Monthly Archives: August 2006

Sleepy Kinkles

Our cat Kinky dozing in the sun. Fuzzy thing.

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Cody from Conifer Hill

This dog is literally the dog I always wished for when I was a boy. Always eager to chase a stick and friendly as can be. Surely he is an old friend from another life. I feel blessed when I’m … Continue reading

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Late Night With Ganesh

A little statue an Indian contractor (Hey Kari!) gave me while I was working at StorageTek (for EDS). The ‘mover of obstacles’ now lives on my desk at home.

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Ken Olbermann Aug 30

Aug. 30, 2006 | 8:34 p.m. ET Feeling morally, intellectually confused? The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack. Donald H. Rumsfeld is not a prophet.

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10 Jobs On Average

From DJ Cline.com 10 Jobs On Average U.S. Bureau of Labor study shows that Americans in their forties held at least ten jobs on average. www.bls.gov/new.release/nlsoy.toc.htm

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Nine Years at the Mast

Just did a network analysis for a Mac-based client and found nine-year-old Mac hardware quietly working away in the backroom. 9 years x 40 work weeks x 5 day work week x 8 hour day is over 14,000 hours with … Continue reading

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Mac Wireless Hack = BS

Jon Gruber at Daring Fireball (again) lays it all out. Brian Krebs, Jon Ellch and David Maynor certainly *do* appear to be completely full of s–t and dead-set on trashing their own reputations. Gruber does a very detailed item-by-item dissection … Continue reading

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Some Facts About the Confessor

Everything that’s pertinent about Jon Benet’s (latest) confessed killer.

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Apple iPod ‘sweatshop’ rumor = LIE

From: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71619-0.html?tw=rss.index Associated Press 09:00 AM Aug, 18, 2006 Apple’s investigation into claims of poor conditions at a Chinese iPod factory found no forced labor but revealed that workers were exceeding the company’s limits on hours and days to be … Continue reading

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Elegy for my Aunt

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