Monthly Archives: August 2004

Tift Merritt at the Cat’s Cradle

I went to see Tift Merritt at the Cat’s Cradle last night. I didn’t really know her music very well (outside of some 30 second samples off of iTMS), but I very much enjoyed the music. The venue, however, was … Continue reading

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The Life of Bill

So, work has been pretty involved lately, but I am learning a lot about Linux clustering and getting some real good additional experience with enterprise-class hardware. I haven’t even seen any movies lately. Still need to check out the following … Continue reading

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Hard Drives, USB NIC, TiVo…oooh fun

So, just a quick note (yes, I swear I really am going to sleep). I have decided to hack my 2 year old (almost) DirecTiVo HDVR2. This is an experiment as I will probably hack Heather’s too if all goes … Continue reading

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Review: Alien vs. Predator

2 out of 4 stars I forgot to post this Sunday after coming home from the movie, but I thought I would knock out a short review before hitting the sack… I saw this movie with YAFMT (yet another free … Continue reading

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Delicious, no? really?

Today, I have been playing with the social bookmarking tool, del.icio.us. I really like it so far. Amazing what some people can come up with when they take a simple concept and make it fun and interesting to use… Click … Continue reading

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A new way to spend money on my collections

I was just reading over at ThinkGeek about a piece of software that is supposed to be coming out soon called, Delicious Library 3.0. It is a catalog program to keep track of your books, music, and movies. I have … Continue reading

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1 Week Down

Well, I made it through my first week back at work. I really enjoy the cluster work I am getting to do, even if it is all still in the early phases. I had lunch with Matt and several other … Continue reading

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Nice Change of Pace

Well, this is different I got up at 6 AM (much earlier than I have been during the 2.5 months since Oculan’s closing) and I am getting ready to start my new job. I am starting a contract at IBM … Continue reading

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