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George Carlin dies at 71
In: In the news
23 Jun 2008George Carlin, the influential comedian whose routines used profanity, scatology and absurdity to point out the silliness and hypocrisy of human life, has died. He was 71.
Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, died of heart failure Sunday in Los Angeles, according to publicist Jeff Abraham. Carlin went into St. John’s Health Center [...]
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- Tags: George Carlin, Hero, RIP
Sloppy Documentation (HMC 4.x)
In: DevDog
17 Jun 2008At work, I have a project that has been going on for a month or two. It originally started out as replacing our Hosted Exchange 2003 environment with a new fancy Exchange 2007 environment and add on extra features. To provision this, we have decided to abandon our own provisioning system due to various [...]
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- Tags: HMC 4.5, Microsoft, sloppy documentation
Des Moines Flood Pics
In: In the news
12 Jun 2008As many of your may have heard, Iowa is flooding as are other parts of the midwest. Cedar Rapids is really bad from what I hear.
I’m in Des Moines where things are bad, but we’re not completely screwed yet. I will be posting pictures of the flooding as I can. They can [...]
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- Tags: des moines, doh!, floods
iPhone 3G
In: In the news
9 Jun 2008In case you missed it, Apple had a small announcement today.
Yes, the iPhone 3G was announced with all the features that we expected. Obviously, 3G data speeds which are near WIFI speeds. This is pretty awesome for those that have experienced it. Also, Exchange support with push email and calendars. Better [...]
Airline Security
In: In the news
3 Jun 2008Are you freaking kidding me?
A man wearing a T-shirt depicting a cartoon character holding a gun was stopped from boarding a flight by the security at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
Brad Jayakody, from Bayswater, central London, said he was “stumped” at the objection to his Transformers T-shirt.
Mr Jayakody said he had to change before boarding as security [...]
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- Tags: idiots, Security, transformers
A tornado struck northeast Iowa a week ago, and seven people were killed. About 220 homes were destroyed, and much of the downtown of Parkersburg, Iowa, (pop.: 1,800) was leveled.
We see these stories in the news an awful lot this time of year, and we feel sad for those who have been affected, but for [...]
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