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We decided to go to the Moose for the super bowl again. It’s a private party for members and their friends and its a great time! If anyone wants to join ($30), drop me a note in the comments and I will see if I can still get you a ticket.

DON’T waste money on expensive iPods. Simply think of your favourite tune

and hum it. If you want to “switch tracks”, simply think of another song you

like and hum that instead.

DON’T waste money on expensive paper shredders to avoid having your

identity stolen. Simply place a few dog turds in the bin bags along with

your old bank statements.

SAVE money on expensive personalised car number plates by changing your name

to match your existing plate. – Mr. KVL 741GP,

DON’T waste money buying expensive binoculars; simply stand closer to the

object you wish to view.

AN empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive

vibrator.

SAVE electricity by turning off all the lights in your house and walking

around wearing a miner’s hat.

HOUSEWIVES, the best way to get two bottles of washing-up liquid for the

price of one is by putting one in your shopping trolley and the other in

your coat pocket.

OLD telephone directories make ideal personal address books, simply cross

out the names and address of people you don’t know.

SAVE on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky. The following

morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble-full

of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

SAVE a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to the hospice shop,

they will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty cents.

CAN’T afford contact lenses? Simply cut out small circles of cling film and

press them into your eyes.

MAKE your own inexpensive mints by leaving blobs of toothpaste to dry on a

window sill. Use striped toothpaste to make humbugs.

SHOPPERS, when buying oranges, get more for your money by peeling them

before taking them to the counter to be weighed.

WOMEN: Don’t waste energy faking orgasms. Most men couldn’t care less anyway

and you could use the saved energy to Hoover the house afterwards.

via Credit Crunch Tips email Jokes PG13 Funny Links / Text Jokes.

Congrats to the Hochhalters on the birth of their twins. Pictured is Jesse with his new son.

For all you lost fans out there that want to make their own beer and food replica labels, I found this site:

http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2007/04/10/lost-labels-for-your-dharma-initiative-needs/

Take your lost geekery to the next level!

On the big couch ready for the season six premiere of Lost. I cant explain how good this series is. I wish I had discovered this gem years ago when season one began.

I have to say that this little android app is pretty cool. Here is a pic of Pedro who decided to pull out all his toys for a little nap.

Not sure I have a need to do so but apparently there is an app to do just that. Maybe it will be the incentive to get this blog going again. Or maybe I’ll just wait for the iPad…

Go here and read this article: It’s a Free Country…

Go ahead, I’ll wait….

OK.

I don’t even know where to start.

First off I would guess by the naiveness of the article, that the reporter is under 25. People are no longer opening harmful emails? I have piles of data that suggests otherwise. Let people install whatever they want? What about licensing? We routinely get 3 or 4 cases a month where the user doesn’t even know that P2P downloaded music is illegal, and we want to put them in charge of their machine?

The WSJ has become one of the least credible sources in online news as they try to be “hip” by hiring all these wet-behind-the-ears reporters to spread this BS out to society. Why don’t we just have everyone bring in their own PC and use their own software and when nothing inter-operates just call the fricking helpdesk?

What about security and data retention? Let’s just put all of our company confidential information on 3rd party systems and “hope” they keep it secure. Let’s all use iPhones which aren’t encrypted and have no usable central management to let information flow freely out to the public when they’re stolen.

Sounds like the common denominator in the article is Microsoft software sucks and we should move to something better namely: Google. Yes, Google offers a better user experience, but at what expense? Security? Administration? Governance?

Let’s not start a revolution until we know what we are fighting. The point of the article should be that Microsoft has become the 800 lb gorilla in the room and it’s time we voted with our budgets to find a leaner alternative or force Microsoft to be the nimble player it once was.