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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:05 PM

Didn't think it would happen did ya?

I'm back. It's been a long time since my last post. Since then Alexa is 1.5 times older, I've been promoted at work, I've gotten more involved at church and I'm busier than ever. I did have a good logical reason why I stopped blogging...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:40 PM

iTunes programming

http://maximized.com/freeware/scriptsforitunes/documentation.htm http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/iTunesTray.asp http://blogs.msdn.com/dancre/archive/2004/05/08/128645.aspx
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:31 PM

Gonna keep this in the back of my head

Here’s an interesting article on the ten rules for web startups . Is it easier now to start a web company than ever before? Yup! But the key is in the idea. If the idea sucks the site will too. Now Playing: Third Day - King of Glory
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Monday, October 03, 2005 10:17 PM

How to make CAT 5 cables

I'm gonna need this for later. How to Make a Category 5 / Cat 5E Patch Cable .
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:24 PM

Make your own AV cables!

This is the coolest do it yourself project that I’ve come across in months. Systm , the IP TV show, has an episode on how to create your own audio visual cables . Now you don’t have to pay fifty bucks for one monster cable! The great thing...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:09 AM

Sigma lenses work with all Canon cameras? Not quite.

This weekend Lucy and I attended the Night of Joy concert festival at Walt Disney World . We brought along our Canon Digital Rebel EOS 300D SLR camera. We bought this camera so we could use our SLR lenses with it. One of those lenses is a Sigma 70-300mm...
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Monday, August 08, 2005 12:01 PM

Alpha Bravo Charlie

Because I’ve been using the phonetic alphabet way too much over the past two weeks here is the NATO phonetic alphabet .
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Thursday, July 28, 2005 2:50 PM

PSP v2.0 firmware now available

The new PSP v2.0 firmware is now available for download . This is what we’ve been waiting for people. This is the update that installs a web browser on your PSP. From the sounds of it the browser might actually be pretty capable with sizing features...
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Monday, July 11, 2005 3:34 PM

Steve Ballmer on Channel 9

I’ve got to check the Channel 9 Video feed more often. Channel 9 posted a ten minute chat with MS head honcho Steve Ballmer . It’s an interesting video. The one thing that I found surprising was Ballmer’s energy. I always thought that...
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Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:25 PM

Office will have a new file format, XML!

Today, Microsoft announced that Office will have a new XML file format . This format will have an open schema so any developer can incorporate Office data into their applications. The new extensions will be DOCX for Word, XLSX for Excel and PPTX for PowerPoint...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:21 PM

Ten Hut! Major Nelson on deck!

PS3 or Xbox 360 ? I think this question is for the sages. My official response is idunno. In the end it’s all about the games. In the beginning it’s all about the hardware. Major Nelson, who works on the XBox team breaks down the PS3 and Xbox...
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Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:57 PM

Windows Mobile 5.0 Unveiled

Microsoft has announced the next version of Windows Mobile and it’s not called “Windows Mobile 2005”. The official name will be “Windows Mobile 5.0”. I’ll never understand why MS marketing has to continually change...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:52 AM

Engadget interviews Bill G

Engadget scored an interview with Bill Gates. The interview focused on Windows Mobile, Windows Media Center, the Xbox and the TabletPC. Part one and part two can both be found on Engadget. They will have a podcast version of the interview available next...
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Friday, April 15, 2005 5:33 PM

Virtual Server 2005 vs. Virtual PC 2004

I have installed Virtual Server 2005 thinking it was the upgrade for Virtual PC 2004. I guess I was wrong. Brian Randell (who is an excellent speaker) has written a post describing the differences between the two products . Let the uninstalling commence...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:16 PM

A better task switcher?

Scott Hanselman writes about a new task switcher called TopDesk . It uses the corners of the screen as “hotspots” to scale all of the windows to fit on to the screen. All in all it works well. An for $9.95 I might purchase it. Scott has also...
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