Vermyndax on December 31st, 2007

It seems that Wordpress has snuck out one final upgrade before the end of the year, so I just threw it on. Especially since the security bug that it corrects is pretty… uhh, scary. I guess I should feel thankful that this blog generates practically zero traffic because I’m sure some autobot would [...]

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Vermyndax on December 30th, 2007

I have to admit, my wife is a real enigma.
Not only is she allowing me to go on three work trips back to back (one of which was not mandatory, but she knows I really want to go), she’s allowing me to go on A) her birthday and B) when my son has three basketball [...]

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Large Hospital Software Company Switches to Linux – OSS Ramblings
While I’m not as optimistic as my buddy Tony on the increase of Linux market share, I am definitely in line with him on the decrease of Microsoft market share.  As I continue my march toward converting to an all-Mac environment at home, Windows has been [...]

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Vermyndax on December 19th, 2007

I’m appalled at the lead story on CNN.com tonight (“What will you tell kids about Britney’s sister?“). I’m especially appalled that the world thinks that American parents are freaking out all across the nation about Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant.
So… what will you tell your kids about it?
How about… the truth? Why is [...]

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Vermyndax on December 11th, 2007

I’ve had to update Windows Genuine “Advantage” on two different Windows machines three times over the past several days. What gives?
What an ADVANTAGE.

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Vermyndax on December 9th, 2007

For those of you who don’t know this already – someone out there has taken oodles of time and $7,000 to build a near-life-size model of an X-wing fighter, complete with class-M rocket engines.
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/15-12/st_xwing
Video of the flight is here:

…now for those conspiracy theorists out there, here’s the REAL reason the X-wing crashed:
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