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June 2006



Take care when emulating IE under Firefox

2006.06.28 Wed 8:56 A GMT-07
I came accross one of those annoying sites yesterday that refused to serve pages to me because I was using firefox. (Even more annoying since I didn't happen to notice any activex junk). So I told firefox to spoof Internet Explorer. It appeared to
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Howto make hoops for goaltimate (diy goaltimate kit)

2006.06.20 Tue 8:03 A GMT-07
One of my favorite pastimes is playing Ultimate. But sometimes you just can round up enough people to play ultimate. When you don't have enough people or field space for ultimate, goaltimate is a viable alternative. It is played on a smaller field
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Chatty customer service

2006.06.15 Thu 2:03 P GMT-07
I've found myself using chat support twice over the last week. (Which is kind of weird since I helped develop an online chat system a few years back and almost went to work for a online chat provider....) Anyway, one was useful, this one less so...
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My nerdy family

2006.06.13 Tue 7:19 A GMT-07
My sister started a blog recently. I'm very proud of her (and glad that she isn't using myspace). She's even Web 2.0ey, cause she does things like youtube. I guess I'm just outdated. She has posted a video of my John playing with mentos and die
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Googleearth on Linux! Give me back my web

2006.06.13 Tue 7:04 A GMT-07
Kudos to Google for actually being forward thinking enough to release client software for linux. One problem.... I guess my Thinkpad is a little underpowered for this app. It is way too SLOW! Painful and annoying to use. I guess I'm back to g
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On the move! (Moving tips with U-pack ABF)

2006.06.02 Fri 9:17 A GMT-07
Long time no post. Been busy with a few things. One of them was moving to Utah. We used ABF (U-pack), and were pretty pleased with the results. U-pack is sort of a cross between a uhaul and a traditional moving compnay. They parka an emtpy tra
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