Today marks the rollout of my newly redesigned CWI application. My good friends and should be pleased about this… we have changed the application and architecture so dramatically that they are now more “out” of the process than ever before. Our final tests went well, the gains are going to be extensive. Even though we […]

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Tonight’s class was the next logical step above Monday’s Mapleton class. We did similar drills, only we did about twice as many repetitions for each combination. I was beat by the end of the first class, and then we had kata and sparring for the second class. Among the high points were a successful foot […]

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So I called the technician back at Best Buy today. It appears that their tech at the repair facility in Minnesota JUST STARTED WORKING ON MY IPOD. I took a number that I could call to register a complaint and was very nice to the kid I was talking to. It wasn’t his fault, after […]

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I called Best Buy to receive a status report on my iPod, which was suffering from low battery life. The kid behind the counter told me it would be around two weeks from when they received it. I left my iPod with them on 9/23. I called the guy today as I drove home from […]

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I had a brief conversation with my Dad about classic cars tonight, which led me down a path of wondering what kind of car would I buy if I could have any car I wanted. Mustang? Yeah, that’s cool. Saturn Sky? I’m talking myself out of it more and more… Then, six year old me […]

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Welp, the day has finally come. After nearly five years of dedicated service, my Cambridge Soundworks 4.1 surround sound speakers that I have on my PC have finally shown their first signs of giving up the ghost. I don’t know why I noticed tonight, but both rear speakers are crackling. I checked all connections to […]

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Saturday’s workout got off to a slow start. and I were a little late, and since Sensei Hartman wasn’t around much lip-flapping was had. We managed to sneak in a fair amount of sparring and kata to the mix though, and the workout was not completely lost. Tonight’s workout was a nice mixed bag. We […]

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Tonight Tasha and I visited the home of one of my coworkers, Faizal. He and his wife cooked us “mild” Indian food which is actually the temperature of a cool day on Mercury. I am proud to say that I widened my horizons considerably and ate nearly everything put in front of me. The only […]

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Its 42 degrees outside. It was 80 degrees TWO DAYS AGO. We actually had to turn on the heat last night because the rabbits have such frail constitutions. I seem to remember that when I was younger, seasons actually *transitioned* to one another instead of literally changing overnight. I don’t know what to blame, but […]

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Long day at the office today… lots of grunt work followed by a LONG meeting that seemed like it would never end. I don’t know what else was expected from a 3:00 pm meeting on a Friday afternoon, but hey, what do I know? The night was topped off pleasantly, at least… , , Eric, […]

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