Category Archive for: ‘General’

• Ponderings For 2008-05-07

  Posted May 7 2008 in General with 0 Comments

  I’m going to be a tad more negative than usual in today’s ponderings. I’ll save today’s major rant for the end of this post. The mind works in strange ways. Randomly browsing the net as I started typing this posting, I was reading an article …

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• Quick Note

  Posted Nov 12 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  Just popping in briefly to say that I haven’t dropped off the face of the Earth. Having a tech problem with the blog, which this time is completely my fault. After playing with a couple components, I’ve screwed up a couple minor things (like posting …

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• Tuesday, September 11, 2007

  Posted Sep 10 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  Tomorrow marks the first time that the September 11 anniversary has looped back to a Tuesday. In lieu of my typical Ponderings posting, I’m taking the time to watch United 93 once I finish posting this. I’ll likely watch World Trade Center tomorrow as the …

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• Virgil Brigman Back On The Air…

  Posted Aug 27 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  Just a brief posting here as I *JUST* get my server at the house back online. I’ve got no mouse hooked up, so it’s fun getting around in the WordPress admin interface with only a keyboard. For those who don’t know, I was out of …

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• Get Smart

  Posted Jul 13 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  So, one of the surprise highlights of seeing Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix this week was being treated to the first trailer for Get Smart. And hey, Harry Potter had the kids use a phone booth as a secret entrance, too. Hmmmm. …

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• Congratulations, Crew of Atlantis

  Posted Jun 8 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  Congrats to the crew of the shuttle Atlantis, and all the ground crews that make it all happen. The STS-117 shuttle mission lifted off today, and all things looked good. Here’s the video highlights.

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• Site changes

  Posted May 28 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  Well, the site is going through some changes, but not as radical as I had planned. After working for twenty or thirty hours over the last week at trying to launch a new version of this site using the Drupal CMS system, I have given …

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• Technical difficulties

  Posted Jan 20 2007 in General with 0 Comments

  There will be a brief interruption in postings while I try to fix the WordPress posting editor, which is currently messed up. I’m on my way out for the rest of the day, but should get it working at some point tomorrow hopefully.

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• RIP, Tower Records

  Posted Dec 20 2006 in General with 0 Comments

  Well, I stopped by Tower Records today to pick over the bones. It was the last day of operation for the store. Most of the locations closed their doors today (some slightly sooner, like the other local location). Picked up 4 final CD’s, at 80% …

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• Christmas Partied

  Posted Dec 19 2006 in General with 0 Comments

  So, I’m now done with my weekend of Christmas parties. It clocked in at 3 parties and 1 concert. The parties were of varied size and style, so it kept things interesting. The last part of the fun was last night’s Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Concert. …

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