Just an update and some rambling. I haven’t blogged much lately because, well the blog material is in low quantity. Why? Because I just changed jobs! Previously I was a Independent Contractor (for W3i) and now I am a consultant with a new company (Stratagem) here in Madison. As always when you wind down a [...]
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Yesterday, Emily decided to pull a April Fools joke - that we are engaged on Facebook, to scare her mom, friends (and me , hehe)
Well one second after I confirmed it, the ad in the Facebook sidebar changed..usually it was about coding or video games, and now?
Nice…
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Last weekend, I was up in Chisholm, Minnesota for my Grandfather’s 80th birthday. After the party, we headed downtown Chisholm to check out my step sisters boyfriend play in his band, at Sabin’s bar.
Now, Minnesota passed a smoking ban (Freedom to Breathe Act) in bars and restaurants in October 2007. This means NO SMOKING. [...]
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I have been pretty busy lately. I have some posts that I want to write up, but it seems they are getting bigger and bigger, longer. More stuff :)
Just a highlight, this weekend I decided to do a full drive backup and create a restore cd, I followed this process. http://www.darkchip.com/DriveImageXML/Complete%20System%20Recovery%20Process.html [...]
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Trying to get a Madison Blogger Meetup going. There is a Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17843681384
Hopefully next week (Thursday Feb 21st, at Mickey’s Tavern)
Everything is subject to change at this point :)
On an unrelated note, Obama is in Madison tonight, at [...]
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I will be up in St. Cloud starting tomorrow (Saturday Jan 26th) through Saturday Feb 2nd. Looking forward to seeing some old friends, seeing how the office is doing, and all that. Jeff Lee - we need to have a beer. I am at the Kelly Inn so lets meet up downtown, I probably will [...]
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In December 2006 I decided to not eat fast food (mainly McDonalds) anymore. The last time I had McDonalds was December 26th 2006 - I had breakfast with my stepsister Mel in Hibbing. I went all of 2007 without Mickey D’s and I would have to say that I am happy. I don’t really miss [...]
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The other day I turned on my MacBook (thanks Reena! - still waiting for the “real” power charger…) and noticed the battery had a black X in it. I had it plugged in, it wasn’t charging. I unplugged it, and the MacBook shut down. Dang.
I unseated the battery, put it back in, and plugged it [...]
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Saw a post this morning on Geeks are Sexy, about “Why Geeks Shouldn’t Change For Anybody”, which has a clip from Diggnation (which, I would love to do a show like this, just need someone to do it with).. anyways..
Watch the video:
They are spot on. This is exactly right, and it is funny, because [...]
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