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Archive for April, 2009
Every once in a while one of the LUG lists that I am on decides to have a big dick contest and everyone shows off who has the better uptime. Its actually a way of generating traffic on mailing lists that have greatly suffered any sort of reasonable traffic in a while. Its the same [...]
Budget Cuts
In: Politics
30 Apr 2009Big numbers are hard to visualize and put into context. I think that this video does a nice job of explaining the 100 million that the Obama administration wants to cut. I’ll give them credit, you have to start somewhere, but there is a LOT more that can get cut. Keep going guys!
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- Tags: Budget Cuts
Brain-Twitter project offers hope to paralyzed patients
In: In the news
29 Apr 2009Many of us are on twitter (@usrlocal), and for the most part, there isn’t a whole lot productive that happens there. Sure, some people are using it for marketing, some are using it to keep up with friends, some are just being stupid. Yes folks, there are some people that literally tell us that they [...]
Some people need a beating…
In: Politics
18 Apr 2009OK, I get people wanting to stand up for their rights, but from the very beginning, this guy was an arrogant asshole. He has no respect for authority. He was abusive and non cooperative when asked simple questions. He deserved to be detained. Now, the person stating he has no rights at a checkpoint is [...]
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- Tags: Blow Holes, Politics, Security, Stupid People
Get Excited…
In: Design
12 Apr 2009I thought that this is a good motto to start the week out with. There’s a pretty cool back story on what inspired the design here.
NHL Playoff Pool
In: Site News
9 Apr 2009The NHL Playoffs are just around the corner. And once again, I’m running a complete free playoff pool! That’s right, no money, lots of fun, 100% FREE. So sign up now, you can start making your picks on Monday! http://nhl.usrlocal.com/ And spread the word if you could, let’s get as many people on this thing [...]
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- Tags: NHL, Playoff Pool
Twitter Issues
In: In the news
8 Apr 2009Has anyone else been having a bunch of issues with Twitter as of late? It seems like the service is even more unstable than is has been in the past few months. My biggest complaint right now, besides it being down a lot, is the profile settings. Yes, I’m _finally_ getting around to setting a [...]
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- Tags: Bugs, doh!, Twitter
$1.29 a song
In: Apple
7 Apr 2009As many people around the net have reported today, Apple has started selling songs using its variable pricing scheme. And unfortunately, it looks like Amazon may be following suit. Now, I like DRM free music as much as the next guy. But for popular songs, I’m not jazzed about paying $0.30 more per track. For [...]
40 never looked better
In: In the news
7 Apr 2009Happy Birthday to the RFCs. The RFCs (Request For Comment) are the a documents published by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) describing the behaviors to the various internet protocols. Basically, these documents make up how the internet should work. Should being a very important word here. Many programmers are either too lazy to properly [...]
Spring snow brings…wtf?
In: In the news
5 Apr 2009It wouldn’t be so bad if we didn’t have 60-70 degree temps a few weeks back
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- Tags: bitter iowans, damn snow
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- Cryptogram #1 – Solution - /usr/local.com: [...] So, its been a few days, did you figure out the solution to our first cryptogram? [...] [...]
- Another Goal - /usr/local.com: [...] already stated my main 5 goals for 2010. But this morning I realized that I have developed a v [...]
- Judas wears a purple #4 - /usr/local.com: [...] written about it before, I enjoy watching number 4 play. But for the Vikings!?!?! [...] [...]
- blog.brentb.com » iTunes 8.2 Released: [...] but I want a mouse when I have 8-9 pages of Apps on my phone that I want to sort. Matt with [...]
- IgniteIT Talk - /usr/local.com: [...] a month ago I gave a lightning talk at a local IgniteIT Event. I haven’t done a lot of p [...]
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- RT @iapp100: SoundPrism is a killer iPad app. Demo: http://bit.ly/daNEMP Store Link: http://bit.ly/cq7c9X #ipad #apps #music
- iTunes10 first impressions: Logo looks odd and the max/min buttons are vertical instead of horizontal, looks like someone fucked it up.
- RT @iapp100: VMware vSphere Management App....damn sexy http://bit.ly/bgH4eZ Can't wait for this to get out in the wild! #vmware #ipad
- Averaging 10+ hour days, no significant progress on projects. This week isn't going as planned. #workinglate
- the vmware view client is for the iPad.