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Monthly Archives: August 2007

The Effect of Gotham on my Psyche

Thursday, August 2, 2007

Spending last weekend visiting friends in New York City has (temporarily?) made me far more materialistic than I normally am. In addition to trying to take shrewder control of my finances, I am trying to focus primarily on tasks that directly benefit me, as opposed to all of those other things that seem like good [...]

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It's Still Broken

Sunday, August 5, 2007

I have been trying to write about what went wrong with my laptop and my experiences with IBM/Lenovo's warranty repair services. It is slow going, though, since the events in question encompass the last month. I have everything outlined right now, but it needs to be fleshed out properly (because nobody likes reading bulleted lists). [...]

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Licensing Changes

Thursday, August 9, 2007

After realizing that my issues with WordPress' autosave feature was probably caused by the fact it has been almost a year since I upgraded wpLicense, the WordPress plugin that integrates Creative Commons licenses, I decided that it was high time I looked at changing the license that my content is published under.
In December 2004, [...]

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The EasyServ Saga

Sunday, August 12, 2007

This story is also know as "How My Thinkpad Broke Horribly," "USB Killed My Music Collection," or "Lenovo's Support Convinces Me to Stop Buying Their Laptops."

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That Insidious Brown Drink

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

From a BBC News article on the dangers of drinking too much coffee:
The Department of Health (DoH) advises people not to drink more than five single espressos - roughly seven instant coffees - a day, although individuals vary in their sensitivity.
Drinking one cup this morning was enough to make me wake up at 9 PM [...]

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