Month: June 2008

What can you add on top of Vista Ultimate to make it better?

I was just perusing the Dell web site to get a sense of how much a high end box from them would cost (as opposed to building one myself).  While pricing things out, I noticed that the XPS series of systems come with "Windows Vista Ultimate Bonus".  Hmmm, out of the roughly 73 versions of […]

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Handgun bans and violence

While waiting for a client’s server to finish installing something, I jumped over to the Fox news site to see what was going on.  In there, there was an article about the recent ruling that Washington D.C.’s handgun ban was unconstitutional, and the filing of a lawsuit against the city of Chicago to try to […]

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I am not a crotchety old guy!

Joe Healy last night apparently decided that my new nickname is crotchety bastard. Well, all I have to say to that is: "am not!" (even though my IM greeting is now "crotchety bastard".) Besides, how cute is this – our puppy cuddling with her bunny, and stuck amongst the wheels of a chair so that […]

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I just keep going back for more abuse

I have a problem with keyboards.  I love trying new ones.  Over the past year I have actually been using a Logitech one pretty consistently, but I keep trying new ones to see if I can do better. My most recent adventure is with a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 3000.  Unfortunately, I love the feel of […]

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