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May 2006 - Posts

You know you're getting old when...

posted Friday, May 26, 2006 5:24 PM by mac
You know you're getting old when...you come home from work and are excited about the new rain gutters that have been installed on your house. Read More
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Oups!

posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:39 AM by mac
Jake and Marylou updated their blog awhile ago and I didn’t realize that the URL had changed. So the bad news is the link on the left has been pointing to their old site for a few months now. The good news is that the link is now updated there there’s Read More
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Tab

posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 12:51 PM by Abbey
And while I am on the energy drink subject (love this subject!) - Let me share my current FAVORITE - the new TaB energy.   I first loved it b/c of the fun packaging and Target-like marketing (although, i secretly despise Target).  But, after Read More
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Blak

posted Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:21 AM by Abbey
If you like coke - and you like coffe, or even sorta like coffee - i strongly recomend the new Coca-Cola Blak.  My only complaint is that the bottles are not big enough.  And after first sampling it today, I am excited to try it with little Read More
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New season of Top Gear

posted Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:10 AM by mac
Yes, you read right. A new season of Top Gear has finally started over on BBC2, and the torrents are out. Woo can't wait! This has to be my favorite show right now. Great cars, great hosts and reviews and the photography is just stellar. If you haven’t Read More
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I love it!

posted Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:16 AM by mac
For those of you who haven't been introduced to gapingvoid yet, I highly recommend it. Hugh Macleod posts his art work on his blog and encourages people to share and print his works for personal use. The subject matter is usually quite humorous and Read More
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Wow Google, Wow.

posted Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:43 PM by mac
I came across this interesting write up of a talk on the “database” system called BigTable that Google has created. This storage system allows them to store the massive amounts of data they gather while crawling websites and then reliably and quickly Read More
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NASCAR lookin Web 2.0

posted Monday, May 08, 2006 9:25 PM by mac
We were at a bar this past weekend watching NASCAR on a 300” inch screen…don’t ask. Anyway, during the race I noticed the onscreen graphics FOX has been used for the race stats and call out boxes all have a very Web 2.0 look and feel to them. The race Read More
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What? Huh? English?

posted Thursday, May 04, 2006 3:11 PM by mac
When lingo goes mad. Read More
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Come'on Comcast!

posted Tuesday, May 02, 2006 9:24 PM by mac
Why does Comcast seem to make things so difficult? When a file is downloading over bittorrent the rest of our traffic comes to a crawl. Comcast seems to be degrading our connection for other traffic as a punishment for utilizing a new file transfer technology. Read More
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Worthwhile reading

posted Monday, May 01, 2006 4:44 PM by mac
The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn - Good read on things to keep in mind while starting your own company, and your career in general. Lean Thinking - Taking the principles behind lean manufacturing and just in time inventory, and applying that Read More
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