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    Quit smoking exactly 1 month ago today

    It's amazing what kind of motivation you can get from suffering a severe heart attack.
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    One of my subordinates sent me an amusing email

    In which she says that Fridays are special days - in her words, it's "relax day". I'm laughing so hard right now, I'm having a difficult time coming up with a professional response.
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    Building to Building wireless

    One of my VPs posed this question to me. I'm not a networking guru, but I have some networking knowledge. No, I don't work in IT. Here's her situation. She has broadband in her house. Her mother lives in a different building on the same property, 150 - 200 feet distant, and approx. 25 feet...
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    Any thoughts on this LCD?

    I was thinking about picking this unit up from the Egg, since the price seemed reasonable, and it was well reviewed. One question though: After checking Acer's site for specs, they indicate that it is capable of "up to" 16.7m colors. I do some work in Photoshop, and dithered 24bit images would...
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    Why can't I get USB 2.0 to work?

    I have a Gigabyte GA-7VAX MB. USB works, but not in 2..0 mode. I've checked the BIOS settings, and Gigabyte's support area, and can't seem to find any help on this issue. Whenever I plug in a 2.0 device, Windows XP pops up a message saying the device would work much faster if it was in USB 2.0...
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    I'm very sorry it came to this

    This is long. Cliff notes at the end if you have a short attention span. I'm not really looking for advice here, this is more a cathartic for me. I'm just emotionally played out. Back in March of 2004, the outsourcing company that I had worked at for 10years decided to lay me off for the...
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    YACT: I think it's time for new shocks

    I'm not a gearhead, so bear with me here. '95 Mustang w/136k miles. I noticed the other day that the right rear was sitting somewhat lower than the left, and its hard to get over speed bumps sometimes without some scraping. I'm guessing new shocks are in order, as I'm pretty sure they've...
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    It Finally Happened

    I got promoted! Up another pay grade, too. W00t! First good thing to happen for my family in over a year.
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    Mythbuster's intern girls are hawt!

    I especially like the brunette. That is all.
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    Do you tip at Starbuck's?

    Why is it that when I go to a Starbuck's, or Tully's, or Specialty's, there's always a little tip glass/tin/bucket/jar sitting in front of the cash register? Why would I tip just because someone had to retrieve my coffee or pastry and ring it up? They're not doing anything special here. I don't...
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    No Steak & Shake!

    I moved from Chicago to the Seattle area last spring. Imagine my shock and dismay when I discovered there are no Steak & Shakes or Culvers here! I'm having withdrawals. Is there a viable alternative around this area??
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    The Avengers

    The complete Emma Peel megaset M(an) Appeal! Mmmmm! :thumbsup:
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    VHS Player/DVD Recorders

    My stepkids have an astounding amount of VHS tapes that take up a bunch of space. I'd like to stamp out videotapes in my lifetime, but it would be pretty cost-prohibitive, and in some cases probably not possible to just go out and buy the DVD versions of their existing library. I saw a...
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    YACT: Help me Diagnose this problem

    Have a 95 Mustang V6. In the last few days, I've noticed the temperature gauge starting to head to the right off its usual rock solid just left of center position. Seems to move even quicker when I'm at idle. I assume it would eventually overheat, but I don't drive it very far on a daily basis...
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    T-Mobile technology refresh?

    I'm thinking about replacing my Sony/Ericcson T300 in a few weeks, but I'm not entirely thrilled with the equipment T-Mobile has to offer right now. Does anyone know if they have some kind of schedule for replacing models with newer, or is it just a crap shoot?
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    Getting married next week!

    So, my gf and I have been engaged for a little while, then I moved from the Chicago area to Seattle in pursuit of a job. She was going to leave Chicago with her kids when our lease expired at the end of June. After speaking to her ex a couple of months ago regarding the modification of...
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    Google's April Fool's joke

    Job Opportunities
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    Thinking of moving to Seattle

    I'm thinking about moving from Chicago to Seattle for a new job. Does anyone have any idea about a cost of living comparison between the two cities? If I get this job, I'd be making about as much/slightly more than I'm making now.
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    YACT: What's going on with my oil pressure gauge?

    '95 mustang, 6cyl, 121,000 miles. Car runs like a top. Only problem is, my oil pressure gauge is possessed! It goes from looking like it's dead, to bouncing up in the middle of the range, to running down near the low end of the range. Is this a bad sensor? I'm not much of a gear head, but I...
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    BlackHawks finally dump Zhamnov

    And about time, I say. What a waste of ice. Here's to another two years of re-building!
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    Dead whale explodes in the street!

    StoryStory
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    Want to select sound output - Anyone good w/circuits?

    Here's what I'd like to do: I want to build a small box that will let me select between the outputs of 2 separate systems' sound card, to 1 set of speakers. Anyone have any thoughts on whar kind of circuitry would be required? Is there a way to wire it so It would avoid any "popping" when the...