Monthly Archives: June 2004

New System Unveiled

Posted on June 15 2004 by Mickey

    I’ve only been a switcher for six months, but I can already agree this diagram is quite accurate.

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Today in Food (2004/06/15)

Posted on June 15 2004 by Mickey

    It would be hard for me to care less about this news story, but it mentions food so I feel compelled to reference it here. The Agriculture Department has decreed that batter-coated frozen French fries are a fresh … Continue reading →

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Another Wound to My Credit Card

Posted on June 15 2004 by Mickey

    If there’s anything worse than having to buy some overpriced gadget it’s having to buy two! Agh, the ignominy!    I was out taking some photos of storm clouds last week and my digital camera’s battery ran out. … Continue reading →

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This Bites

Posted on June 14 2004 by Mickey

    Another fast food restaurant makes a dumbass menu change. First Wendy’s wasn’t selling their fish sandwich during Lent and now, today, I find Arby’s has stopped selling Jalapeño Bites. This is particularly upsetting, since the Jalapeño Bite was … Continue reading →

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Some Music Videos for a Thursday Afternoon

Posted on June 10 2004 by Mickey

    Everyone seems to agree today is a quiet day for sitting around and doing nothing. No one seems motivated. That’s fine by me. Here a couple made to order links, to web pages which require no reading, just … Continue reading →

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Idledown

Posted on June 9 2004 by Mickey

    Evidently a “MySQL misconfiguration with the server” eviscerated my blog for a few hours today. Obviously the problem has been fixed, since you’re reading this. My apologies to everyone visiting the page today, which means I’m apologizing to … Continue reading →

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Blitzreid!

Posted on June 8 2004 by Mickey

    When last we saw Frolixo he had just gotten married. Now, he’s taken to the skies, defending our land from foreign invaders. Here are the details of his latest mission, yesterday afternoon, flying the vintage AT-6 Texan.    … Continue reading →

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Something to Listen To, Something to Watch

Posted on June 7 2004 by Mickey

    The Alan Parsons website, The Avenue, has at last announced the title and release date for a new album. A Valid Path will be released this August, from 5.1 Entertainment (a group known for its 5.1 remixes and … Continue reading →

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Zero Configuration

Posted on June 5 2004 by Mickey

I greatly enjoyed reading this Wired article about Windows’s zero configuration in its Windows Zero Configuration. It confirms something I’ve been struggling with. For almost a year I’ve had my computers set up in a wireless network: two Windows XP … Continue reading →

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Patently Bogus

Posted on June 4 2004 by Mickey

    To quote Brandon at Fight the Patent: “What was the Patent Office thinking?” Wired has a story that Microsoft now has the patent on, get this, double-clicking. True, the patent is supposed to focus on controls for a … Continue reading →

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