From the monthly archives:

July 2010

Fart proudly!

July 23, 2010 History

Friends, I don’t have much to share with you today. Actually… scratch that.  Work has been overwhelming lately, and I have tons of information to post, but just can’t bring myself to do it. However, I do have a nice gem, and it’s one of my favorite quotes. “Let every fart count as a peal [...]

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Drums to get your blood pumping

July 22, 2010 Reminiscing

You just woke up.  You’re prying your eyes open, trying not to shuffle-bump into every wall, door and corner of your house as you do your morning routine.  You say to yourself, “I wish I had some way to get motivated, something that reached deep inside my lizard brain and touched something primeval, to really [...]

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Free Old Spice Voicemail Generator

July 20, 2010 Humor

Listen to your voicemail.  Now this.  Now your voicemail.  Now this. Listen again.  Anything is possible when your voicemail greeting is from OldSpice. http://www.oldspicevoicemail.com I’m on a horse.

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Remember to Reseat

July 20, 2010 Computing

This is one of those lessons that I hate having to relearn, but it’s a valuable one.  You can take this one to the bank. Remember to reseat your system’s cables, drives and any other connections that can be disconnected. When you’ve checked all your event logs and the technical problem is clearly hardware-related, but [...]

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The Near Future of Memory

July 15, 2010 Computing

HP’s memristors are in the news again as they announce that they will be moving into production devices soon. The development of memristors was first suggested in 1971 by IEEE Fellow and nonlinear-circuit-theory pioneer Leon Chua, of the University of California, Berkeley, when he theorized the existence of a fourth basic integrated circuits element called [...]

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Free Nature Sounds

July 14, 2010 Geek

I don’t know about you, but there are a few sounds that are very relaxing to me.  Crackling fire, falling rain, waves crashing at the beach… you get the drift.  In fact, partly as decoration and partly as a relaxation aid, my wife purchased a fountain for me which was purposefully “loud.” This sits in [...]

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