Originally posted 2005-06-27 14:37:18 The conference kicked off this morning, but I’m still at cruising altitude. After arriving at the airport Sunday evening about an hour and a half before my flight, I slumped down in a chair, cracked the David Baldacci …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-06-14 22:33:56 Grandma Thelma always admonished, \Don’t judge a book by its cover!\ whether or not any reading material lay nearby. Her waggling finger didn’t refer to Great Expectation’s dust sleeve, but rather the importance of looking …
Read more →Originally posted 2004-06-25 11:57:35 My e-mail was broken. Irretrievably broken. I knew I had messages out there, out in the ether, but I couldn’t pull them down–not using Thunderbird under Windows XP, nor the Mail app on Mac OS X. Both applications reported …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-11-05 03:58:52 I collect pens, a hobby I inherited from my father. In a digital world, I habitually revert to analog paper and ink. Writing with a fine pen provides an exquisite tactile experience that everyone should enjoy. I love …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-05-22 08:39:08 I first met Steve Bristol in 2007 at the inaugural RubyJax meeting. I walked into the meeting expecting a typical tech gathering of strangers: people sitting as far away from each other as the room will allow, reading …
Read more →Originally posted 2010-05-23 20:35:21 The folks at Storenvy cooked us breakfast: pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, and bacon pancakes. Lots of buzz about the bacon pancakes. My love for Bacon, Egg, and Cheese McGriddles drew me to the bacon pancakes. I took …
Read more →Originally posted 2006-06-02 03:53:07 I came across this that explains how to make Windows a little more Unix-like. The first hint tells you to turn off the desktop icons and turn on the Desktop toolbar. I have a small collection of icons on my desktop. It’s …
Read more →Originally posted 2005-10-14 14:10:23 A few weeks ago, I bought a Logitech io2 Digital Writing System. Now that I’m in management, I attend numerous meetings, I take copious notes, I jot down multiple to-dos, and I have to use my notes later and complete all …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-10-08 14:10:46 After using the MacBook Pro for a little over a week, I must confess: I miss Outlook. Admittedly, Outlook 2007 has three years on Entourage 2004, but I’m using Outlook 2003 so Entourage has a one-year advantage. My …
Read more →Originally posted 2007-05-09 18:18:17 Like any typical company, the place where I work relies on Dell/Windows/Outlook/Office for all internal computing needs. Even our Unix sysadmins run Windows XP on their desktops, though they hurriedly cover their stock …
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