Archive for September, 2007

Are you ready?

Shortly after Emma was born Amy and I decided that we needed to have wills written. We had two children, some considerable assets, we needed to make sure everything was covered. We already had insurance policies for both of us, and we took the time to compare car insurance. We also found some (for lack [...]

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Word Travels Fast

If you haven’t been keeping up with the events in Myanmar (Burma) you must be living under a rock or in a cave near Tora Bora. There has been, for at least a week now, an uprising going on that is trying to over turn the current government. This uprising for the most part has [...]

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Transfer that balance!

We have been looking for a way to reduce the flow of cash from our checking account and one of the best ways we’ve come across is transfering the outstanding balance on two of our current credit cards to two that have 0% apr on balances and transfers for an introductory period. So far we’ve [...]

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Changing Seasons

Well, now that the Braves are out of playoff contention, its time for the season to change in the office to college football. The season is already three weeks in and everyone has their favorite teams. UGA, the Gators, Tennessee football, Tech, Miami you name it everyone has a team they’re rooting for. Me? I [...]

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5 Reasons your parents should use Linux

If you’re tired of the phone calls from Mom and Dad complaining on how sloooww their computer has become, how fast it used to be, how many pop-ups there are, etc., spending hours upon hours fixing and repairing, re-installing and scanning, then this post should convince you with 5 reasons why your parents should use [...]

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i wish i had nyquill

Hello internets, Luka here! Thanks for letting me post here today! There’s a cold going around my office, and I’m really hoping that I can stave it off. I do NOT want to get sick! Stupid office working. Think goof thoughts for me? Happy Free For All Friday!  

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Moving Pains

We’ve moved! Well, we did about two years ago. Some friends of ours are in the process (well they’re unpacking now…) and we’ve all agreed that its a giant pain in the ass. Moving that is. We both did it different ways, Amy and I hired a crew to help move the heavy stuff and [...]

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Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Beta – Desktop CD i386 Now Available at LinuxTra

Linuxtracker.org is pleased to announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Beta – Desktop CD i386 on the linuxtracker bittorrent network. For faster downloads, more accurate statistics and to see all of the available torrents, please visit http://linuxtracker.org. The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the [...]

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Mobile Blogging

While it isn’t a complete breakthrough in blogging (some among us have been posting to our blogs via emails, sms’ or a good old wap phone for a while now) there is a site that has taken it to a new level. Trumors.com has taken the art of sms marketing to a new level allowing [...]

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Newt

Last week I wrote about mike huckabee, a candidate for the Republican Presidential Nominee. Today, it looks like someone else might be throwing his hat in the ring. Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich is running a series of events this weekend in Atlanta called American Solutions. Its a series of workshops designed to [...]

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Got a question…

Baseball, Football and Hockey are all in season right now (one is coming to and end, one has started and the other is getting close). Its a sports fan’s dream. My nephews are in heaven right now with all the sports going on (its not enough they play soccer, they also follow almost all the [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #6

Thirteen Places to Visit in Georgia!In no particular order… Stone Mountain the Southern Museum in Kennesaw Marietta History Museum Atlanta Botanical Gardens Callaway Gardens Fernbank Museum The high museum of Art CNN Center/Centennial Olympic Park GA Aquarium/World of Coke Tybee Island Okeefanokee Swamp Kennesaw Mountain Amicalola Falls Links to other Thursday Thirteens are in the [...]

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LinuxMint 3.1 “Celena” Now Available at LinuxTracker.org

Linuxtracker.org is pleased to announce the availability of LinuxMint 3.1 “Celena” on the linuxtracker bittorrent network. For faster downloads, more accurate statistics and to see all of the available torrents, please visit http://linuxtracker.org.read more | digg story  

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Chuck!

So the fall season is off to a roaring start. Monday night I caught most of Chuck on NBC and K-ville while the Amy was watching Dancing with the stars! I have to say, while the premise of Chuck (a computer nerd who is sent an email of critical CIA information by and old friend) [...]

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What a quirky little girl

She’s quirky. Or at least thats what I say. If you’ve been to an Arby’s recently, you know they have trees inside their stores (real trees planted in the ground). Grace likes to run in circles around the trees. So much so, that we bribe her to eat dinner by telling her she can after [...]

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tile this!

We’ve finished remodeling the kitchen. We put down ceramic tile, painted the walls and ceiling and replaced the stove, dishwasher and kitchen table. It looks good and its amazing what a new floor and a coat of paint can do for a room. The problem we had was finding a pattern of tile that we [...]

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Blog for Hope!

On Thursday, September 27th, post about any abuse topic you care about – child abuse, domestic abuse, animal abuse, drug abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, political abuse – and let the world know you stand united with thousands of bloggers as part of the Bloggers Unite “Blog Against Abuse” campaign. Depending on your topic, you [...]

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WoW!

When I was working for a webhosting company, my boss became obsessed with World of WarCraft. Its an online multi player rpg (roll playing game) where players have the opportunity to earn gold, trade goods and act like orcs, elves, druids, wizzards and other stuff like that. I never got in to the game but [...]

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What a nutter!

The Iranian President (ie: nut job) Ahmadinejad is a nutter. People have known that for a while now ever since he denied the holocaust ever happened. He’s an enemy of this country in that he is actively pursuing nuclear weapons and he believes the US to be an “object of Satan”. Unfortunately, earlier this week [...]

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Be MacGuyver!

I probably spelled his name wrong, but here are some instructions on making a stove that even Mac would be proud of… Cool Little Miniature Stove! – The funniest videos are a click away  

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Need a Booth?

We’re working on some trade show displays for the company at work (several of the larger printing shows are coming up before the end of the year) and my job is fairly straight forward. I have to come up with a digital presentation of our capabilities. Luckily, most of this already exists. I also have [...]

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Foresight 1.4.0 x86 dvd Now Available at LinuxTracker.org

Linuxtracker.org is pleased to announce the availability of Foresight 1.4.0 x86 dvd on the linuxtracker bittorrent network. For faster downloads, more accurate statistics and to see all of the available torrents, please visit http://linuxtracker.org.read more | digg story  

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Jeff Jacobson on ASW!

This weeks AmieStreet Wednesday post is a cool cat named Jeff Jacobson. His music is light and airy and is a little bit more electric than Jack Johnson and his bubble toes. Check out Your Californa below and let me know if yu like it as well. Amie Street Wednesday brought to you by Mouseclone [...]

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Perfect Fore a Getaway

Amy and I have decided that Denver, well Colorado in general is an awesome place to visit. Another place out that way that we’d love to visit is Branson, MO (yes, we LOVE to travel!). I don’t know that we’d move to Missouri but it is fun to check out whats available in the Branson [...]

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HAHAHA Not funny

A barmaid in Oz (Thats Australia for those in the know…) is being charged with being criminally stupid and mean after she knowingly gave a patron a shot of cleaning solution. This of course, came after feeding him shots of water (yea, water) in the hopes of landing him in bed. Apparently she’s been known [...]

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Better Get Started!

Amy heard on the radio the other day that there’s something like 95 shopping days left until Christmas. 95!! Where the heck has 2007 gone?!?!? I don’t have the foggiest but I wanted to share something with you that’s going to make your holidays brighter, coupons!! Thats right! CouponChief has coupons for EVERYTHING and EVERYWHERE [...]

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So. Many. Plates.

Ever felt like you had too many plates spinning on poles over your head that if you lost your concentration for one moment they’d all come crashing down around you? It some times feels like that between work, home and everything else. I work full time. We have two kids, three dogs and some cats. [...]

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Do it yourself VoIP

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a Microsoft Technet event where I was introduced to some of the new technology MS is unleashing on the world. One of the products I was most impressed with was the fleeting glances we got of the Microsoft VoIP offerings that would allow small to medium businesses to [...]

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Dragonfly BSD 1.10.1 Now Available at LinuxTracker.org

Linuxtracker.org is pleased to announce the availability of Dragonfly BSD 1.10.1 on the linuxtracker bittorrent network. For faster downloads, more accurate statistics and to see all of the available torrents, please visit http://linuxtracker.org. This is the newest stable release of Dragonfly BSD, superceding the earlier 1.10 releaseread more | digg story  

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JackLab Audio Distribution JAD-1.0 FINAL Now Available at LinuxTracker.org

Linuxtracker.org is pleased to announce the availability of JackLab Audio Distribution JAD-1.0 FINAL on the linuxtracker bittorrent network. For faster downloads, more accurate statistics and to see all of the available torrents, please visit http://linuxtracker.org.read more | digg story  

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Traveling Email

Google issued a challenge to create videos of how email travels around the world that could be put in to a montage of sorts. What you see above is the result. its pretty cool watching the little gmail envelope travel round the world. Isn’t it? Check out the Page to see where the clips are [...]

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