, 2007

Not too very long ago I came to the realization that in the past, I didn’t use computers to do much. It could be that I didn’t really have much to do aside from playing games and writing the occasional resume’, but as far as productivity goes, I’d never quite been in a job [...]

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Vermyndax on April 8th, 2007

Johnny Hart, creator of “B.C.” and co-creator of “The Wizard of Id” died in his home today. He was 76.
His wife, Bobbie, says he suffered a stroke while working at his storyboard.
I hope you finally get to see what’s on the other side of that ocean, Johnny. We’ll miss you.
Full story.

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From Digg: Microsoft is going through it’s email and phone lists asking people to support their opposition to California A.B. 1668 - “Open Document Format, Open Source”. by writing to the California Assemblymen involved in this bill (contact info in the link). Let’s see if Digg can raise as much support for the CA [...]

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Vermyndax on April 7th, 2007

Today my sister-in-law called us to say hi as usual. She spoke to her sister for a while, then my wife turned to me and informed me that Chaing Kai Shek’s summer home on Yang Ming Mountain was burned to the ground last night.
Taiwan’s president Chen Shui Bian has been engaged in a campaign [...]

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Vermyndax on April 7th, 2007

The hot post today that has the blogosphere churning is this essay by Paul Graham entitled “Microsoft is Dead.”
I like the way the author of this post has just suddenly realized that Microsoft’s business model is in trouble. I had an epiphany much like this while I was in the very den of the [...]

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Vermyndax on April 6th, 2007

Alright, in an effort to expand my reader base beyond 8 or 9 people, I really whored myself out today. I’ve added back the Google Adsense ads (of which I’ve earned a whopping $15.00 in a year - hooray!) and added simple links for you to share my needles back out to the community.
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Vermyndax on April 5th, 2007

CNN shooting highlights safety in public workplaces
I agree. It’s too dangerous. We should just ban working in public places and force everyone to telecommute.

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Vermyndax on April 4th, 2007

So the 8-core Mac Pro is introduced on the Apple Store this morning. Drool. Sadly though, it’s $1400 extra for an 8-core setup vs. a 4-core.

I should point out, though, the memory prices have dropped pretty significantly, so getting 4gb of RAM is no longer a heinous violation of your credit. They’ve [...]

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