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Archive for July, 2005

Isn’t It Ironic

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

A friend of mine is trying to migrate from Outlook to Thunderbird. I’m trying to migrate the other way, mostly just due to a “lack of slickness” in Thunderbird.
But no matter how hard I try, I just can’t handle Outlook 2003. It drives me insane. Everytime I decide to “give it a […]

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They just suck.
I was startled out of my mind to find black cartridges for my Canon Multipass F20 at Best Buy for around six bucks a while ago and bought one thinking I had gotten a great deal.
The printer is usually pretty good at telling me when it gets low on ink - or so […]

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Pig’s New Pen Pal

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Today’s Pearls Before Swine is a keeper. I can almost see Justin blowing this one up and putting it up on his wall at work.

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No Photos Please

Friday, July 29th, 2005

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Originally uploaded by netnomad.

I just discovered tonight I can blog Flickr photos directly to poweredbycoffee.net with no wonky remote loading. This is awesome. Enjoy the new kitty photo. She seems to sleep in this position when she hears the camera coming close. […]

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Oh How They’ve Grown

Friday, July 29th, 2005

A few years ago I received a Leatherman Super Tool as a gift. I thought it was great at the time - and still do - but I admit I don’t use it as much as I used to. Today, on a whim, I ventured to the Leatherman web site to see if […]

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Oh This Is Classic

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Reuters have published a story saying that e-mail is for old people. This just made me fall off my chair laughing.
Apparently the teenage population has a greater love for instant messaging. Gee, I wonder if the word “instant” has any relatitivity here.
Kids by and large (I’m waiting for the tar and feather brigade […]

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Talent That Will Make You Sick

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Are you one of those people - like me - who can’t draw a stick figure to save their soul? People with graphic design talent really make me sick. I kinda feel like I got ripped off, because my mother is one of those people.
I was browsing around Blogspot, and I came across […]

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