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Archive for June, 2007

At long last…

Friday, June 29th, 2007

At long last, my new Apple product is ordered…  No, not the iPhone, I have no need for a $600 phone.  I’m talking a brand spanking new, dual CPU, dual core tower…  After 5 years with my current dual CPU G4 (bless it’s soul), I am upgrading.
Hopefully, it will be here by next weekend.  Sigh, [...]

Google seeks to extend Microsoft antitrust decree – Yahoo! News

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Google seeks to extend Microsoft antitrust decree – Yahoo! News
Does anyone get the feeling that in a few years Google is going to be on the other end of this equation?

Google Is Big Brother

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Google Is Big Brother
I’ve been getting this feeling more and more lately.   The thing is Yahoo! results are pretty much as good as Google’s, but their search page is so cluttered with other junk, that I don’t always want to go there.  I am, however, getting ready to make Yahoo! my default search.

Technical Pet Peeves

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Couple of things that have been annoying me lately

Landline phones with Caller ID functionality.  Say you get a call from somewhere that is long distance.  You select the # in the caller id and then you hit the dial button.  Phone dials!  Success!  Not.  Stupid phone doesn’t add the 1 first.  My current phone from [...]

Riders asked to sign anti-doping charter – Yahoo! News

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Riders asked to sign anti-doping charter – Yahoo! News
Still not enough, if you ask me.  The UCI needs to enforce team penalties for individual riders caught doping, and by team, I mean owners, too.  I’m talking suspension of the team from that race, suspension of the individual for 2 years, plus fines for the team, [...]

Making Cary, NC a Greener Place

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Living in Cary, North Carolina is a good thing by most accounts, consistently
ranking very high in livability, even while withstanding the ire of
others in the Triangle for being too “beige”.  Whatever that means.
As if the rest of the triangle is all that interesting when compared
to the likes of NYC or San Francisco.  At any rate, [...]