Posts made in December, 2009

Happy New Year!! Blue Moon?

Happy New Year!! Blue Moon?

So this is pretty cool. A blue moon on the last day of the year. What is a blue moon exactly, well…Tonight there will be a “blue moon,” which is the name for the second full moon in a month. The first full moon this month was December 2nd. Will the moon be blue, no – it is just an expression, though wouldn’t it be cool anyway…hmmm… Some other interesting bits of...

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Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas!!

Finally! Christmas is here. This is absolutely my favorite time of year. The kids are anxious (and acting good,  most of the time), the wife can’t guess what’s under the tree, and I am snug as a bug knowing that my family is so happy. This year we will be staying near to home, so no long trips with a screaming 7 week old. Thank goodness! Santa has assembled all the toys, has eaten...

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Blackberry Service Offline Again!

Blackberry Service Offline Again!

Ok, what in the world is up with Blackberry? They are experiencing yet another outage. Read more here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gBXjLGLS-Y3bKR2z_aneZ7tF3xEAD9CP4D180 This is why I don’t carry one. First of all, to those of you that do, unless your company requires you to carry one I say trade it in for just about any other phone..why? Well first of all there is no...

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Microsoft To Stop Selling Word/Office on Jan 11?

Microsoft To  Stop Selling Word/Office on Jan 11?

I was perusing slashdot last night and came across an interesting bit of news those of you following my post might want to see. Here is a link to the actual article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BL3FV20091222?type=technologyNews Quick summary: MS uses a proprietary XML reading technology to parse .docx, .xml, etc type documents..the only problem…it’s not theirs. Ooops....

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Project: LovingtonEDC.org

Project: LovingtonEDC.org

Well, after much hard work and painful scripting I have completed the new lovingtonedc.org website. It was an overhaul of an existing site we had built previously. Massive content, and lots of great info support this site, now made better (I think) with a new design and more modern color theme. Take a...

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