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Entries for October, 2006

Black Friday Sales at Sears

Looks like some more got leaked: Televisions GPX 7″ Under-the-Cabinet LCD Television / Radio – $99.99 Haier 20″ Color Television – $79.99 Hitachi 51″ CRT Projection Television – $849.99 Magnavox 20″ Flat Panel LCD Televisio – $349.99 Magnavox 42″ Widescreen LCD HDTV with ATSC Tuner – $1359.99 Panasonic 26″ LCD TV with ATSC Tuner – […]

Halloween Costume

Yeah, I did it!

What you can take onboard

Here is a handy list of prohibited items if any of you are flying soon like me:Permitted-Prohibited Airline Items Technorati Tags: flight, airline, items, prohibited, permitted, tsa

Halloween Party pictures

I uploaded the Halloween party pictures from Uncle Jesse’s to my flickr account You can view them here We had a great time as you can tell!

Halloween Party in Driscoll Tonight

That’s right. It’s time for the 2nd annual Halloween party at Uncle Jesse’s in Driscoll tonight. I will once again be providing the musical entertainment starting at 9pm. Come dressed up as there will be a costume contest with prizes. What will I be dressed up as? You will have to come to find out! […]

How to fly business class on NWA for free

I found this neat ticket generator that prints boarding passes that will get you past the TSA and upgraded once on the plain, but will not pass the gate so you will have to buy a ticket. I would be interested to try this as Northwest Airlines is the company I usually fly on, but […]

How to Create an Internet Kiosk in 10 Easy Steps

If you own a business and would like to provide an “Internet Cafe” to your customers but do not want to worry about them trashing your computer or snooping around your network, there are some things you can do to create a more secure environment. This secure internet browsing mode is commonly referred to as […]

How to get your company to foot the bill

Great article on I Will Teach You To Be Rich on getting what you asked for: Companies don’t care about spending money on their employees as much as you think. As I wrote in Don’t Quit Without Asking For What You Want, One of my friends, for example, was unhappy about having to pay the […]

How to use rsync to backup files in Linux

Great article on using rsync in linux: There are two types of backups that I do. The first is a backup of several key folders, not my entire system. This is in case I blow something away, or lose some data that I’d want to get back quickly. I use the rsync command for this. […]

How to Update Drake to Eft

If you are using Ubuntu Dapper Drake and would like to upgrade to Edgy Eft, this site has a great tutorial. I haven’t made the switch yet myself due to my upcoming Vegas trip (I don’t want to hose my laptop before I go) and at work I depend on some things that I am […]