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I upgraded my work box to rh9 the other day, and I’m finding more little oddities than I did at home. For instance, the volume control on my xmms doesn’t appear to work anymore. I started up gnome-volume-control, and the terminal spit out: Warning: This version of the Gnome Volume Controlwas compiled with OSS version […]

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but that’s because so much has happened. How odd. I didn’t get a motorcycle My father-in-law gave me one of his old farm trucks (it’s cool) We took our kids to their first movie in a theatre (Finding Nemo). They did wonderfully, and had a great time. The […]

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6 points to the first person (other than Nathan) who posts what poem it is. MORS IABROCHII Coesper erat: tune lubricilesz ultravia circum Urgebant gyros gimblculosque tophi;Moestenui visae borogovides ire meatu; Et profugi gemitus exgrabuere rathae. O fuge Iabrochium, sanguis meus! Ille recurvis Unguibus, estque avidis dentibus ille minax.Ububae fuge cautus avis vim, gnate! Neque […]

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So, last week I got a ViewSonic PT813 21″ monitor. Unfortunately, at 1600×1200 it was too blurry ro live with. 🙁 So, now I’m going for the Sony GDM-500PS. Here’s hoping it’s cooler.

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So, I was sitting at the Cheshire Restaurant the other day, facing Plainfield, and a cool motorcycle went by. It was quite loud. Then another one by right behind it. And another. I quit counting after 60 had gone by. 10 minutes later, they finally quit. As the wait staff came away from the windows […]

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So, they’re making new scooby doo cartoons. I was very dubious when I first heard this, but then I found out thet Frank Welker and Casey Kasem are doing Freddy, Scooby, and Shaggy. That just rocks. I saw a bit of the first one (What’s New, Scooby Doo?). The kids all have new clothes, and […]

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So which do you use? Mac or pc? I was asked this yesterday, and realized that it’s been a long time since anyone asked me that. And just as every other time I’ve ever been asked that, the silliness of the question struck me. Which do you drive, a Ford, or an automobile? Coke, or […]

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So, I took a quiz to see what OS my personality matches. I got Debian, “People have difficulty getting to know you. Once you finally open your shell, they’re apt to love you.” Heh, they said “apt”. 🙂