Monthly Archives: September 2008

Slickness is Slick

As documented here, I activated the heretofore unnoticed Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month checkbox in the Akismet WordPress plugin. A month or so in, and my spam trap went from ginormous1 to next to none. … Continue reading

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Sometimes, Things Work out Right

tbbs-land was sans internet and land-line phones last week, starting on Wednesday, as our usually reliable Verizon FiOS service went dark. Our cellphones and Sprint Wireless Broadband card got a workout, so it wasn’t like we were totally off the … Continue reading

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A List of non September 11,2001 Dates on Which I Grieve

In chronological order, without comment: December 7, 1984. November 8, 1997. July 30, 1999. February 18, 2001. January 29, 2003. September 13, 2003. -k-

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Then call me an atheist. -k-

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Let’s Do Something, Even if It’s Wrong

Ten minutes into the Candidates Forum on Service presidential forum now airing on MSNBC, and I’m wondering whether or not the title of this post might not be a more fitting theme. McCain just spoke; I assume Obama is next. … Continue reading

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Not Even a Classroom Day….

Will deter tbbs-land from upgrading to the latest WordPress. We now are proudly powered by WP 2.6.2 after the upgrade. A day in class is tiring; the course material voluminous and thorough, the instructor knowledgeable and enthusiastic, the class nearly … Continue reading

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Class, Day 1

My class starts tomorrow, not today. I read the confirmation e-mail multiple times, and absolutely tuned out the fact that September 9th, the first day of class, is not a Monday. All was not in vain however; the area where … Continue reading

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One good use for my Work POS Dell Laptop

It serves to host my U3 uninstaller, which removes that “U3 Smart” crap that aggravates the heck out of me. And, having just picked up a 16GB thumb drive from the Office Depot at roughly half-price, I really needed the … Continue reading

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Coincidences

Tomorrow would have my first day on my new job in West Virginia. Instead, I’ll be in a class for some VMware book learnin’, and absent from the office all week. We have a group calendar on which we enter … Continue reading

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Neither Rain, nor Snow …

Shall deter a beer run. We thought there was a break in the rain, and just returned from our 1.5 mile journey to our little convenience store, who have faithfully stocked MLB’s obscure brand of cigarettes, and our favorite Original … Continue reading

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