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phone madness...
The other day I was talking about getting a spiffy new phone. I've decided to wait for the Pre, since the touch-screen keyboard on the iPhone I tried the other day drove me up the wall. I was worried about the contract expiring and rolling over, so skippyclese suggested seeing if I could go month-to-month on the contract since the Pre isn' ( Read more... )

Linux support can be hazardous!

What a nice idea! Maybe we should try it sometime.

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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html

Too cool. Now we really will be able to set up ntpd on a coffee pot...

Overheard in the grocery store, near the potted meat - a 'tween is talking to his mom: "But- I thought spam was a kind of email!"

Well, I was being all grouchy until I read the Passive-Aggressive Cakes page on Cake WrecksI just got a call from my wireless provider asking me if I wanted to renew. I'm thinking I don't - it's time to conjoin my PDA (which is dying) and my phone and see if I can't also get something that I can put an ssh shell on. Suggestions ( Read more... )

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I've got to brag on the boy a bit today. First of all, he got an absolutely stellar report card with a nice letter from his teacher today. It said, among other things, that he is a delight to have in the classroom, he is excellent at math and doing very well with reading, and the worst thing she could think to say about him was that he ( Read more... )