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Journey to Rantville

Windows Media Player 7.0 puts in a new ASPI layer without telling you. I wouldn't have noticed except a program stopped working, the one I use to rip the MP3s from CDs we actually own. Grr. My CD. My laptop. Don't go breaking things without

Define Christian

Russ Mayes posted recently about blogs4God being less overtly Christian than he would like. Jordon Cooper responded, as did Bene Diction. I like blogs4God, it's run by decent human beings that answer email you send them, they get through far more blogs than I have time to find,

History

Just started reading about the Hundred Years War, which was actually 116 years long, between England and France. Need to research some technical details about crossbows and armour, and get a map of 14th century France. Where is Crecy? Guyenne? Agenais? Edward III pawned the crown of England to go

Rememberance

Today is Veteran's Day in the US, yesterday was probably Memorial Sunday in the UK. World War II still has its effects in UK culture. You tend to eat two or more vegetables with every main meal, because your parents grew up with food rationing. You study the

Extreme Programming in St Louis

Went to the XPStL meeting last night, to hear Brian Button talk about refactoring, a key part of Extreme Programming, also known as XP. Extreme Programming has absolutely nothing to do with Extreme Ironing. Really interesting talk/code walk through/lesson/discussion, and the cookies were pretty good too. Normally,

Windows NT

Finally got my own computer and (small) desk at work, and to my delight the computer had Windows 2000 on it, the next version up from Win NT 4.0. However, someone needs to notify the Department of Redundancy Department at Microsoft. The logon screen comes up saying "Windows

Guy Fawkes

Children's nursery rhyme in BritainRemember, remember, The fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! In November of 1605 there was a plot against the British government. The plan was to blow up King James the First as

Enough

Would the person who is leaving junk scribbles in my comments kindly stop, or I'll find a way to IP ban you. I've turned on IP logging in the comment script. Everyone else is welcome to stay.

Vogon bureaucracy

Quote from "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams Here is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy- not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic,

Grey

First ice on the car on Saturday morning. Today has been grey and rainy all day. Anyone would think it was autumn or something.

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