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August 2006



Mowing the old fashioned way (Brill Luxus 38)

2006.08.31 Thu 9:01 P GMT-07
I purchased a Brill Luxus 38 from Clean Air Gardening a bit back. In an age where Home Depots are full of riding lawnmowers, why did I make such a Luddite purchase? There are various reasons listed at the People Powered Machines website. Here'
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Dude, where's my umbilical cord? (sis900 ethernet not working)

2006.08.29 Tue 8:59 A GMT-07
I seem to have no end of networking issues recently. Last night, Andrea had to reboot an Acer 5003 laptop to do some online banking in Internet Explorer. The machine hibernated. When I rebooted in Linux this morning, the ethernet failed to work.
Category: linux open source

The times they are a-changin'

2006.08.28 Mon 10:53 P GMT-07
Come gather round people.... (yes I've been listening to too much Dylan lately). So my trusty 4 year old wireless router (netgear wgr614 rev1) apparently gave up some sort of ghost recently. The ethernet ports still route, and the wireless still
Category: linux open source
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Utah (Salt Lake area) DSL or Cable suggestions....

2006.08.11 Fri 2:49 P GMT-07
Dear (Utah) Lazyweb- We are moving into a house in Bountiful, Utah soon. Anyone in the area know if I have any options other than Qwest (DSL) or Comcast (cable) for a high speed connection? Any reccomendations? Are people satisfied with the ser
Category: linux
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Warconfig - feedback requested...

2006.08.04 Fri 12:29 A GMT-07
I'm working on an open source tool for managing war files called warconfig. We have a need for this at work. I have a pretty detailed write up here. Warconfig is a tool for deploying, upgrading, and rolling back war files on Tomcat (currently only
Category: python linux open source
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The good and bad of customer service (Southwest and Dollar Rent a Car)

2006.08.01 Tue 9:51 A GMT-07
I'll admit it, I dread customer service. (And I've been on both sides, since I did a brief stint in the service organization at my previous employer). I've been on the phone a bit this morning so I thought I'd vent into the ether of the internet.
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