T-Mobile 3G comes to Harrisburg, PA

September 22, 2009

I’d heard rumors of 3G service in the Camp Hill, PA area, and indeed, my G1 would say, “G” on it, which led me to believe it was a 3G connection. Then I went to Washington, DC, where my phone had “3G” on it. Normally, in Harrisburg, PA it has an “E.”
This morning, while standing [...]

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My Gaggle.net 2009 Retreat Story

August 12, 2009
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For the last 4 years, my company has had an annual retreat for it’s employees. The organizers always go all out to try and make this as fun and interesting as they can. This is the first retreat that I’ve been on, so I can’t comment on the others except to say that everyone always [...]

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QR code added

August 4, 2009

I recently decided to finally figure out what the bizarre boxes were I saw on lots of pages related to cell phones. Turns out it’s a 2-D barcode that contains information which a cell phone camera can read, decode and act on.
I’ve added the QR codes to my site here, such that you can navigate [...]

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June 2009 roundup

July 3, 2009

June is always a busy month for me, with a trip to Jamaica and all the requisite running around that preceeds and follows. Here’s the highlights, some of which I’ll post in more detail about later:
* Standing on a postcard perfect beach taking pictures of sunsets is great, unless your batteries die.
* I picked up [...]

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Should I buy a Mac?

June 2, 2009
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That was the question posed today on rec.games.pinball by some poor fellow who’s frustrated with whatever current problem his Windows machine is giving him. Naturally, the Mac zealots came out in full force, telling him to drink the kool aid and be one of the cool kids. I decided that I should try to put [...]

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Indiana Jones returns

May 22, 2009

The second pinball machine I ever owned was a Williams Indiana Jones. We had a good time with that game, but had it for about 5 years. Maggie wanted an Addams Family, so I traded it away. Well, not 2 or 3 months had gone by before Maggie told me she regretted that we had [...]

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Week in review

May 5, 2009

Had a lot of things going on this past week or so, and wanted to comment on a bunch of them, but have been slammed. So here’s my thoughts, in no particular order.

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Sugar, I missed you

April 21, 2009

Pepsi’s got a new soda out; Pepsi Throwback. Well, ok, it’s not new, it’s old. They’ve switched the sugar back in, and taken out the high fructose corn syrup. And my my, is it good stuff. Just like I remember, it’s funny how your brain doesn’t forget. Let’s just hope it catches on so I [...]

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Strawberry Pop Tart Blow Torches

April 16, 2009

How on earth have I been on the net for 20 years and never seen this? I laughed until I cried.
http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/

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Non-smokers are the true evil in our society

April 9, 2009
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I ran across this article last night while killing some time:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/08/how-much-does-smoking-cos_n_184554.html
I’d like to take some time to follow up on their sources and verify the information, but it does propose interesting questions and points. I really can’t wait until it’s not profitable to demonize the smokers anymore, and the zealots turn their attention to the [...]

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