Month: August 2008
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Being an Adult
The best part about being an adult is that you can spend Sunday afternoon on the couch watching cartoons, eating raw cookie dough, and playing video games.
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Moving
We have been talking about moving back to Boston for a while now. We’re actually doing it. I’m flying out for a one day visit to Boston to go to the home inspection for the house we are probably buying. The idea of buying a house for the first time and moving 3000 miles I’d…
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Huge Logs and OS X
Another reason that I love my mac: it can handle 1.3 GB log files easily with built in tools. I recently received a huge log file in zipped form from a co-worker with the warning “good luck opening it, textpad won’t open it.” After unzipping it to the full 1.3 GB size I was able…
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10MinuteMail Mentioned in 2600
First, you have to understand how big a deal the 2600 Magazine is/was to me. When I was just a wee hacker on a 32MHz Apple finding a place that sold 2600 was like finding a place selling Holy Grails. We’d pour over the pages multiple times, and pass it around to all our computer…
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Using a 1st Gen iPhone Dock With a 3G iPhone
I recently upgraded from a 1st gen 8 GB iPhone to a 16 GB 3G 2nd gen iPhone. The 3G iPhone does not come with a dock, unlike it’s predecessor, and the Apple Store was out of docks when I purchased the phone. I discovered that the new iPhone is slightly wider and a little…
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Why You Shouldn’t Talk To The Police
I’m not a conspiracy nut, and I believe that the majority of law enforcement officers are good people. That said, this page and it’s videos have some GREAT information on why answering questions for the police can never help you, and will very often hurt you. Loose lips can get you arrested