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Archive for January, 2004

A Couple Of Software Notables And Rants

Friday, January 30th, 2004

I was browsing MajorGeeks today. If you don’t check that site every day, you need to. They have great stuff.
Anyway, noticed two things over the last couple of days I wanted to draw attention to.
First of all, I saw an “Outlook Express Tweaker” listed in today’s updates. I know I rant and […]

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More Vista 350 Goodness

Thursday, January 29th, 2004

One of the odd things I seem to get comments and e-mail a lot about is my earlier post about how to reset a Vista 350. Seems everybody has questions about these phones.
Stevie-D writes:
Would you have any idea or info about the printer
function on the vista 350? There is a RJ-11 plug on the […]

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How Far Will Flight Simulation Go?

Wednesday, January 28th, 2004

I’ve seen some pretty crappy Beech 1900 models in my life. This is definately not crappy. Look at those wallpapers. Hard to believe they are from the flight simulator, even if they are slightly edited.

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The Workings Of A Messed Up Mind

Monday, January 26th, 2004

Decongestant nasal spray is a part of my life. I have a bottle of it with me all the time. I suspect the congestion is the result of an allergy, and some speculate that they think it is a pet allergy. If that is the case, then a bottle of nose spray is […]

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Good Morning, Captain!

Friday, January 23rd, 2004

Bob Keeshan - aka Captain Kangaroo - died in Queechee, Vermont today at the age of 76.
First Mr. Dressup, then Fred Rogers, and now Bob - probably my favourite of the three.
Picture pages, picture pages, time to get your picture pages, time to get a crayon or a pencil… I remember that stupid song […]

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Valentine’s Day Sale

Thursday, January 22nd, 2004

Valentine’s Day is coming and God knows… all you men are rolling your eyes in anticipation already. But it’s ok! We’ve got you covered! We know what she wants, and we’ve got the deal for you in our online store.
From now until February 4th, 2004 you will receive free coffee with any […]

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Just A Side Note

Wednesday, January 21st, 2004

In light of recent news and events, I have decided to make the following precautionary statement:
This site is in no way affiliated with Microsoft.
And I would never want it to be, after all the crap in the news lately. “Customers could be confused”, is a pretty weak line to use to validate sueing a […]

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