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How To Beat Writing Fatigue

Being in the computer business, I find myself in a lot of meetings with network maps being drawn on the white board that I would love to capture effortlessly to my computer for later retrieval. What I usually do is hand draw everything and then try to go back to a program like Visio to […]

The Secret of Sure-Fire Headlines

Copyblogger has a great collection of headlines that grab attention. I have condensed them below: 1. Who Else Wants [blank]?2. The Secret of [blank]3. Here is a Method That is Helping [blank] to [blank]4. Little Known Ways to [blank]5. Get Rid of [problem] Once and For All6. Here’s a Quick Way to [solve a problem]7. […]

What Everybody Ought to Know About Herbergers

On Halloween night, when we went shopping, Tandra told me before we left that we get a coupon for 20% an item if you bring in a canned good for some food drive thing at Herbergers. Since we were both planning on buying multiple pairs of jeans for our upcoming trip to Vegas (tomorrow yeah!), […]

Halloween Night

Last night we went to the mall to skip the trick or treaters. Not that we don’t like kids, but since our house is all taped and plastic all over we could not open the front door and it became a hassle for the few that managed to ring our doorbell before we left. (Yes […]

Install Pad to the Rescue!

Every time I load Windows I wish there was a better way to install all the programs I use on a day to day basis in one simple step. Now there is! Welcome to Install Pad: It takes a list of your favorite programs and will download and install the ones you pick. It doesn’t […]

Microsoft Aquires Firefox

Or so the site says! http://www.msfirefox.com/ I love funny parodies like this. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Firefox, funny, humor, news, aquires, parody

Mobile calls allowed on half of all airlines by 2008

Finally some good airline news: Almost half of all airlines plan to offer in-flight mobile phone connectivity for passengers by the end of 2008. The figures in the annual Airline IT Trends survey show an appetite for a range of in-flight passenger communications, with 59 per cent of airlines also planning to offer internet and […]

How to Solve the Soda Stealer?

I have a fridge in my office at work that I use to keep soda cold and so I can buy it by the case instead of paying $1 per 20 ounzer at the vending machine. Lately I have noticed that the cans seem to disappear faster than normal. Monday night my suspicions were proved. […]

Firefox 2 Rocks

I just downloaded Firefox 2 on my Windows box at home that I use mostly for billing and the business and I have to say it makes it bearable again! After using Linux for so many months full time, I can hardly stand Internet Explorer when I am forced to use it. Thanks Firefox for […]

Halloween Treat!

Happy Halloween everyone! If you are looking for a good scare visit http://theshadowlands.net/places/ which will tell you where to find the un-dead in your area. I have always enjoyed the commentary on this site. Here are the places to look in my neck of the woods: http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/northdakota.htm I doubt we will be doing much ghost […]