Archive for September, 2005
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
I don’t think that I’m going to make use of this service, but I thought that Katy would appreciate it. Tadalist.com offers an online to-do list management system! It’s actually a stripped-down. free version of a much larger web-based project management and collaboration system so it’s limited in functionality and features. [...]
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
A recent article from CNet.com outlines potential efforts from Congress to legislate file swapping services, suggesting that the services may need to be completely banned (?!):
A California senator [Sen. Dianne Feinstein] has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down. … Pointing to what she called a “rise [...]
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Monday, September 26th, 2005
I got back from our hiking trip yesterday and it was a good one. On Saturday, like I said, we went up to the top of Mt. Washington and I couldn’t believe the weather that we had. Not only was it entirely clear and probably in the upper 50’s or close to 60 [...]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
I have a job! After about a month long process of sending out resumes, cover letters, phone calls, interviews, and follow-ups, I somehow managed to get 3 offers all within a few days of eachother! I finally settled on an offer from Sun Microsystems at their Burlington, MA location. My initial job [...]
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
Now this is certainly big news. I mentioned the other day that Opera was giving away free registration codes for their 10-year anniversary. Well it appears that they’ve gone one step further now and have released the other other browser as freeware. Certainly superior to Internet Explorer, and comparable in features and [...]
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
So just browsing around today I stumbled upon this review of VectorLinux 5.1. I’ve read about Vector before and have been meaning to try it out but have not yet gotten around to it. VectorLinux is an up and coming distribution based on the popular Slackware. The key feature and appeal of [...]
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Monday, September 19th, 2005
I just stumbled across this and thought it might come in handy at some point. If you’re ever in need of calling some company’s customer support system and you want to talk to a real person rather than a machine, check out this Find-A-Human database. It maintains information on how to quickly get [...]
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Friday, September 16th, 2005
My brother Brian and I just planned out a hiking trip up in the White Mountains for next weekend (Sept. 24, 25). It’s going to be a one night overnight trip. On Saturday we’ll go up to the top of Mt. Washington via Tuckerman’s or Lion’s Head and then we’ll peak hop over [...]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
I just came across another awesome extension so I couldn’t resist posting this one as well. If you happened to read a previous post of mine and you share similar frustrations, then perhaps this plugin is for you. In short, my previous post is just a rant about website developers that assume I [...]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2005
I would imagine that most people reading this have no doubt used some type of online mapping service such as Google Maps, MapQuest, Yahoo Maps, or one of the several other notable services out there. Additionally, I would also imagine that most have gone through the cumbersome procedure of either copying and pasting the [...]
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