In a typical day, I receive about 200 emails, not including spam. If I am out of the office for any appreciable time, the email accumulates faster than I can deal with it. Thanks to concentrated effort, my work email’s inbox is at its smallest since … before I started. While the goal-oriented part of […]
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Java, the “write once, run anywhere” language marketed as salvation from programming faux pas*, has its own, manic updater for the runtime version. In their case, “updater” really means “install subsequent versions of itself.” For example, on my work machine, I noticed this: No, I don’t know what happened to Updates 7 and 8. According
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Because I’ve been blessed with good vision, visiting the eye doctor hasn’t been a high priority. However, lately I’ve become more aware that the zone of focus for close objects is now approaching the limits of my arm length. Since I had a little money leftover from the pre-tax medical savings account, and my calendar
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Mr. Frog is upset withthe party-crashers Today was a private function for patrons of the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The first clue was the abundant parking and lack of throngs of people queuing up for the hot caffeine injection. The second clue was the lights being shut down… at 7p.m. On the way out, I saw
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My wireless service provider sent me an offer for a free cell phone if I renewed my service contract again. Why not?: I’m content with the service, and my cell phone was showing its age. In particular, the battery doesn’t hold a charge for more than a day and the display has been cracked since
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I’ve been playing with StumbleUpon and came across this: from a site whose moniker is communicating information about the US. The graphs did make me think… is this intentionally trying to be confusing? What clever caption would you add under this graph?
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I received an MS Vista beta DVD on Friday. The note tried instilling a sense of urgency by giving me a deadline of Tuesday for feedback. Unfortunately, very little of the beta support infrastructure was in place. When I did run into problems, the first person I talked with on the support line had no
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My house was built by stoners. I know this because I tried to run a meager ethernet cable from my living room to the upstairs master bedroom. All I had to show for four hours of attempts four large holes in the drywall, each running into some unexpected beam. Sheesh, even the heater’s return vent