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My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.

Another Weekend Over Published March 10, 2003

I spent the entire weekend playing with my daughter. We did everything
from reading books and watching movies to playing in the snow. She even
helped me put a new power supply in my computer. She’s such a nerd!

Charter's Cable Box Published March 8, 2003

In case anyone cares, the Motorola DCT2000 cable box that Charter provides for digital cable is actually a Jerrold / General Instruments box, as Motorola accquired those companies. So, if your home theatre / universal remote doesn’t have an entry for Motorola cable boxes, you can try a Jerrold or General Instruments code. It worked great for me… thanks to this news post

Good news Published March 7, 2003

My computer shipped out today. I had some rather angry words with some Dell customer service people last night and I finally found a really helpful guy who expedited my order. It shipped this morning thankfully, so that whole mess is over. I have my DVD drive working and I recorded my first disc. I am very much amazed at the quality of the video that Chris shot at my wedding.

Windows 2003 Server Pricing Published March 5, 2003

Microsoft released the pricing for their Windows 2003 server thingy that
comes out on April 24th. They’ve got four versions coming out, and it
appears to be identical to the pricing for Windows 2000. That’s
not too bad, but I feel sorry for anyone who just migrated from Windows
NT to Windows 2000. Right now, statistics show that 70% of Microsoft’s
server customers are using Windows NT 4.0. I think this cartoon illustrates
why people don’t jump on Microsoft’s latest and greatest.

dada in Chicago!!! Published March 5, 2003

dada is kicking off a 45 city tour this spring and summer. They’re doing a two-week run through the Midwest, and they may actually get to Minnesota and Wisconsin! However, I’ll probably hit up Chicago for this show… not sure yet.

Finished another project! Published March 4, 2003

I am putting a website live right now… I’m waiting for the files to upload to the host. I just finished a site for a client and it feels good. I think the design is a bit dated, but it still looks good and the client is very happy. It’s true what they say…. web design isn’t about what makes you happy… it’s about what makes the client happy. I suppose that my designs have a “pattern” to them… but it sells web sites. I make money with my pattern… and I manage to get repeat business… so I can’t complain too much about the staleness.

Simpsons email Published March 3, 2003

This is awesome… send mail to “chunkylover53@aol.com” and actually get mail from “Homer”? Read the article here.

Simpsons-O-Rama Published March 3, 2003

Tonight was one of those nights when you see a show you like and
you immediately think “What the hell did I just watch?”
Those are the words I said to my wife after the credits ran on tonight’s
show.

A Sad Day Published February 27, 2003

By now, most people worldwide are aware that Mr. Rogers has passed away from stomach cancer. It makes me feel kinda old. I don’t even know why I started watching him, but I know I enjoyed it for some reason. It was a good show that will probably live on forever in reruns. There’s not too many shows like it now, and I wonder if there ever will be. Kids don’t seem to want to sit still for that.

Interesting Week Published February 24, 2003

This has definitely been an interesting week. I’ve been working for several days with a portal system, for both work and my own personal use. I’ve been experimenting with a program called ASP-Nuke which is a free GPL project that has some interesting features, including a very nice skinnable interface. It’s got some issues though, and that’s where most of my time has been going. I’ve rewritten a lot of the code for the database access routines, but I hope to have it completed very soon.