Author: Andrew
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Curse You Internet Ads!
I read tech news every day, literally. I take my hour long lunch break and fire up Microsoft News, RSS feed readers, and even go to some email links received from the previous day. What burns me up the most is the proliferation of and the aggressive in your face…
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Thank you for calling Hell, er, IT Support
There’s one thing that I dread more than anything else in my life lately. That one thing is the phone call from the Father-In-Law (FIL) asking me to setup his new computer with the added detail that he “won’t open the box until I get there” which translates into “I’m…
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Anatomy of a Coffee Addiction
Coffee addiction is a serious problem. Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by the compelling need to run over, hurt, and generally cause damage in the pursuit of their first cup of coffee. I know people that will get a headache if they don’t have a cup by 8am…
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Back after some time off….
I had to take a break. Starting a new job, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years….. it all barely got too much to handle. I contemplated starting over with a new site and just deleting this one, but I decided against that after thinking about it a little while. No one I…
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Tech Monday: Nasa Apollo Programmer: Margaret Hamilton
Nasa Apollo Programmer: Margaret Hamilton A colleague at work posted this article to our internal social media service and I was fascinated with the article. I was taken back by the fact that a woman in the 60’s was so involved with the space program to the extent that she…
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Tech Monday: China hacked US firms despite cyberpact
China hacked US firms despite cyberpact It’s amazing how the governments of countries say one thing but do something completely opposite later on. I think its absolute crap that the US and China agreed not to hack each other and steal intellectual property [IP]. It’s like telling a child that…
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Tech Monday: Lenovo Takes a Stand Against Microsoft’s Surface
Lenovo Takes a Stand Against Microsoft’s Surface This is an interesting one this week and highlights how cut throat the PC industry is starting to become. It’s always been cut throat, but lately these companies are out for blood in my opinion. Microsoft has always had the ability to manufacture…
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Processed Food. Soooo good but soooo bad too!
Yup, I was hungry and had some change in my pocket. I pulled the trigger on some Pop-Tarts which is probably one of the worst processed sweet foods you can grab these days. There are 37 ingredients in these things, three of which are sugars; Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn…
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Tech Monday: Tesla’s Crazy Fast Model X SUV
We Drove Tesla’s Crazy Fast Model X SUV I’m really really really interested in electric motor vehicles! I don’t think they’re the wave of the future, but rather they’re a transition technology that will give people the option to embrace something other than a gasoline fueled vehicle. Hybrids are great…
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